In a further effort to diversify this year’s reading, I’ve decided to do the 2010 Complete Booker Challenge. In reading through the prize-winners, short lists and long lists from years past, I was surprised to see how many Booker nominees I’ve read, considering I feel like I don’t read very much “straight” fiction. This made […]
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Read for the 2010 YA Reading Challenge. Findabhair and Gwen are sixteen year old cousins, planning a trip around Ireland when Gwen comes over from the US to visit for the summer. The two girls have always loved the stories of the Fair Folk and the Summer Realm that exists alongside our own. It’s their
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Read for the 2010 YA Reading Challenge. I’ve had this book on my radar since 2004, when I saw Robin McKinley speak at my local Borders after her novel Sunshine was published. At the time, she’d mentioned that her husband had finished his contributions to their book about fire, but her story ideas kept having
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I don’t know if I’ve mentioned before, but one of the first signs I had that my BF was “the one” is his abiding love of fantasy novels. His favorite author list often overlaps mine. What I found out not much later is that he’s an even bigger comic/graphic novel fan (you have to see
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The closest I’ve come to a New Year’s resolution this year is to try and branch out from my comfort zone of fantasy, and read other genres. The Historical Fiction Reading Challenge plays into this semi-resolution beautifully. I’m actually a pretty big fan of historical fiction, but often forget to look for it, so this
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Read for the Really Old Classics Reading Challenge. The Decameron was written in the 14th century, and frames 100 short stories as stories told by a group of ten friends over ten days when they have escaped to the country while the plague ravages Florence. It’s known for its bawdy tales, as well as being
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I don’t often read knitting books cover to cover, but both of Clara Parkes’ books have been an exception to that rule. The Knitter’s Book of Wool covers the process of making wool yarn from sheep to spinning. There’s a discussion of the different grades of wool, and what makes those grades better for certain
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Another challenge I’ll be repeating this year is the Young Adult Reading Challenge. I’ll be doing the mini-YA reading challenge, which is to read 12 YA books through the year. The list doesn’t need to be determined up front. For the moment, I’m aiming to read the following, but the list may change: The Tale
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I’m back at home after a lovely New Year’s trip to the Boston area, happily filled up with dim sum, and back to the house before the beginnings of what may be snowy Armageddon. What better way to celebrate the new year than to start signing up for reading challenges? I’ll be repeating the TBR
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It’s the last day of the year, so I think it’s safe to say I won’t be finishing any of my pending reads before midnight. I can therefore present to you the completed list of books I read in 2009: