It was actually a couple weeks ago that I technically completed my reading challenges, but I’m just now getting around to recording them. I did cut back a little bit this year, and stuck to mostly broad stroke challenges that covered multiple genres within a more specific subject. This did go pretty well, and let […]
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Based on what I have available in my reading pile, I think I can safely say I’m done with the Foodie’s Reading Challenge for the year. I read: This put me into the Bon Vivant category, which was reading 4 to 6 books for the year. Not bad, considering I started knowing that I could
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Read for the Foodie Reading Challenge. This cookbook is filled with book passages that celebrate food – some very specific examples, some a bit more broad. It’s a really great read, just for the passages. Some are incredibly short (several snippets from Poor Richard’s Almanack come to mind), and some much longer. There are also
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I’ve now completed the 2011 YA Reading Challenge, which was to read 12 YA books within 2011. I’ve read: This year, I skewed very heavily fantasy. There was one mystery, and one dystopian/sci fi book, but the other ten all had at least some fantastical elements. I can definitely tell what kind of books I
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Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. There are two princesses in Bamarre – the elder, Meryl, is the brave one, who wants nothing more than to fight Bamarre’s battles, while her younger sister Addie is much more timid, and depends on Meryl’s strength and protection. Naturally, something terrible happens to Meryl, and it’s Addie
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Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. One day, a parcel containing a pair of gorgeous silver shoes is left outside Coriander’s home. She knows that they’re for her, but her mother is adamant that she cannot wear them. Still, the shoes call her name, and when Coriander gives in to that call, it starts
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Read for the Foodie Reading Challenge. This book is a compilation of essays by writers and chefs about either cooking for one, or dining alone. There is an interesting mix of stories, most including some sort of signature recipe. Many of the stories lean more to the philosophical than being strictly related to the food.
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Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. The Princetta is pretty standard sheltered girl rebels against what she considers to be a constricted life, runs away, has grand adventures, falls in love and returns to her life, realizing it isn’t as bad as she thought it was. And as adventures go, this book does those
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Read for the Foodie’s Reading Challenge. Ruth Reichl is among other things, the former editor of Gourmet magazine, as well as a former restaurant critic for the New York Times. I’ve started a bit backwards with her books, already having read Garlic and Sapphires, which chronicled some of her time at the New York Times.
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It’s close enough to the end of the month that I can safely say I’ve finished my RIP V challenge reading. This year, I read: This year, I was trying to read exclusively from my TBR bookcase, so I was a little more limited than I normally would be. I had two other books (A
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