Book Reviews and a Little More…
The What’s in a Name? 3 Challenge, hosted by Beth Fish of Beth Fish Reads, is a challenge I really liked last year. Here are the guidelines: Between January 1 and December 31, 2010, read one book in each of the following categories: A book with a food in the title: Clockwork Orange, Grapes of Wrath, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society A
Read moreIt’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .
Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.
This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.
Read moreThe ARC Reading Challenge 2010, hosted by So Many Precious Books, So Little Time, is about clearing out those ARC piles! Here are the guidelines: To sign up, leave a direct link to your blog post about this challenge that includes your list from rule #2, using Mr. Linky. Please leave a comment as well. List all of the ARC’s that you have to read
Read moreThe 2010 100+ Reading Challenge is hosted by J.Kaye. Here are the guidelines: The goal is to read 100 or more books. Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog to participate. –Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post. To learn how to sign up without having a blog, click here. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Library books, Young
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