The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,500 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many [...]
Archive for December, 2011
30 Dec
Year of reading 2011
yeah, the time of the 2011 has come, and this is my BEST YEAR EVER, as for reading. Books read/listened to in 2011: 99 [61 in 2010]. This is an average of 8.25/month. – 83 were in print [5 were graphic novels (1 in 2010, seriously?)]. With an average of 6.9 books /month. Total of [...]
29 Dec
Giveaway Hop
WE HAVE A WINNER FOR THIS GREAT BOOK Road from the West: Book I of the Chronicles of Tancred by Rosanne E. LORTZ 360 pages Published in September 2011 by Madison Street Publishing *** *** *** This is an ARC, in excellent condition, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR! Click on the title to read my [...]
28 Dec
2012 Reading Challenges and Read-alongs
MY 2012 READING CHALLENGE FOR YOU ************************************************************************************ THE 2012 READING CHALLENGES I AM WORKING ON FOR 2012 You can follow my progress and plans for all the following challenges on my google spreadsheet or/and click on each image below to get to my post for each challenge. * [...]
28 Dec
We want you to read french Authors
September 1st, 2011 and August 31st, 2012 How could I resist this challenge, especially as I have already some read in that period. 1. Du côté de chez Swann , by Proust (in French) 2. An Accident in August, by Laurence Cossé 3. Le Grand Meaulnes , by Alain-Fournier (in French) 4. A l’ombre des [...]
28 Dec
I Love Italy Reading Challenge
Well, with my travels around the year 2012, I will definitely be able to read between 1 and 3 books for this challenge. 1. If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler, by Italo Calvino CLICK ON THE POSTER TO START YOUR OWN JOURNEY!
28 Dec
2012 Audio book challenge
I plan to listen to about 12 audiobooks in 2012. 1. And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie 2. Cleopatra’s Daughter, by Michelle Moran 3. The Boy in the Suitcase, by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis, narrated by Katherine Kellgren 4. The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton currently listening to The Orphan’s Son CLICK [...]
28 Dec
2012 Ebook Reading Challenge
This year I read about 12 ebooks, so I signed up for this ebook challenge. Most of them will probably be egalleys, like the #1. I plan to read 10 ebooks in 2012. 1. Le Grand Meaulnes , by Alain-Fournier 2. Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate), by [...]
23 Dec
2nds Reading Challenge 2012
I plan to read at least 3 books by authors I have already read, or the 2nd book in a series. 1. And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie 2. The Death of Kings, by Bernard Cornwell 3. Cleopatra’s Daughter, by Michelle Moran click on the image for more details to join the challenge
23 Dec
Finishing the Series Reading Challenge
The idea is to finish all the books published in a series you started. I would like to finish at least one series: The Saxon Chronicles, by Bernard Cornwell. Here it is: Death of Kings, by Bernard Cornwell CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO JOIN THE FUN
23 Dec
2012 Graham Greene Reading Challenge
I have been meaning for a while to read The End of The Affair, so this Reading Challenge is great! There will be a read-along precisely on this work in the Spring, so I’ll wait until then. Not sure I will read anything else by this author this year. CLICK ON THE IMAGE IF YOU [...]
19 Dec
Shakespeare Reading Month
Ah ah, another January Reading month, now for Shakespeare! For this, I read A Midsummer Night’s Dream CLICK ON THE LOGO TO JOIN
19 Dec
Charles Dickens Month
January is going to be busy… It happens to be Australian Literature Month, but to prepare for the big Dickens 200th anniversary in February, here is a little challenge I joyfully joined! And here is the book I read: Charles Dickens: A Life, by Claire Tomalin CLICK ON THE LINK TO JOIN
19 Dec
Foodies Read 2 Reading Challenge
Well, as I already have a couple of books related to that theme on my TBR for 2012, I joined this challenge as well!! I am aiming at this level: Short-Order Cook: 1 to 3 books, with these possible titles: 1. BALZAC’S OMELETTE: A Delicious Tour of French Food and Culture With Honoré de Balzac [...]
