Posted in book review, books, challenges, tagged anya seton, historical fiction, historical fiction reading challenge, katherine on May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Katherine by Anya Seton
Historical Fiction, Originally published 1954
Read April-May 2008
4.5/5
From the Cover:
This classic novel tells the most romantic love story in British history – the true love tale of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of much of the British royal family. It is set in the vibrant 14th-century [...]
Posted in books, reviews, tagged fiction, lottery, patricia wood on May 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Lottery by Patricia Wood
Fiction, Published 2007
4.5/5
“My name is Perry L. Crandall and I am not retarded.”
At 32, Perry says his IQ is 76, and he read in Reader’s Digest that your IQ must be less than 75 to be retarded. Perry was raised by his grandparents since his mother and brothers are embarrassed by [...]
Posted in books, challenges, reviews, tagged childrens book week, e.l. konigsburg, fiction, from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler, initials reading challenge, newbery medal winners, YA fiction on May 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
YA Fiction, Originally published 1967
Newbery Medal Winner – 1968
Read May 2008
4/5
From the Cover:
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn’t just want to run from somewhere, she wants to run to somewhere – to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, [...]
Posted in book review, books, challenges, reviews, tagged catch me if you can, frank abagnale, memoir, nonfiction, true crime, wind-up book chronicle challenge on May 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Frank Abagnale with Stan Redding
NF – True Crime/Memoir, Published 2002
Read April-May 2008
3.5/5
From the Cover:
Frank Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, impostors, and escape artists in history. [...]
Posted in challenges, lists, tbr, tagged challenges on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So a few more reading challenges to help get through that tbr pile of mine…
The Wind-Up Book Chronicle Challenge
What: To participate, you must use books that you’ve read more than 50 pages of BEFORE MAY 1 but never finished. (…haha this is so perfect for me since I already have a list of these! Seriously, [...]
Posted in tbr, tagged updates on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So school’s finally out and I’m hoping to catch up on all my reviews soon. Now that studying and finals are out of the way I can finally read about things other than plate tectonics, foreland basins, and seismic interpretation. I love geology, probably much more than the average person, but even I find it [...]
