Author: Whitney

Graham Greene Challenge

Graham Greene Challenge

Graham Greene Challenge hosted by Books and Movies Carrie says– “For 2012, I wanted to host a challenge to help me read more of an author I keep meaning to dive into. Then a few months ago Bookmarks Magazine did a profile of Graham Greene, and I was reminded how much I loved The Quiet […]

Posted December 11, 2011 by Whitney in Reading Challenge / 2 Comments
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Nancy Drew Reading Challenge

Nancy Drew Reading Challenge

I am setting myself a personal challenge to read all 56 original Nancy Drew Mysteries.  I remember when I read my first Nancy Drew, around the age of 10.  We were on vacation and I had run out of things to read.  My mom took me to a local book store and convinced to me […]

Posted December 8, 2011 by Whitney in Reading Challenge / 5 Comments
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Reading Challenge

Laura Ingalls Wilder Reading Challenge

Laura Ingalls Wilder Reading Challenge hosted by Stray Thoughts I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I LOVED Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House Books growing up.  I read them to pieces.  The Hallmark Channel (or the equivalent in the 90s) played the television shows twice a day, once in the morning and again […]

Posted December 7, 2011 by Whitney in Reading Challenge / 5 Comments
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Anne Rice Challenge

Anne Rice Challenge

Anne Rice Challenge hosted by The Towering Pile Rules: Ebooks are fine. Audiobooks are fine as long as they are the unabridged versions. Rereads and crossovers with other challenges are fine. You can change your level at any time. The challenge goes from January 1st to December 31st, 2012. If you read, for example, the […]

Posted December 6, 2011 by Whitney in Reading Challenge / 2 Comments
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Review: What Janie Found

Review: What Janie Found

At the end of The Voice on the Radio Reeve’s lawyer sister Lizzie divulges that Hannah died five years ago.  So really, I’d like to know who is receiving these checks.  Anyway, why wouldn’t Reeve just tell Janie this and save them all the trouble.  I know why, because a) Janie wouldn’t listen and b) […]

Posted December 5, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment
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Review: The Voice on the Radio

Review: The Voice on the Radio

The Voice on the Radio could have come off like a rehash of The Face on the Milk Carton, but it didn’t, I was riveted once again.  Janie’s story was told in a new refreshing voice as fascinating as it was the first time.  Although, I had a hard time getting past what a prick […]

Posted December 4, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments
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Review: Whatever Happened to Janie?

Review: Whatever Happened to Janie?

The Springs, are decent people who had the worst luck fall upon them, obviously after hearing their daughter is alive and well welcome her back with open arms.  Unfortunately, Janie is unwilling to accept these changes and chooses to live in her seemingly perfect past. Most of the story revolves around Janie’s adjustment, and whenever […]

Posted December 2, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment
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Review: The Buddha in the Attic

Review: The Buddha in the Attic

The Buddha in the Attic was an interesting plot in theory but felt like the story was told in fragments almost as if the narrator forgot what they were going to say and just trailed off.   I think the part that bothered me about this novel is that there was no designated main character […]

Posted December 1, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 4 Comments
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Monthly Review: November 2011

Monthly Review: November 2011

Currently Reading: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka Read: The Face On The Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman Holidays On Ice by David Sedaris Challenges Joined: The Christmas Spirit E-Book Harry Potter Narnia Classics Young Adult

Posted November 30, 2011 by Whitney in Monthly Review / 2 Comments
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Three Classics Challenge

Three Classics Challenge

Its that time of year, not for Cyber Monday  but for reading challenges.  I’ve already signed up for a few myself but have been waiting diligently for a classics challenge, and as luck would have it I found not one but two! A Classics Challenge Hosted by Kathrine at November’s Autumn For this challenge the […]

Posted November 28, 2011 by Whitney in Reading Challenge / 5 Comments
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