Welcome to my weekly update for January 26, 2015! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It’s been a fairly busy week. My grandmother had back surgery on January 15 and we’ve been trying to make sure someone is with her, temporarily in an assisted living facility for physical therapy, and my […]
Welcome to my weekly update for January 19, 2015! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: My Top Ten Books of 2014 2014 Reading by the Numbers Review: The League of Seven by Alan Gratz–4 Stars My sign-up post for the 7 Continents, 7 Billion People, 7 Books Reading Challenge Read: Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger […]
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 […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and/or happy holiday and/or good week! I know I did. Posted: I posted the sign up pages for the three challenges I host. I try to keep my challenges attainable so you can read only […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It’s been a few weeks since I posted, but here goes. Posted: Review: Walden; or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau–2 Stars Happy Thanksgiving! (Including some books I’m thankful for) Winner of my five-year blogiversary giveaway–Alejandra C! Congratulations! Read: The […]
glitter-graphics.com Today is Thanksgiving here in the US, a day that is supposed to be dedicated to reflecting on our many blessings and feeling grateful for them. That’s sadly starting to get a bit lost in the rush of the huge Thanksgiving meal and the ever-earlier kickoff to the Christmas shopping season though. In the […]
Welcome to my weekly update for November 24, 2014! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. My five-year blogiversary was last Sunday and I completely forgot! I can’t believe it’s been so long already! Posted Five-Year Blogiversary Giveaway! (International) This I Believe, edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman: […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Review: Dreadnought by Cherie Priest, read by Kate Reading–4 Stars Review: The Bat by Jo Nesbø, read by John Lee–1 Star 2014 One Book, One South hosted by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance–I won’t have time to join in but maybe […]