Spread Love Not Hate hosted by K.C. Neal Bullying is an issue that is close to my heart as I was bullied in elementary school because I am disabled. Although I now realized it was also due to jealousy, my peers were financially not as fortunate as I, not only did I always have the […]
Wicked Winter Read-A-Thon hosted by Rebecca @ Kindle Fever, April @ My Shelf Confessions Saturday, February 4th is my ten year anniversary after having brain surgery for uncontrolled epilepsy (nine of which have been seizure free). We do plan on going out to dinner and a movie to celebrate but a weekend full of reading […]
Downton Abbey Reading Challenge hosted by Christina at Reading Extensively I am obsessed with Downton Abbey! As is most of Americans (Brian Williams did a segment on it so it must be true). I look forward to watching it each Sunday and the theme song is music to my ears (it is now my new […]
When I was 15 my family was driving back from a vacation in the Ozarks and passed through Mansfield Missouri, the town of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s home. As stated in other posts, I was a huge Little House fan and with a little convincing got my dad to stop. It was wonderful, and for a […]
How did January go so quickly? It feels like I was just making new year’s resolutions. Well, I guess my progress on my blogging resolutions is as good a place to start, if any. My blogging goals were: Turn She Is To Fond Of Books into a classic oriented blog Comment More Successfully host a […]
To coincide with my classic author event, spotlighting Jane Austen in March I decided to host a read-along of Pride and Prejudice. I read Pride and Prejudice every year and thought it would be fun to read along with others this year. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of […]
I was so overwhelmed by the positive feedback for this event it really got the wheels turning; I’ve decided to host the first classic author month in March, giving me a month for set up. Also, as this will be my first attempt at this event I’m going to begin with an author I love, […]
A Winter’s Respite Read-a-Thon hosted by The True Book Addict Runs: January 23 through January 29 I am so excited about this, a week devoted to reading (like I’ve ever needed an excuse) I will also being using this as a continual updates page, I personally think its easier to manage my progress through out […]
I am thinking about holding a monthly event dedicated to beloved classic authors. Each month I will chose one author to devote that month to. For example, the month of February may be dedicated to Jane Austen, (the obvious example) in which I will post mainly about her. I would also be interested in perhaps […]
Since the beginning of the new year my blog has received a large amount of spam. Obviously, this is annoying and unappreciated. For instance, my “going classic” post received 23 comments, but only seven weren’t trying to sell me flowers and jewelery. For present, I have set my comments to moderation, and will see […]