4 Stars. I loved this book. I met author Pamela Duncan at a book festival a few years ago and just chattered away at her. I never do that. I’m usually all tongue-tied at author signings and rarely get out more than “Please” and “Thank you.” But it just felt like she was one of my kind of people and so I rattled on while she […]
Rose City Reader is hosting the 2013 European Reading Challenge again this year and I’m signing up. I intend to do much better on my own Books in Translation Reading Challenge again this year, so that should help me with this challenge as well. Rose City Reader says, The idea is to read books by […]
Colleen at Books in the City is hosting the Immigrant Stories Challenge again in 2013. I’ve enjoyed the books I’ve read for this challenge over the past two years, so I’m signing up again. Colleen says, The only requirement of the challenge is that the books read for it include an immigrant story. The immigrants […]
I’m signing up for the Audio Book Challenge at Teresa’s Reading Corner again this year. I’ve become a huge fan of audio books over the past couple of years, surprising myself! The goal is simply to listen to audio books. I’m signing up at the Going Steady level–12 audio books. It may be close, but […]
Welcome to my weekly update for January 7, 2013! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Here’s what’s been going on over the past two weeks. Posted […]
Shelleyrae at Book’d Out is hosting the Eclectic Reader Challenge again this year. I truly enjoyed this challenge in 2012, so I’m signing up again. Here’s what Shelleyrae has to say: The aim of The Eclectic Reader 2013 Challenge is to push you outside your comfort zone by reading up to 12 books during the […]
I’m signing up for the Off the Shelf Reading Challenge hosted at Bookish Ardour again this year. I’m slowly making a dent in my stacks of unread books, although I’m sure my husband can’t see my progress! From Bookish Ardour: About: The Off the Shelf Reading Challenge is probably the most popular challenge there is on BA. The […]
Enzo, the narrator of The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, is a dog. But not just any dog; he believes that he has gained the wisdom to come back in his next life as a man. I agree. If anything, he’s probably too wise to be one of us. I loved […]
I picked up the idea of analyzing some of my reading patterns over the year from other bloggers and I did it for the first time last year. So here you have it–more than you could ever hope to know about my reading in 2012 […]
I am literally counting down the minutes to 2013, but I thought I’d throw out one last post for 2012–the obligatory top ten list. I’m too stingy with my 5-star ratings; this is tough to do! I am leaving re-reads out, which makes it even harder. Please note that these are books that I read in 2012, they were not published in […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 31, 2012! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted […]