The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen GRANT (Helen Grant is on Twitter!) Audiobook: 9 hours This counts for 2011 Audio Book Challenge ABOUT THE BOOK It may seem strange to describe Grant’s debut as a charming horror novel, but there’s a determined amiableness about the narrative that will appeal to readers who wouldn’t [...]
Archive for February, 2011
25 Feb
Completed 2011 Reading Challenge!
I’m so happy I already completed 1 of my 6 Reading Challenges for 2011! My own challenge: Books Published in The First Years of My Life Kid level : 5 books Here are the 5 books I read: – 1966: The Crying Of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon – 1967: Company for Henry, by [...]
25 Feb
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye by Toni MORRISON 206 p. This counts for My own Reading challenge: Books Published in The First Years of My Life. Book published in 1970 ABOUT THE BOOK Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and [...]
25 Feb
Good books for your week-end 2/26-27
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 02/26-27/2011 Spring is not yet here folks, so why not hibernate a bit longer in a good book? Here is a list of goodies for you, and from now on, I’ll try to give you the link of the blog where I found it first. 2 advantages to that: 1. [...]
23 Feb
Strong As Death
Strong As Death (A Catherine Levendeur Mystery) by Sharan NEWMAN 384 p. This counts for ‘What’s in a Name’ Reading Challenge – Evil Category – ABOUT THE BOOK As a former novitiate in the Order of the Paraclete, Catherine LeVendeur has had more than her share of adventures. In fact, intrigue—and murder—seem to dog [...]
21 Feb
In Constant Prayer
In Constant Prayer by Robert BENSON 173 p. ISBN 978-0-8499-4603-5. (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson) This book counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge The author, part of the Episcopalian Tradition, is renowned for his writings on how to live a more contemplative and prayerful life in the modern world. In this very accessible book, [...]
21 Feb
The Great Railway Bazaar
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul THEROUX 342 pages This counts for ‘What’s in a Name’ Reading Challenge – Size Category – and for My Dewey Decimal Challenge ABOUT THE BOOK The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia is a 1975 travelogue written by the American novelist Paul Theroux. It recounts Theroux’s [...]
21 Feb
What should I say about reading?
“What should I say about reading? I consider a room without reading to be a hell without consolation, a gibbet without relief, a prison without light, a tomb without a vent…” Peter of Celle (1115-1183), On Affliction and Reading 8-13 PL 202 quoted by Sharan Newman, in Strong As Death, at the beginning [...]
18 Feb
Good books for your week-end 02/19-20
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 02/19-20/2011 This past week has been amazing in Illinois. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced as much pleasure in y life being able to see concrete, meaning that the sheet of ice and snow covering our driveway is FINALLY gone, and now grass is visible as well, thanks be to [...]
18 Feb
In Constant Prayer – excerpts
I recently joined Booksneeze, a great program: you request a book, you get it for free, you post your review, and you are allowed to request the next one for free, repeat as desired. The first book I requested is In Constant Prayer, by Robert Benson. It’s a very very easy read, surely different from [...]
17 Feb
Light From the Christian East
Light from the Christian East: An Introduction to the Orthodox Tradition by James R. PAYTON Jr 224 p. This counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge ABOUT THE BOOK The Orthodox tradition is arguably the most faithful representation of early Christianity in existence today. Yet despite a quarter billion adherents—including growing numbers of evangelical converts—it [...]
17 Feb
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man by H.G. WELLS 4:45 hours This counts for 2 of my Reading Challenges: Victorian Literature Challenge and 2011 Audio Book Challenge ABOUT THE BOOK You probably don’t need a synopsis of the book, but just in case you have only watched it and never read it, here is one. [...]
11 Feb
Good books for your week-end 02/12-13
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 02/12-13/2011 Do you see what I mean? I have enough of the snow, and am looking forward to sunny days with good books on the porch or on the lawn. BUT as life is never perfect, here are a few titles as a consolation for this coming week-end: [...]
7 Feb
Company For Henry
Company for Henry by P.G.WODEHOUSE 222 p. Read for my My own Reading challenge: Books Published in The First Years of My Life. Book published in 1967 http://wordsandpeace.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/books-published-in-the-first-years-of-my-life-challenge-2011/ ABOUT THE BOOK Company For Henry is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on May 12, 1967 by [...]
4 Feb
Good books for your week-end 02/05-06
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 02/05-06/2011 When you’ve exhausted yourself for a few hours with digging your way out of snow trenches, is there anything better than dive into a good warm book? I don’t think so. And in case you have no clue what to read during this coming week-end, here are [...]
