This is the sign-up page. Please go here to link your reviews. I’m hosting the Southern Literature Reading Challenge again this year. I love reading Southern Literature and I hope you do too! The rules: Read a book(s)–non-fiction or fiction of any genre, for any age group–written by an author from the South and set […]
3.5 Stars. It’s been so long since I read Garden Spells that I felt just a bit lost as I started this. The outlines settled in quickly for me though. My favorite chapters were the ones about Bay. That nameless longing for something, knowing it’s out there, just not being able to reach it–I think we all felt something like this as teenager […]
Shelleyrae at Book’d Out is hosting the Eclectic Reader Challenge again for 2015. The goal is to read 12 books across a variety of genres and expose ourselves to some books we might not have found otherwise. The categories this year are A book about books (fiction or nonfiction) Serial killer thriller Paranormal romance A […]
This is the sign-up page. Please go here to link your reviews. It’s time to sign up for my Nonfiction Reading Challenge again! The Challenge: Read any non-fiction book(s), adult or young adult. That’s it. You can choose anything. Memoirs? Yes. History? Yes. Travel? Yes. You get the idea? Absolutely anything that is classified as […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 28, 2015! I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas and everyone else had a great week! Did you get some goodies? I got quite a few bookish gifts. The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Alberto Manguel; an adult coloring book; a puzzle featuring a bunch of […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 21, 2015! Merry early Christmas to those who celebrate! I hope you each receive a book or two off your wishlists! Last week was spent on final Christmas preparations. Last-minute shopping, a party, remaining decorations put up–it went by in a whirlwind! I love Christmastime but I’m also […]
4.5 Stars. This is another desperate end-of-year reading challenge grab that paid off. I’d never even heard of this book but I started trolling through an “Epistolary novel” list, comparing it to what was available as an audio download from my library, and landed on this. I loved it. I don’t know exactly what my reaction would […]
This is the sign-up page. Please go here to link your reviews. It’s time to sign up for the 2016 Books in Translation Reading Challenge! The goal is obviously to read translations of books, from any language into the language(s) you’re comfortable reading; they don’t have to be in English. You can read any genre […]
I honestly picked this up for a reading challenge, not expecting to enjoy it. I do love fantasy but science fiction isn’t really my thing, with only a few exceptions. I read Fahrenheit 451 back in 8th grade and didn’t care for it, but there was very little reading that I had to do for school that I did like. Imagine my surprise […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 14, 2015! I’ve had a busy couple of weeks. My husband and I took off one Friday to drive to a choose-and-cut farm to get our Christmas tree. We’ve been going to the same place for most of the 14 years we’ve been together. We always have a good time wandering around on the hillsides […]
This is probably one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read. I’ve been reading about one nonfiction book a month for the past five years or so but I’m still a fiction reader in my heart of hearts. I generally read my nonfiction at night before bed because I don’t worry too much about falling into the “one more chapter” trap […]