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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Meggie Folchart and her father, Mo, find themselves on the run from a mysterious man that Meggie knows only as “Capricorn.” Capricorn is chasing after them, trying to steal a book that they own, and he won’t stop at anything to get it. First off, let me say that I’m about 20 years older than […]
Dreams Made Flesh is a collection of four short stories/novellas centered around Jaenelle and her court. One of the events takes place immediately after the third in the Black Jewels series, so anyone reading this should keep that in mind. It definitely has spoilers for the previous books. My favorite story by far, was “The […]
Fire lives in a country known as the Dells, and she is a human monster. There’s a strain of wildness in the country that leaves some of the animals and people with impossibly seductive beauty and power. Fire is so named because of her hair. She can enter minds and control people and animals. But […]
“Have you read a book by an author that you really enjoyed and felt moved to read another of the author’s works? Or are you thinking to give an author another try even if you didn’t like your first taste of their work? If yes, then this challenge is for you! You’re going to go back for seconds of an author that you’ve only read […]
I wasn’t sure if I was going to host this challenge again. I just don’t feel that I read enough non-fiction to be hosting it, but since I still don’t see anyone hosting a general non-fiction challenge, it’s once more into the breach for me! The levels last year seemed to be entirely too easy for some of you, so I’ve revamped […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I didn’t find time to post last week with the holiday and all, so here’s what I’ve done over the past two weeks. Posted: Signed up for the Immigrant Stories Challenge Review: The Fat Man: A Tale of North Pole Noir by […]
I posted my top ten books read in 2011 yesterday, but there’s still quite a bit left to say. Bear with me. The Stats: My goal was to read 75 books. That felt wimpy, but knowing that I had recently started a new job when I was setting my goal for this year, it felt realistic. I do not have any reading time at my current job […]