Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie and due to the Presidential election I will be listing my top four political related books. My Life by Bill Clinton: I waited in line for 7 1/2 hours to get this book signed (President Clinton said he liked my […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish Top Eleven Favorite Kick-Ass Heroines (in no particular order) Lisbeth Salander — Lisbeth is the definition of bad-ass. Hacker by day, she has a quick reaction time and ways of digging up the dirt to her benefit; she also never puts on a good girl persona and is devilish […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish This week’s topic: your favorite authors in a specific genre, The only obvious answer to me is listing my favorite classic authors. In no particular order: 1. Jane Austen is three syllables A-Maz-Ing! I love her character’s quick wit and leading men. 2. Margaret Mitchell: Her chunkster, […]
The Classics Club has put together a meme that totally reminds me of the song “Getting to know you” from The King and I Or for those not acquainted with Rodgers and Hammerstein a meme to introduce one’s self. 1. Your online name: I just go by my first name, Whitney 2. Your blog name (so we […]
It is the last day of August and I am finally getting around to The Classic Club‘s first meme. What is your favorite classic and why? I didn’t even have to think about this question, my two favorites are Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (and yes […]
Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and Bookish is a weekly meme to be served David Letterman style through a top ten list. This week’s prompt is: Tips For New Bloggers Stay true to yourself — While it is obvious that you started blogging due to a passion for books, but the key is […]
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. […]
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 […]
It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey to recount what has been read the previous week and what you plan to read this week. Read: Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez In The Woods by Tana French (review coming soon) Currently Reading: A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley […]
Crazy for Books hosts a weekly meme Book Blogger Hop creating a chance to catch up on older and favorite blogs that you may be neglecting and discovering new ones in the process. Weekly Blog Summary: I mainly review fiction and classic literature I participated in the Once Upon A readathon and the Summer Mini-Readathon […]