Hosted by http://www.theintrovertedreader.com/2011/01/my-dewey-decimal-challenge.html Master level: 4 – This is the highest level, so I have already completed several times… TITLES READ: 1. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, by D. Grann 2. Introducing Benedict’s Rule, by Michael Casey and David Tomlins 3. Light From the Christian East, by [...]
Archive for July, 2011
29 Jul
2011 Audio Book Challenge
Hosted by http://teresasreadingcorner.com/2011-audio-book-challenge/ Level: Addicted- Listen to 12 Audio Books LISTENED TO SO FAR: 1. The Canterbury Tales , by Chaucer 2. The Invisible Man, by HG Wells 3. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, by Helen Grant 4. Atlantic, by Simon Winchester 5. Cutting For Stone, by A. Verghese 6. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett 7. [...]
29 Jul
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 07/30-31
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 07/30-31/2011 Amazing, already the last week-end of July! Do you still have some vacation time, and you are not sure what to read next? Here are some good suggestions for you: FICTION: Sunset Oasis, by Bahaa Taher. Have you ever been to Egypt? Have you ever read Egyptian authors? If [...]
28 Jul
Reading Challenge: Victorian Literature Challenge
Victorian Literature Challenge Hosted by http://subtlemelodrama.blogspot.com/p/victorian-literature-challenge.html COMPLETED! 1-4 books: Sense and Sensibility level – The Invisible Man, by HG Wells + – The Importance of being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde + – Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor’s Son, by Sholem Aleichem + - A Pair of Blue Eyes, by Thomas Hardy +
28 Jul
Reading Challenge: Books Published in The First Years of My Life
My own challenge: Books Published in The First Years of My Life Hosted by http://wordsandpeace.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/books-published-in-the-first-years-of-my-life-challenge-2011/ COMPLETED! Kid level : 5 books – 1966: The Crying Of Lot 49, by T. Pynchon – 1967: Company for Henry, by P. J. Wodehouse – 1968: Do Butlers Burgle Bankers, by P. J. Wodehouse – 1969: Edible [...]
28 Jul
Reading Challenge: What’s in a name
Hosted by http://whatsinaname4.blogspot.com/ COMPLETED! 6 books – Number: The Crying Of Lot 49, by T. Pynchon – Movement: The Spy Who came in from the cold, by J. Le Carré – Life Stage: The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, by W. Mosley – Gem: Cutting For Stone, by A. Verghese – Size: The Great Railway [...]
28 Jul
Review #57: Settled in the Wild
Settled in the Wild: Notes from the Edge of Town by Susan H. SHETTERLY 240 pages Publication: 26 January, 2010 - Algonquin Books This book counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge and for The 2011 Non-Fiction Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK This was such a refreshing book, about rootedness, about the place of nature [...]
27 Jul
Wordless Wednesday #2: Iris
Iris – acrylics on rock Approx 4″x4″ or any size desired $20 Do you know you can order a rock and win a book? see my Giveaway!
26 Jul
Review #56: Being As Communion
Being as Communion: Studies in Personhood and the Church by John ZIZIOULAS 260 pages Publication: 1985/1997 – St Vladimir’s Seminary Press This book counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge and for The 2011 Non-Fiction Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I read this book many years ago in French, when I was Orthodox in heart. [...]
26 Jul
Review #55: French Leave
French Leave by Anna GAVALDA 108 pages Publication: April 26, 2011 – Europa Editions This book counts for MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK This is a very quick read, it took me about an hour, a nice pleasant summer read I would say. It has a flow to it, and I enjoyed the characters as [...]
25 Jul
Review #54: Before Versailles
Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV by Karleen KOEN 460 pages Publication: June 28, 2011 – Crown MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK You may have noticed that lately, I’ve been getting reconciled with my Frenchness and have been reading more books related to France. This historical novel was very enjoyable, though for some reasons, [...]
22 Jul
BBAW Giveaway 2 books!
Excited to participate in BBAW for the first time, so here are 2 books you can win: ARC received as brand new from the publisher – Read my review OR received as gently used from another book contest GIVEAWAY OPEN ONLY TO US RESIDENTS. PLEASE ENTER A COMMENT BELOW, AND FILL IN THE FORM Please [...]
22 Jul
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 07/22-23
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 07/22-23/2011 As summer is reigning as a powerful monarch these days in the Midwest at least, I’ll offer you a lighter list, with only 3 non-fiction titles: FICTION The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov To Be Sung Underwater, by Tom McNeal Sex on the Moon, by Ben Mezrich Before [...]
20 Jul
Review #53: The Pun Also Rises
The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics by John POLLACK 154 pages Publication: April 14, 2011 – Gotham This book counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge and for The 2011 Non-Fiction Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK As you probably all know by [...]
20 Jul
Wordless Wednesday #1: Greek Landscape
Greek Landscape – acrylics on slate appr 8″x7″ Available $50
