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 Continue Reading…
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 Continue Reading…
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 Continue Reading…
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 Continue Reading…
Please link your reviews for the Southern Literature Reading Challenge 2015 here. I’m signing up at the Sweet Iced Tea level, 4-5 books. My progress: Update as of January 1, 2016: This challenge is complete! I met my goal of 3-5 books read. I need to work on reviewing more of them though. Thanks for Continue Reading…
This is the sign-up page. Please link your reviews here. 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 mostly in Continue Reading…
Please link your reviews for the 2015 Nonfiction Reading Challenge here. Looking for the “rules” or the sign up page? Click here or click on the button. I’m signing up at the Seeker level, 11-15 books. I’ll track my progress here […]
Image courtesy of Serge Bertasius Photography at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Image courtesy of Serge Bertasius Photography at FreeDigitalPhotos.net This is the sign up page. Please link your reviews here. 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? Continue Reading…
Image courtesy of hywards at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Please link your reviews for the 2015 Books in Translation Reading Challenge here. Looking for the “rules” or the sign up page? Click here or click on the button. I’ll track my progress here. I’m aiming low this year, for the Beginner level. This one’s always a struggle for Continue Reading…
This is the challenge sign-up page. Please link your reviews here. I’m sure I’m behind as usual, but it’s time for the 2015 Books in Translation Reading Challenge signup! The goal is obviously to read translations of books, from any language into the language(s) you’re comfortable reading in; they don’t have to be in English. Continue Reading…