Dr. Montague, a researcher into paranormal activity, has rented the fabled Hill House for the summer. The house has a reputation for being haunted. Very few people have managed to stay in it for more than a night. In order to sort of help the house do its worst, he invites people to stay with Continue Reading…
I tried, but I give up. The first story, “Santa Land Diaries,” was great. Sedaris’s tale of working as a Macy’s department store elf is hilarious! Those people who inevitably make the news every Black Friday by pepper spraying and punching their fellow shoppers? I think they all go to Macy’s at Christmas. Sedaris writes Continue Reading…
This book is the one that Hermione inherited from Dumbledore. It contains the “Tale of the Three Brothers” that was told in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It also contains notes about each story written by Dumbledore and J.K. Rowling. I’ll be honest here. True, morbid, Brothers Grimm fairy tales are just not my Continue Reading…
Deryn Sharp is one of the main characters in the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld. I’ve only read the first two. She’s about 15 or 16 and she’s one of those characters who are perennial favorites among female readers–a girl disguised as a boy. I wonder why we do like them so much? But that’s Continue Reading…
Twinklestar, the last reindeer, panics in a thunderstorm and sends Santa’s caravan plunging toward the ground. After making sure everyone is okay, Niklas Goodfellow, the last real Santa, realizes that he has come to earth in a territory controlled by the evil new head Santa, Gerold Goblynch. Niklas is on the run from Goblynch and Continue Reading…
Gumdrop Coal has gotten the axe. Founder of the Coal Patrol, those elves who deliver coal into bad little kids’ stockings, Gumdrop is out on his ear when Santa decides that every child deserves a real gift on Christmas. Gumdrop takes it hard. His methods might be harsh, but he believes they’re fair and they Continue Reading…
Colleen at Books in the City is hosting the Immigrant Stories Challenge again this year. The goal is to read any kind of book featuring an immigrant experience. These books do not have to center around the US–people immigrate all over the world. This was one of my favorite challenges last year, so I’m signing Continue Reading…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Review: The Invisible Ring by Anne Bishop Character Connection featuring Marianne Engel from The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson My sign up post for the European Reading Challenge Continue Reading…
Rose City Reader is hosting the European Reading Challenge in 2012. The goal is to read 1-5 books written by a European OR set in Europe. There are prizes and different variations of the challenge. Visit Rose City Reader for more details and to sign up! I’m doing the straightforward challenge and aiming for the Business […]
Shelleyrae at Book’d Out is hosting The Eclectic Reader Challenge in 2012. The challenge is to read a total of 12 books from 12 different genres. I’ll track my progress here. The genres are: Literary […]
Nobody Owens is being raised in a graveyard. His “parents” are two ghosts. His guardian is a man who only comes out at night and who seems to be neither dead or alive. His real family was murdered and the murderer is still looking for Nobody. As long as he stays in the graveyard, he’s Continue Reading…