Currently Reading: A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley Favorite Book: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Least Favorite: French Lessons by Ellen Sussman Everything In Between The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory The Stranger by Albert Camus The Giver by Lois Lowry Challenges Completed: Southern Literature Harry Potter Historical Fiction Classics Forever […]
After my disappointment in learning that I would be out of town during Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon (October 22) I was fortunate enough to find the Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-Thon a weekend long event. The Read-a-Thon runs through the weekend of October 21 – 23 and is hosted by Bex @ Kindle Fever, Amanda @ Letters […]
Jonas lives in a world of Sameness. There is nothing to differentiate one person by the other, everything is seen in black and white with each year relinquishing a little of the individuality you possessed, following like a group of Lemmings. At your 12th year, you are given your assignment, and begin your training to […]
I can say one positive thing for French Lessons, it was a fast read, but that’s about all. The back cover proclaimed it as a “page-turner” I do agree with that but not for the same reason, which to be rid of the horrid story! I knew it was a romance but was expecting a […]
My library supports Overdrive allowing ereaders to checkout books and this week they just added Kindle! I was super excited to hear this as I have mention my library is moving and this option will help fill the void. The site actually reminds me a lot of Netflix as you can hold/save/checkout “books”. What’s the […]
Not to brag, but as quickly as I signed up for Carl’s R.I.P. VI Challenge is as quickly as I finished. Granted, I only signed up for R.I.P. the Second (read 2 books between September 1 – October 31) but still, I honestly wasn’t aware I could read that fast. My Scary Stories The Stranger […]
The Thirteenth Tale is part ghost story part fairy tale (Grimm Brother’s style). Vida Winter, a famed author renown for her novel The Thirteenth Tale, with the thirteenth tale being omitted. Vida, after numerous interviews has finally decided to unburden herself and write her memoirs with the help of a ghostwriter, Margaret Lea, a freelance […]
The Stranger has a slow strategic pacing almost making me put the book aside. Although this is two of my uncle’s favorite books so I plowed along. I soon realized the intentional snail pace was purposeful to completely understand our character and the stranger within. It is strange because while this was not thrilling nor […]
I’m starting the Read Your Own Books Read-A-Thon hosted by Bibliophilic Book Blog today. The read-a-thon officially begins at 8pm through Sunday the 18th. My book club is also tonight and usually runs until eight so this is perfect! I’ll be going from one reading event to another. Okay, its 9pm, book club is over […]
Read Your Own Books Read-A-Thon hosted by Bibliophilic Book Blog Details: – Read Your OWN books – Runs from 9pm on Thursday the 15th (EST)…some of my posts might be a bit off since I am 11 hours ahead of EST in KST. Sorry for that…anyway it will run until Sunday the 18th […]