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Category Archives: Reading Challenges
February Reading List
Where in the heck did January go? Don’t they always say that month feels like the longest? It certainly didn’t feel that way for me; as I’ve mentioned several times (sorry!) my workload has been crazy and as much as … Continue reading
Books on France 2013 Reading Challenge
So let me make a New Year’s Resolution early: I am going to complete reading challenges in 2013! And the first one I’m committing to is: Books on France 2013 Reading Challenge. Hosted at Words and Peace, this challenge asks … Continue reading
The Betrayal
The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore Published: 2010 by Black Cat Source: Purchased Reading Challenge: European Reading Challenge 2012 Last year at the Books on the Nightstand Readers’ Retreat (best weekend ever), one of my new friends highly recommended the novel … Continue reading
The Most Beautiful Book in the World
The Most Beautiful Book in the World: Eight Novellas by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, translated by Alison Anderson Published: 2009 by Europa Editions Source: Purchased I am by no means an expert about books, especially about books in translation; but since … Continue reading
What’s in a Name Challenge – Quickie Reviews
I’ve been a bit lazy (ok a lot lazy) and have a stack of books sitting next to my computer patiently waiting for me to compose review posts. Several of them are for reading challenges so to kill two birds … Continue reading
Posted in quickie reviews, Reading Challenges
Summer at Tiffany
Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart Published: 2007 by Avon Source: Purchased Do you remember the best summer of your life? So begins this wonderful memoir of an era that could easily be viewed as the best of times … Continue reading
Posted in memoir, non-fiction, Reading Challenges, reviews
The Battle for Spain
The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor Published: 2006 by Penguin Books Source: Purchased Back in university (many many years ago) I wrote a paper in my 1st year international relations class about the Spanish Civil … Continue reading
Posted in history, non-fiction, Reading Challenges
The Battle for Spain
The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor Published: 2006 by Penguin Books Source: Purchased Back in university (many many years ago) I wrote a paper in my 1st year international relations class about the Spanish Civil … Continue reading
Posted in history, non-fiction, Reading Challenges