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 […]
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 are mine: Dilettante–Read 1-5 non-fiction books Explorer–Read 6-10 Seeker–Read […]
Details: I’ll be hosting the Books in Translation Reading Challenge again for 2013. I failed pretty miserably at it last year, reading only two when my goal was 4-6. Oops. I hope to do better this year. The goal is obviously to read translations of books, from any language into the language(s) you’re comfortable reading […]
I’m a little late to post this, but I am hosting the 2013 Southern Literature Reading Challenge this year. Sign up and link your reviews below. 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 the South. Definitions of the […]