Hi there, just to be sure you know, you can post your review for this challenge on the same page where you signed up. Just go to the very end of the post, you will see 2 Mr Linkys: – the first to join the challenge – and it’s never too late – the 2nd [...]
Archive for January, 2012
30 Jan
Review #5 (2012): A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William SHAKESPEARE 155 pages Published ca. 1590 I read this book for the following Challenges: MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I joined 2 reading challenges this year related to Shakespeare, and one of them had planned to have us read this play I had not read yet. I have [...]
30 Jan
Reading Shakespeare A Play A Month Challenge
I realize now I had not created that post yet! So here are the plays we will be reading this year. January — A Midsummer Night’s Dream February — Macbeth March — Henry V April — Much Ado About Nothing May — Antony and Cleopatra June — Richard III July — As You Like It [...]
29 Jan
Review #4 (2012): The Man In The Brown Suit
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha CHRISTIE 277 pages Published in 1924 I read this book for the following Challenges: MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK First, let me specify that I read this book for 2 Reading Challenges, as you can see above. The Around The Word Reading Challenge chose South Africa [...]
28 Jan
Review #3 (2012): Remembering Babylon
Remembering Babylon by David MALOUF 200 pages Published by Pantheon in 1993 I read this book for the following Challenges: MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I had chosen to listen to The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, for this Australian Literature month, but it came too late for me at the library, so [...]
23 Jan
Review #2 (2012): Charles Dickens: A Life
Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire TOMALIN 417 pages Published by Penguin Press, in Oct 2011 I read this book for the following Challenges: MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I need first to explain the discrepancy between the official page numbers of this book, Goodreads says 527 pages (and I have no idea why amazon [...]
23 Jan
Japanese Literature Challenge 2012
This Challenge starts only in June 2012. I will add the link of the hostess then, and the titles I plan to read for it.
16 Jan
Block Book Club #1
Last week, I had a fabulous experience: In the course of several block parties and other events, I realized we had quite a few very active readers on our block – one of them read 165 books last year, including men as well. So after some time of thinking, I finally invited my block to [...]
13 Jan
I love France #13: Review 1 (2012): Le Grand Meaulnes
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 [...]
13 Jan
Audio Book Challenge Feature- Challenger Spotlight
Last year and this year, I have been part of a wonderful challenge hosted by Teresa. This year, she’s been adding some extra features, and is launching now a Challenger spotlight. I’m thrilled to be interviewed today for this spotlight. Please go and check for yourself our chat on Teresa’s blog. As you are there, [...]
12 Jan
December wrap up
After having published my 2011 recap, it is high time to post my December wrap up!! I just posted my last reviews for 2011, so it is now all good. December was a very bad month for reading, actually my worst, with only 3 books, and a pathetic total of 922 pages, which is a [...]
12 Jan
Review #96-97: Heresy / Prophecy
Heresy (Giordano Bruno #1) 13:09 hours Prophecy (Giordano Bruno #2) 12:48 hours by S. J. PARRIS narrated by John LEE published by Random House Audio in 2010 and 2011 *** *** *** These titles count for 2011 Audio Book Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THESE BOOKS I finished 2011 with 2 fantastic historical novels as audiobooks. [...]
10 Jan
Is That A Fish in Your Ear?
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David BELLOS 338 pages Published by Faber & Faber in October 2011 This book counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge and for The 2011 Non-Fiction Challenge MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK As a lover of words and as a translator, I [...]
9 Jan
Books In Translation Reading Challenge
Ah, ah another challenge according to my heart! As I read 13 books in translation last year, and as I’m going to travel to 52 countries this year, it looks safe to aim at the LINGUIST LEVEL 10-12 BOOKS 1. The Adventures of Hergé, by José-Louis Bocquet – from the French 2. Saint Gregory Palamas [...]
5 Jan
I love France #12 – #95 review: For The King
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 [...]
