On January 2nd of last year I set out to participate in 6 themed challenges as well as posting an overall goal on Goodreads. In some ways I was more successful than others. I beat my Goodreads and Flights of Fantasy goal twice over, my TBR Pile and Historical Fiction goals only once, and didn’t quite succeed with my Banned Books and Back to the Classics challenges. Oh, well! […]
“Fifteen men on the Dead Man’s Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!” I’ve been wanting to read Robert Louis Stevenson’s Classic, Treasure Island, for years, but kept putting it off. Partly because I was afraid it wouldn’t live up to the […]
The Good…: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is a classic novel that is the prelude to The Lord of the Rings. In the novel we learn more about Frodo’s uncle Bilbo, and how he came to possess “The One Ring to Rule Them All.” Gandalf enlists Bilbo as a burglar to help a band of dwarves […]
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic, courtesy of the good folks over at The Broke and the Bookish, is a list of the books I’m planning to read this spring, that have sat in my TBR (To Be Read) pile forever. If you aren’t familiar with having a TBR List, it’s the new, shiny books that wooed you while […]
“Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch. I was there when it was written.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe The Good…: All of the characters feel so real when you read the book. Edmund is just as annoying as the first time I read this book, but that makes his […]
The Good…: I haven’t read Catcher in the Rye since high school, but always remembered it as one of my favorite books. It’s funny how your opinion of books can change through the years, as you have more experiences. While I did enjoy the book this time around, my point of view has changed. In the novel, […]
The Good…: Lewis Carroll’s timeless classic is imaginative and fun! In London, England in 1866, a young girl follows a white rabbit through a rabbit hole, and discovers a magical place she never knew existed. Carroll’s characters are odd, but interesting. The Bad…: As a children’s novel the story is short. Carroll’s world is so […]
For the fourth year in a row I have decided to take part in Goodreads 2015 Reading Challenge. This fun, and often stressful, book challenge is a great way to make sure I pay more attention to what I read. Last year I pledged 65 books, read 99, 89 of which counted towards my goal. I […]