Please link your reviews for the Nonfiction 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. Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Continue Reading…
Please link your reviews on the review link-up page. The Challenge: Read any non-fiction book(s), adult or young adult. That’s it. You can choose anything. Memoirs? Yes. History? Yes. Travel? Yes. You get the idea? Absolutely anything that is classified as non-fiction counts for this challenge. I always like levels in my challenges, so here Continue Reading…
Please link your reviews for the Southern Literature 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. Please link to the review and not your blog home page. My suggested format is the title of your blog and then the Continue Reading…
The obligatory top ten post. These are chosen from the books I read in 2013; they weren’t necessarily published in 2013 and I didn’t count re-reads. Drawing Down the Moon: The Artwork of Charles Vess–I’m a fantasy reader at heart and Charles Vess does amazing fantasy artwork for some of my favorite authors. His book Continue Reading…
photo credit: Old Books by Petr Kratochvil Buckling Bookshelves is hosting the Banned Books Challenge again this year. I always try to read about 5 books to review for Banned Books Week anyway, so I’m signing up again. Having this challenge in mind last year helped me space my reading out instead of cramming it Continue Reading…
Teresa’s Reading Room is hosting the 2014 edition of the Audio Book Challenge. I’ll be Going Steady at 12 audio books next year. I’ll track my progress here. Thanks to Teresa for hosting again […]
Edit: Complete as of July 11, 2014. I enjoyed most of my choices! Time to sign up for the European Reading Challenge hosted by Rose City Reader yet again! I always enjoy this challenge. The idea is to read books by European authors or books set in European countries (no matter where the author comes Continue Reading…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. As always, it’s been a few weeks since I last posted, so here are just some highlights. Posted: Sign up post for the Southern Literature Challenge hosted by yours truly! I hope you’ll join me! My sign-up post for The Eclectic Reader Continue Reading…
PLEASE LINK YOUR REVIEWS ON THE REVIEW LINK-UP PAGE It’s that time again! I’m hosting the Southern Literature Reading Challenge for the fourth year in a row. I can’t believe it’s been that long already! The rules: Read a book(s)–non-fiction or fiction of any genre, for any age group–written by an author from the South Continue Reading…
Edit: Completed as of December 12, 2014! Well, I’ve finished reading books for all the categories anyway. I did not do well with the reviewing part. Oh, well. There’s always next year! ShelleyRae at Book’d Out is hosting The Eclectic Reader Challenge again in 2014. As she says, “In it’s third year, the aim of Continue Reading…
Professor Gary Fuller sets out to fill in the gaps in your geography knowledge. I would guess that I know a little more geography than the average American but I’ll be the first to admit that I’m still woefully lacking. I downloaded this book on a nook Free Friday (I believe), thinking that I might Continue Reading…