Lilith by George MACDONALD Book originally published in 1895 Audiobook 10:30 HOURS Volunteer Narrator: Pete Williams (free audiobook on Librivox) This book counts for 2011 Audio Book Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK A friend of mine often referred to MacDonald as her favorite author, but for whatever reason, I never tried any of his [...]
Archive for November, 2011
25 Nov
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 11/26-27
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 11/26-27/2011 Wow, I can’t believe it’s already been over a month since my last Good Books For Your Week-end post! I have been very busy, and I had to catch up with lots of reviews. Now that I am only 4 reviews behind, time tio recommend you some good books [...]
23 Nov
#86 review: The Innocents Abroad
The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress; Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City’s Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy land by Mark TWAIN 560 pages Published in 1869 This book counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge and for The 2011 Non-Fiction Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I keep saying I [...]
22 Nov
#85 review: The Lake
The Lake by Banana YOSHIMOTO 188 pages Published by Melville House in may 2011 This book counts for MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK This is a strange love story between 2 characters dealing with some kind of grief, we are not sure what for the young man Nakajima. He looks odd, and only little by [...]
22 Nov
#84 review: The Woman In The Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo ABE 241 pages Published by Vintage in 1991 This book counts for MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK This was a weird book, or I should say, I felt dragged into a very weird world. While he’s looking for unique insects, this guy ends up in a dune area [...]
21 Nov
#83: Before I Go To Sleep
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. WATSON Narrator: Orlagh CASSIDY Audiobook: 11:32 hours Published by Harper Audio in September 2011 This book counts for 2011 Audio Book Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK This is really unusual, but I found this book because I follow a fantastic narrator: Orlagh Cassidy. I enjoyed so [...]
19 Nov
#82: The Night Circus
The Night Circus by Erin MORGENSTERN Narrator: Jim Dale Audiobook 13H40 Published by Random House Audio in September 2011 This book counts for 2011 Audio Book Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK OK let’s go against the flow here. I got hooked by all the hype around this book and tried it. I have to [...]
18 Nov
#81 review: The Winter Palace
The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great by Eva STACHNIAK 464 pages To be published by Bantam on Jan 10, 2012 Ebook provided by NetGalley & Bantam MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I enjoy more and more historical fiction and have been discovering this year so many excellent authors in that genre. Eva [...]
17 Nov
Happy Haul-idays! Get books for free!
THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED And I have NOT won! Wow, Chronicle Books is having its 2nd annual Happy Haul-idays promotion. Look at that: “This year, we’re not only giving away up to $500 worth of Chronicle books to one lucky blogger and one commenter on the winning blog post—we’re also asking the winning blogger [...]
16 Nov
I love France #11: French couture
I LOVE FRANCE! This meme will be published every Thursday. You can share here about any book or anything cultural you just discovered related to France, Paris, etc. Please spread the news on Twitter, Facebook, etc ! Feel free to grab my button, and link your own post through Mister Linky please if possible include [...]
15 Nov
BOOKS PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST YEARS OF MY LIFE CHALLENGE – 2012
BOOKS PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST YEARS OF MY LIFE CHALLENGE January 1st 2012 – December 31st 2012 YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO JOIN AND A LINK TO POST YOUR REVIEWS AT THE END OF THIS POST As a few of you followed my own Reading Challenge for 2011, I invite you and others to [...]
15 Nov
#80 review: 1Q84
1Q84 by Haruki MURAKAMI Translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel 924 p. Published by Knopf in October 2011 This book counts for MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I enjoyed very much After Dark and Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, so when I heard that this life opus was coming out, I requested it very early [...]
8 Nov
#79 review: The Three Sisters
Three Sisters by Anton CHEKHOV Narrators: Jennifer Westfeldt, Sarah Zimmerman, Tessa Thompson, Jon Hamm, Full Cast Unabridged Length: 2 h, 2 m Published by L.A. Theatre Works, 2011 Received for review from L.A. Theatre Works and Audiobook Jukebox This book counts for 2011 Audio Book Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS AUDIOBOOK My feelings are very [...]
1 Nov
October 2011 wrap up
Not sure what happened this past month, where all the days of October went, but the fact is my wrap up is rather poor, and I’m still 8 reviews behind! I read only 6 books, with a total of 1120 pages, which is a poor average of 36.12 pages/day; well, I have actually already read [...]
