Posts from the ‘Challenges’ category

Review: The Library Book by Susan Orlean

I can’t say this is a perfect book, but it’s one of my favorites of the year, and it’s a book I’ll recommend to a lot…

This year I want to post at least a quarterly update on the challenges I’m working on. Each quarter I’ll focus on a different challenge. I’m…

I love David Mitchell – I love how every book by him is more of an experience than just a read. This book felt like a…

This year I’m going to avoid signing up for any new challenges, but will continue with the ones I enjoyed most last year. The TBR Pile…

Merry Christmas readers! This month I took a look at my favorite books of the year, and I asked myself the question: why did I read…

This book wrecked me – and I mean that in a good way. I finished this book in two days, and it was so intense I…

With three months left to finish the Read Harder 2018 challenge, I’ve been putting off the toughest category on the list: an assigned book you hated…

One of my favorite annual blog events is Readers Imbibing Peril, or RIP. Because let’s face it, the real world is scary enough. This event runs…

This summer I read 21 books for the 20 Books of Summer, hosted by Cathy at 746 Books. From my original list, I read 11 books,…

I never used to read nonfiction. I’ve always said I learn more from a memorable story and characters than from a recitation of facts. And that’s…

This was another read for Read Harder 2018, which checks two boxes: it’s a mystery by a woman of color and it’s set in India. It’s…