Monthly Archives: August 2009
Your Favorite Reading Related Memory
I’m in the middle of a very busy time of my life, and while I’m crazy busy with said time of life, I’m remembering what it was like when life wasn’t so crazy and I fondly think of what it … Continue reading
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The Sunday Salon: These Granite Islands
Sarah Stonich’s debut novel These Granite Islands is one of those amazing books that can’t truly be described in words, because it’s more about how you feel when you read it. I read it about a year ago and picked … Continue reading
Friday Finds: The Sugar Queen
I told myself I wasn’t going to buy a new book. Or maybe I would, but it had to be on the Bargain shelf. And I was in the mood for something with a female main character, so it had … Continue reading
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Review: Lord Foul’s Bane (Book 1 of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever) by Stephen Donaldson
For the Lords learned long ago that the desire for aloneness need not be a selfish desire, if it is not made so by those who do not feel it. Lord Foul’s Bane – Stephen Donaldson Atiaran stood behind her … Continue reading
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Why yes, I would love to read your book and write a review!
If you’ve got a book and you’re looking for a review, I’m here to help. I read most types of fiction and love writing reviews. I am honest though, so if you’re looking for constructive criticism good; but if you … Continue reading
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What I Wish I Were Reading Instead
Question: What do you do when you start a book that you can’t stand half-way through? Do you: A) Put it down; you don’t feel bad, you don’t feel a guilty twinge, you totally move on without a backward glance. … Continue reading
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I dislike slow books…
… And Book 1 of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (Lord Foul’s Bane) is seriously trying my patience. I’m on page 236 (approximately half-way through) and I’m sleeeeeping. Yes we know, Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever, that you’re a “leper outcast unclean.” … Continue reading
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Book Blogger Appreciation Week
Let me tell you, finding this was like finding the Holy Grail. This Book Blogging scene is so much bigger than I ever imagined. Silly me, naive fool that I am, I thought I was just signing up for a … Continue reading
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Quicky: Lord Foul’s Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)
I struggled through the beginning of this book, I’m not going to lie. At one point I thought I might have to set it aside (a-la 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea style – with vehemence and exultation) but I persisted… and … Continue reading
Challenges Galore…
I don’t know how ya’ll manage to keep up and maintain so many challenges! Hats off to you all. I just read a blog that had at least 6 different reading challenges. My challenge would be to get through a … Continue reading
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