Finish a Book, or Finish a Challenge

Finish a book, or finish a challenge … This is the question I am asking myself as I look at my progress on Dracula, my fourth and final book for Stainless Steel Droppings’ R.I.P. IV Challenge . Don’t get me wrong, I am enjoying The Count, and I’m not thinking of never finishing, it’s just [...]

Review: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge is not just the name of Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, Olive is the heart of this collection of short stories. She is neither warm nor fuzzy. She speaks her mind. In fact she really doesn’t seem to have much of a filter on her thoughts, and she has thoughts about everything: [...]

Tuesday Teaser, 27 October 2009 – Dracula

It’s that time of week again for Should Be Reading’s fun meme Teaser Tuesdays. So how does this work: Grab your current book Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! [...]

What Are You Reading, Monday, 26 October?

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. One week to go in The R.I.P. IV Challenge (which stands for Readers Imbibing Peril) hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings. I had hoped to read four books, and with three down, I have started the fourth and final book today … Dracula. I think [...]

Review: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

In Audrey Niffenegger’s latest novel Her Fearful Symmetry, Julia and Valentina are not only twins, they are mirror image twins. Valentina is Julia’s mirror image, even down to organs in reserved places (Valentina would need to use her left hand and go to her right side to “cross her heart”), and this has given Valentina [...]

Tuesday Teaser, 20 October 2009 – The White Queen

It’s that time of week again for Should Be Reading’s fun meme Teaser Tuesdays. So how does this work: Grab your current book Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! [...]

What Are You Reading Monday, 19 October

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. Here we are in the middle of October, less than two weeks away from my favorite holiday! Life in my reading universe is progressing nicely. I am a far cry away from the 75 books I dreamed of reading when I joined the “75 [...]

Review: Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

I don’t remember reading all that many young adult specific books in high school, so there were many years between my young adult reading experiences. In fact, it was not until last summer that I reconnected with my inner high school angst and started reading a young adult book (then books). Of course that was [...]

Tuesday Teaser, 13 October, 2009

It’s that time of week again for Should Be Reading’s fun meme Teaser Tuesdays. So how does this work: Grab your current book Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! [...]

What Are You Reading Monday, 12 October; And Not Much to the Week That Was

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. Wow – it’s been one week since I last posted. I wish I could say my absence was for some fun reason, but no. No bad reason either, I just found myself elsewhere, and not writing about my thoughts on reading. I’m sorry, and [...]