Vasilly is hosting the Graphic Novels Challenge this year. I read Maus by Art Spiegelman and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi in 2009 and loved them all. I decided to read more graphic novels but I haven’t. I’m hoping this will push me to actually follow through. I’m signing up for the Beginner level at 3 Continue Reading…
Tif Talks Books is hosting the Fairy Tale Challenge from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. Well, we all know I can’t resist a good fairy tale, so I’m surprised I’ve held out this long! I’ll be signing up for the Fairy Level: Read 1 original tale. Read 1 modern tale. Watch 1 film […]
Colleen at Books in the City is hosting an Immigrant Stories Challenge from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. I’m signing up for the Just Off the Boat level–read 1 to 3 books about an immigrant experience. These books can be fiction or non-fiction, and they can be immigrant stories set in any country. Continue Reading…
Kathy at Bermudaonion is hosting the Okra Picks Challenge. The challenge is to read books that have been chosen by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance to be handsold. This will overlap nicely with my own Southern Literature Challenge. I’ll aim for 1-3 of these books. Visit Bermudaonion to see the list of books and sign Continue Reading…
A list of my 2010 book reviews by rating.
A list of my 2010 book reviews by title
2009 was a great reading year for me! I finished 134 books! That has to be a record for me, at least since I finished school! I was pretty stingy with the five-star ratings this year, so I think I’ll go ahead and list them all. I think it’s funny that I don’t read that Continue Reading…