R.I.P. IV Challenge

The Challenge:

There are two simple goals to the R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Challenge:
1. Have fun reading.
2. Share that fun with others.
As I do each and every year, there are multiple levels of participation that allow you to be a part of R.I.P. IV without adding the burden of another commitment to your already busy [...]

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Review

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Children’s Fiction, Published 2007
2008 Caldecott Medal Finalist

J. Kaye’s Book Blog – 2009 Young Adult Book Challenge #1

Read Sept 2009
5/5
From the Cover:
Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his [...]

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Bitsy’s Bait & BBQ

“I just bought us a B&B on eBay!”
With 31 notes from Bitsy, how could you go wrong?  While this is not strictly considered a southern read as it takes place in the Missouri Ozarks, I think this small town community could be placed anywhere in the south.  (Being from Texas it is sometimes hard [...]

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The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen – Review

The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Southern Reading Challenge Three #1
Fiction, Published 2008
Read June 2009
4/5
From the Cover:
Twenty-seven-year-old Josey Cirrini is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favorite season, she’s a sorry excuse for a southern belle, and sweets are best eaten in the privacy of her hidden closet.
Review:
Once again [...]

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The Reader by Bernhard Schlink – Review

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Translated from German by Carol Brown Janeway

Historical Fiction, Published 1997

Read Feb 2009
3/5
From the Cover:
Set in postwar Germany, The Reader is a provocative, morally challenging, and deeply moving novel about a young boy’s erotic awakening in a clandestine love affair with a mysterious older woman. Falling ill on his way home from [...]

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Southern Reading Challenge

Southern Reading Challenge Three
May 15 – August 15, 2009
Maggie from Maggie Reads is once again hosting her very popular Southern Reading Challenge for 2009. She writes:
It’s that time of year!
The time when you pour a glass of lemonade or sweet tea and take your official summer spot on the porch. Lean back in that chase [...]

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2009 YA Reading Challenge

J. Kaye’s Book Blog – 2009 Young Adult Book Challenge

Guidelines for 2009 Young Adult Book Challenge

1. Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog to participate.
2. Read 12 Young Adult novels. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change [...]

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Crazy Cozy Murders hosting Series Challenge Season 3

The Series Reading Challenge
starts December 1st, 2008 and goes until November 30th, 2009.
The rules are easy:
1) Pick a couple series you already started and now want to finish (meaning, you’ll be all up to date with the series when it ends).
2) Read at least 4 books, more are also okay, of course!
3) Post your [...]

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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill A Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Fiction, Published 1960

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction – 1961
Read Sept-Oct 2008

5/5
From the Cover:

Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South — and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred

One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird [...]

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Any Given Doomsday – ARC Book Giveaway!!

Any Given Doomsday
by Lori Handeland
Phoenix Chronicles #1
Urban Fantasy, Published Nov 2008
Read Oct 2008, ARC
2/5

From the Cover:
Darkness will summon her…
Elizabeth Phoenix once used her unique skills as a psychic [...]

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