I need to get my mojo back! I’ve been in a reading slump for a little over two months. Right now, I am reading Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff which is reading a bit like a text book, putting me to sleep after two pages. I normally would have given up by now but its for […]
The Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge hosted by Michelle The True Book Addict at The Christmas Spirit Details: challenge will run from Monday, November 21, 2011 through Friday, January 6, 2011 (Twelfth Night or Epiphany). cross over with other challenges is totally permitted AND encouraged! These must be Christmas novels, books about Christmas lore, a book of […]
Like all books or movies that have a tragic ending the story begins with Janie Johnson having a perfect life, loving friends and family, good grades and a crush on the boy next door. All around Janie comes off as the average “girl next door”. But her world comes crashing down when lactose intolerant Janie […]
Currently Reading: Read: A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley Dracula by Bram Stoker Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson Read-a-Thons: Frightful Fall Bout Of Books Read-Alongs: Dracula Challenges Joined: Regency and Victorian Reads Challenges Completed: E-Book The Classics Circuit: Gothic The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo Subscribe to […]
Before I Go To Sleep is to be likened to the film, Memento, only without Guy Pierce and on crack. Remember, crack is wack. Christine Lucas, gained amnesia after a hit and run accident and can only hold one days memories at a time, when the clock strikes midnight, her brain hits rewind to play […]
I’ve completed the E-Book Reading Challenge hosted at The Ladybug Reads There were several levels to said challenge, I had chosen to read three during the year which are as follows The Moorland Cottage by Elizabeth Gaskell A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley The Giver by Lois Lowry Subscribe to Blog via Email […]
It’s here! The Bout of Books Read-a-Thon hosted by Amanda from On a Book Bender Said read-a-thon is an exciting full week (October 24 to October 30) of well, reading, and mini-challenges dispersed in between. Here’s my book list for the week. Currently Reading: Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson To Read Songs For […]
I have been in a major reader’s funk, I’ve had trouble becoming interested in one single novel or holding my attention. For me this is very rare! To the point of being concerned. Unfortunately, The Hunchback of Notre Dame had to fall in the period. Several years ago I had a friend who had applied […]
Dracula is bone-chilling! My neck prickles just thinking about it. Turtlenecks are a new staple in my wardrobe. In short, its like taking a shower after watching Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Dracula, by Bram Stoker is a horror romance of sorts as Count Dracula become obsessed with his victims which always happen to be girls and […]
Well that’s all folks! My library officially closed today, only to be reopened on October 26 at their new “unwalkable” location. Until this moment I thought there might have been a chance that they would change their mind, but that was only wishful thinking. The old library building is sold and will be used for […]