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 […]
The 11 in 11 Category Challenge is hosted over at LibraryThing in which participants read books from 11 different categories in 2011. 121 books seems inconceivable to me so I modified it to 4 books in 11 categories and it worked perfect for me. Let’s Go To The Movies 1. Harry Potter and the Chamber […]
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 […]
Lizzie, our lead protagonist visits the camp with her master Drayle and looks at this time as a mini-vacation to spend with her friends, Sweet, Reenie and Mawu. Wench was an interesting concept but went absolutely nowhere. The bases of the plot was the girls doing some sort of chore, followed by anal sex and […]
Now, Voyager is a classic novel which was later popularized by the 1942 film starring Bette Davis. I first became antiquated with the novel through the cinema due to my favorite actress being Bette Davis. Therefore, I knew the story going into it but this did not tarnish the novel. The film followed the novel […]