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 […]
First Impressions Like Elizabeth Taylor’s husbands, a percentage of people can rattle off most of Henry VIII wives and like Richard Burton, Anne Boleyn is always among them. But what of her sister Mary, the King’s first choice, the other Boleyn girl? The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory writes like an autobiography. Through the […]
I have stated (or ranted) in other posts my town library is moving across town, away from its current location in the center of the downtown. There is no backing out now, a grand opening date is set — October 12th. Despite their lack of funds, they are moving ahead. I got on their website […]
Michelle at The True Book Addict is hosting the Frightful Fall Read-a-Thon via her new blog Castle Macabre Details Dates: Monday, October 3 at 12:00am through Sunday, October 9 at 11:59pm (your time zone). To go along with the scary theme, this time I will have a requirement. You must read at least ONE scary […]
Earlier this year I completed several reading challenges and neglected to post my finish line(s). Rather than doing three separate posts and unnecessarily clogging my follower’s Google Readers I’m compiling them into one. Hosted by The Introverted Reader Level 1–C’mon in the house! Read 1 book. Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez Hosted at Daemon’s Books […]
Currently Reading: The Likeness by Tana French A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown Books Read: 1. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn 2. Columbine by Dave Cullen 3. Now, Voyager by Olive Higgens Prouty 4. Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 5. In The Woods by Tana French Challenges: R.I.P. […]
Even though it doesn’t even feel close to fall outside it is time for the R.I.P. VI Challenge (Readers Imbibing Peril) hosted by Carl V. at Stainless Steel Droppings running from September 1 – October 31 with several different “perils” to choose from. The genres that qualify for said challenge are: Mystery Suspense Thriller Dark […]
WARNING: DO NOT READ IN THE WOODS WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY IN THE WOODS! I made the foolish mistake of reading Tana French’s In The Woods while at my family’s home in upper Wisconsin, in a wooded isolated area. I don’t want to come off as some kind of chicken because the novel wasn’t actually […]