Bout of Books Runs January 9 – 15 My Goals Finish at least one book Visit other participant’s blogs Have Fun! Books To Read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling The Scent of Rain and Lightening by Nancy Pickard Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Alexander’s Bridge by […]
Victorian Challenge hosted at Laura’s Reviews For the Victorian Challenge, we will focus on the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. We will count books that were written by Victorian authors during this time period, books set during the Victorian age, or books about a Victorian author, history, manners, architecture, Queen Victoria etc. […]
Bout of Books read-a-thon hosted by On a Book Bender Bout of Books will run from 12:01am 1/9 through 11:59 pm 1/15 (your time zone) However, all posts on this blog and the challenges at the co-hosts’ blogs will publish at midnight CST (or UTC-6). Read as much as you can whenever you can. The only […]
What Would Jane Do Reading Challenge hosted by Oh, The Places You’ll Go! The challenge will run from January 1st-December 31st 2012. The books you read count for other challenges. You can count ebooks in addition to regular ones. Just Austen- Books only written by Jane Austen A Touch of Pride: Read 1-3 books Learning […]
On the fourth of each month Kathrine at November’s Autumn is posting a prompt for the current classic you are reading to coincide with her classics challenge. This month’s prompt is the Author Jane Austen Born December 16, 1775 Died July 18, 1817 (aged 41) Chawton Cottage The village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. […]
The “Day After” Readathon was hosted by Allie at A Literary Odyssey taking place during the first days of the new year. I had a pretty lengthy list of books to read over this weekend not because I’m overly ambitious but because I like having options. I didn’t get as much reading in as I […]
The “Day After” Readathon hosted by A Literary Odyssey The Details The readathon will go through January 1st and 2nd. You can start anytime you’d like-just read during those two days (do let me know in a comment that you’re participating so I can cheer you on! I will be updating on my blog, as […]
I posted earlier my declaration for “going classic” its the new year and it is now official, She Is Too Fond Of Books has gone classic! Over the holidays I thought about the format or direction to take the blog, I thought about this long and hard because when I tried to transform before I […]
It’s the count down to 2012 and time to wrap-up my year in reading. I’m summing up 2011 with a meme hosted by The Happily Ever After… entitled My Life According To The Books I Read In 2011 Describe yourself: The Giver by Lois Lowry How do you feel: I Am Half-Sick Of Shadows by […]
Earlier this year I decided to “go classic” making my blog classic literature oriented– and I failed miserably, it was like my 2011 resolution to become a vegetarian (although I no longer eat red meat due to the documentary Food Inc). Anyway, a bit off topic there but my point is that I went cold […]