I joined the Off the Shelf Challenge last year and did well enough that I’m signing up for it again. I can always use more encouragement to read the books I already own! From Bookish Ardour: “This challenge is to read those books you own a copy of, print, digital, and audio, you have been […]
A list of my 2012 book reviews by title.
A list of my 2012 book reviews by rating.
A list of my 2012 book reviews by author.
I didn’t think I was going to be doing anymore challenges, but I keep thinking about these two, so I’ve decided it’s just time to sign up and get them out of my system! Colleen at Books in the City is hosting an Immigrant Stories Challenge. I’m signing up for the Just Off the Boat […]
Bookish Ardour is challenging us to read some of the books we already own. I’m choosing the “Trying” level and aiming low at 15 books. Visit the site to sign up. (Here’s my owned-to-read shelf on GoodReads if you’re curious.) This challenge runs from January 1 – December 31, 2011. I’ll track my progress here. […]
A few weeks ago I posted about author Masha Hamilton and her Afghan Women’s Writing Project. Check out my post if you missed it. This is a great project. I recommended the books A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, and Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi and […]
A list of my 2011 book reviews by author.
A list of my 2011 book reviews by rating
A list of my 2011 book reviews by title
After reading The Heroine’s Bookshelf by Erin Blakemore, Bibliophibian was inspired to read about the heroines she didn’t know. And so this challenge was born. Read 1-5 books that feature the heroines from The Heroine’s Bookshelf. I own but haven’t read 3 of these, so this will help a little with the Off the Shelf […]