Woo-hoo! A challenge tailor-made for the half of my TBR bookpile otherwise known as my boyfriend’s book collection. I may come to regret this, but I’ve decided to do Peril the Third. My books are: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – Susanna ClarkeNorthanger Abbey – Jane Austen (This is actually from my collection, and is […]
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Read for the Armchair Traveler Reading Challenge. This book made me hungry. The descriptions of the food that the author and his wife were eating in their jaunts around the Luberon reminded me once again of how much I’d like to visit France. I also enjoyed the descriptions of the local color, and read with
A Year in Provence – Peter Mayle Read More »
Great conclusion to this series. I thought it was a great young adult way to handle the book. (Aimed any older, and the two main characters would have ended up married, but I actually like that they don’t.) I honestly didn’t see Tal’s ultimate path coming until it was staring me in the face, so
Read for the Armchair Traveler’s Reading Challenge. Only Bill Bryson can make driving through an endless wasteland into an amusing story. I very much enjoyed this book. My prior knowledge of Australia has been pretty much limited to what I’ve seen on Crocodile Hunter episodes and a Lonely Planet podcast on Perth, so it was
In a Sunburned Country – Bill Bryson Read More »
This is technically a reread, as I read it some time ago when I found it at the library, when I was devouring anything Robin McKinley. My mother found it used, and it passed it along to me when she was done with it, as she knows I’m collecting McKinley’s book when I find them
A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories – Robin McKinley Read More »
I picked this book up because I’d seen an interview with the author on the Daily Show. It was an interesting interview, and he seemed very articulate and knowledgeable, and since this seems to be my year to learn about Islam, I short listed this to the top of my Amazon wishlist. The book is
No god but God – Reza Aslan Read More »
Hard to believe it’s over. I finished around 1 last night, so I’m still processing. Overall, I think I’m pretty happy with the book. The deaths were meaningful, the people that survived acquitted themselves well in battle, it was a lovely story of how the people around you help you to become a hero, and
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling Read More »
Lovely, different story then the Sabriel trilogy. (Does that trilogy have a name? I’ll have to look that up.) Definitely a younger slant than those books, but still an engaging story that I’ll enjoy reading the rest of, once I get near a Barnes and Noble again and can pick up their exclusive omnibus addition
The Seventh Tower Volumes 1-3 (The Fall, Castle & Aenir) – Garth Nix Read More »
I didn’t hate this book. It was interesting enough to keep me going to the end. There were enough questions I wanted answered that I kept going. I didn’t hate this book. Unfortunately, after finishing the book, I’m mostly left with a laundry list of the things that irritated me about it: 1. I realize
The Last Green Tree – Jim Grimsley Read More »
First, I have to say, I don’t normally bring hard historical non-fiction as a vacation reading book. Second, I slogged through Alison Weir’s book on Eleanor of Aquitaine (the grandmother in law of two of the queens mentioned in this book) earlier this year, and was a bit nervous about trying other book about roughly
Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe – Nancy Goldstone Read More »