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 […]
Willa Cather Novel Reading Challenge hosted by WildmooBooks The Challenge: Read one Willa Cather novel each month in order of publication from January through December 2012. The Reading List: January: Alexander’s Bridge (1912) February: O Pioneers! (1913) March: The Song of the Lark (1915) April: My Ántonia (1918) May: One of Ours (1922) June: A […]
After reading The Age of Innocence earlier this year I continued to think “I’d like to read more Edith Wharton” but then a shinny new book would come along and she would get pushed to the back of my mind. This year, I WILL read more Edith Wharton and begin a perpetual challenge of reading […]
Just in time for Christmas came my completion of The Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge hosted by Michelle The True Book Addict at The Christmas Spirit There were several levels to participate in but I chose “Mistletoe” reading two holiday themed books. My holiday novels were: Holidays On Ice by David Sedaris I am Half-Sick of […]
I felt I Am Half-Sick of Shadows had a little Sunset Boulevard vibe to it, only Flavia is not found in a swimming pool. Phyllis Wyvern, while still pretty and popular on screen has started to age and watches old silent pictures of herself during her “hay day”. Unfortunately, the film reels are how she […]