Life as a Journey is hosting the 7 Continents, 7 Billion People, 7 Books challenge 2015. She has asked us to read seven books meeting seven different geographical criteria. A book from…. This should push me out of my comfort zone! I’ll track my progress here. You can find lists and links, as well as […]
It’s 1875 and Archie Dent’s parents belong to The Septemberists, a society dedicated to remembering the damage caused by monsters called the Mangleborn and to preventing them from rising again to destroy civilization. On a routine trip to the Septemberist headquarters, the older Dents are taken over by Manglespawn, children of a Mangleborn, and forced […]
It appears that I didn’t write this recap post last year. What a shame. No one else may be interested but I like looking back over my reading year! The StatsI set my GoodReads goal at 75 books for the year but I finished up with 90. Yay for me! That was largely due to […]
I hate to say it, but 2014 was by and large just an average reading year for me. I read a lot of books I liked, some of them quite a lot, but I didn’t actually rate anything five stars. I’m not sure what that means. Is my taste changing and my book choices aren’t […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Meeting the Authors: Kate DiCamillo Meeting the Authors: Rick Bragg Movie Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies–2 Stars I also posted my sign-ups for the Eclectic Reader Challenge, European Reading Challenge, and Banned Books Challenge. Read: Maus: A […]
My husband and I went to see the new Hobbit movie Saturday night. It’s been 20+ years since I read the book so I haven’t been plagued with the urge to compare it to the movies, which has been pretty nice. I’ve been able to just sit back and enjoy the spectacle. Then we got […]
I’m signing up for the Banned Books Challenge hosted at Buckling Bookshelves again. Obviously, the idea is to read banned or challenged books. I always read several for Banned Books Week anyway, so this is a natural fit for me. For more information or to sign up yourself, visit Buckling Bookshelves. I’m signing up as […]
I’m signing up for the European Reading Challenge hosted at Rose City Reader again. The gist: The idea is to read books by European authors or books set in European countries (no matter where the author comes from). The books can be anything – novels, short stories, memoirs, travel guides, cookbooks, biography, poetry, or any […]
Yet again, I have no pictures. Rick Bragg came to speak about his new book, Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story at Malaprop’s recently. I personally am not interested in Jerry Lee Lewis but I knew I had to go see Rick Bragg. I fell in love with his work when I read Ava’s Man. What an experience! Ron Rash introduced Rick Bragg and a […]
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 Some of these (Retellings, middle grade, before I was born) will be pretty […]
Kate DiCamillo came to Spellbound Children’s Bookshop, another local bookstore, recently. The space was packed with parents and children! It’s hard to say which group was most excited. I’m terrible about taking pictures at these things so I don’t have any to share. But Ms. DiCamillo was very kind and gracious and pretty funny. She […]