Not sure why, but this month of August appears to have had a low reading average. I read 7 books,with a total of 1500 pages only, which is an average of 48.38 pages/day and listened to 2 audiobooks, with a total of 27 hours, which is an average of 52 mn/day Novellas: Of Mice And [...]
Archive for the ‘Novella’ Category
22 Aug
Review #64: Of Mice And Men
Of Mice and Men by John STEINBECK 72 pages Published in 1937 Read for MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK I would like first to thank Rebecca for inviting me on this Tour! Between Aug 15-26, Rebecca invited over 30 book bloggers to post on a book by Steinbeck. Click on the above picture to access [...]
12 Aug
Art of the Novella Challenge – wrap up
Level: Fascinated — Read 3 novellas, during the month of August 2011 Hosted by MelvilleHouse Publishing Novella #1: The Dead, by James Joyce Novella #2: Bartleby the Scrivener, by Herman Melville Novella #3: The Death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy Novella #4: The Touchstone, by Edith Wharton That will be it for [...]
11 Aug
Review #62: The Touchstone
The Touchstone by Edith WHARTON 54 pages Publication: 1900/ 2004, by Melville House Read for MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK This is I believe my first book by Edith Wharton. I like her writing style, the psychology around her characters. There are many themes in here that could be comparable to Jane Austen’s books, but [...]
8 Aug
Review #61: The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo TOLSTOY 76 pages Publication: 1886 / 2008, by Melville House Read for MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK Just like for the previous novella I reviewed, this was an opportunity to reconnect with an author I had read many years ago. I enjoyed very much Anna Karenina in my [...]
2 Aug
July 2011 Wrap Up
Looks like the reading index is in harmony with the heat index: this month of July has been my best of the year so far, with 10 books read, a total of 2524 pages, that is an average of 81.41 pages/day. On the other hand, I have not finished any audiobook in July, I’m still [...]
1 Aug
Review #58: The Dead (Art of the Novella Review #1)
The Dead by James JOYCE 80 pages Published in 1914 / 2004, by Melville House Read for Excited to be part of this Reading Challenge, and to be able to post 1 review on Day1! I’m shooting for either 6 or 9 novels, we’ll see how things go. Not too late to join the Challenge [...]
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 [...]
11 Jul
June 2011 Wrap-up
June was a very good month for books, for really good books. Stats I read 8 books, with a total of 1988 pages, that is 66.26 pages/day. Not too bad compare to my previous months. I listened to 2 audiobooks, with a total of 35:24 hours, that is 1:17 hour/day, which is my best this [...]
