It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Review: Sweet Nothings by Janis Thomas–4 Stars Review: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman–4 Stars Review: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, read by Ari Fliakos–4 Stars Review: Dark Fire by C. J. Sansom–4 Stars My sign-up post for the Off the Continue Reading…
Matthew Shardlake has been asked to defend a young woman accused of the terrible murder of a child. The problem is that the girl refuses to speak in her own defense and time is running out. Luckily, Thomas Cromwell intervenes and gains Shardlake two more weeks to prepare a defense. In exchange, Matthew must find Continue Reading…
After the recession hits, Clay Jannon finds himself out of a job. He spends hours walking the streets of San Francisco, trying to find something, anything. He wanders into Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore and finds himself working as a bookstore clerk. But there aren’t really very many customers. Well, there are a few impassioned, odd Continue Reading…
Seraphina is working at the royal court when a prince is murdered. Even though her country has been at peace with the dragons for decades, many people believe a dragon killed the prince. Tensions start rising in the city just as the dragon ruler is due for a state visit to celebrate the signing of Continue Reading…
Ruby McMillan’s husband announces out of the blue that he’s leaving one morning. She has her initial meltdown, of course, but then she starts getting on with her life. Walter has left their finances in a shambles and Ruby has to scramble to hold everything together as he sails off into the sunset with his Continue Reading…
I’m signing up for the Off the Shelf Reading Challenge hosted at Bookish Ardour again this year. From Bookish Ardour: About: The Off the Shelf Reading Challenge is probably the most popular challenge there is on BA. The goal? To read books on your shelves that have gone unread for far too long. Selecting books Continue Reading…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It was another slow week around here. I only posted about challenges again. Posted: Books in Translation Challenge sign-up post–It’s hosted here! I hope you’ll join me! My sign-up post for the Immigrant Stories Challenge hosted at Books in the City I Continue Reading…
Image attribution: Sara Aydin Matos Please link your reviews for the Books in Translation Reading Challenge 2014 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 me! Continue Reading…
Colleen at Books in the City is hosting the Immigrant Stories Challenge again and I’m signing up. I’ve really enjoyed the books I’ve read for this challenge over the years. Colleen says, “The only requirement of the challenge is that the books read for it include an immigrant story. The immigrants can be coming to Continue Reading…
Image attribution: Sara Aydin Matos Image attribution: Sara Aydin Matos Please go to this page to link your reviews. After a brief delay, I’m finally posting the Books in Translation Reading Challenge for 2014. The goal is obviously to read translations of books, from any language into the language(s) you’re comfortable reading in; they don’t Continue Reading…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It’s somehow been a very busy week, with too much to do and not enough time to do it all. I didn’t get much reading done and all my posts were about challenges. Posted: Nonfiction Reading Challenge sign-up page, hosted here! I Continue Reading…