It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Review: The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss Review: Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull Review: The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Saturdays in the South with author Olivia deBelle Byrd: Southern Funerals or He Continue Reading…
I was fortunate to see Olivia deBelle Byrd speak at the Decatur Book Festival in 2010 and I just loved listening to her stories. She is very charming and funny and she graciously agreed to guest post on the blog today! Please welcome her! SOUTHERN FUNERALS OR HE JUST WOKE UP DEAD Funerals in the Continue Reading…
It’s only been about a week since I read this book, but I’m already hazy on the details, so this will be vague. Basically, this super-rich guy hires an engineering firm with a perfect record of doing the “impossible” to extract a meteorite from the ground of a Chilean island off of Cape Horn. In Continue Reading…
Kendra and Seth are nearing the end of the school year when a new guy joins Kendra’s class. The other girls talk about how cute he is, but all Kendra sees is a disgusting goblin who plays cruel tricks on people. A mysterious stranger offers to help them get rid of the goblin (or kobold, Continue Reading…
I have to start with this actual physical book. If you read my blog, you might be aware that I don’t accept books for review. Reading on a schedule was starting to feel like work, so I decided to just say no to free books and read what I want when I want. It works Continue Reading…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Review: Second Hand Heart by Catherine Ryan Hyde A very thoughtful Saturdays in the South guest post from author Susan Kelly Read: Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull Currently Reading: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell The Bookseller Continue Reading…
Today, please welcome author Susan Kelly to The Introverted Reader. She’s a fellow North Carolinian! As a senior in boarding school, in the very Southern city of Richmond, Virginia, I took a course titled “Southern Fiction,” and, as my teacher later described it, “fell into a hole,” which she intended as a high compliment. The Continue Reading…
Vida is 19 years old and dying. She’s been dying her entire life. Not in the vague way that we are all destined to die, but in a way that has led her through multiple heart surgeries in her short life. This time, it’s for real. Her doctors are talking weeks if she’s lucky. She’s Continue Reading…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Giveaway! Stop by author Kathryn Lively’s Guest Post and comment for a chance to win a $10 Amazon Gift Card! Challenges I’m hosting the Dewey Decimal, Books in Translation, and Southern Literature Reading Challenges this year. I’d love to have you join Continue Reading…
I’ve decided to host one more challenge, the Books in Translation Reading Challenge. I think this one’s pretty self-explanatory. The goal is to read translations of books. They don’t have to be in English; whatever language(s) you’re comfortable reading in is good. You can read any genre and any age range. Crossovers with other challenges Continue Reading…
Today I welcome Kathryn Lively, author of Little Flowers, to the blog for the first post in my new Saturdays in the South feature! Hello, and thank you for joining me today. My name is Kathryn Lively and I guess you can say I am a Southerner. I have lived in the South all of Continue Reading…