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Emma is a new bride who comes to town when she marries the young doctor, Will Fitch. Frankie Bard is one of the first female journalists assigned to covering the war overseas, and though she is supposed to be dispassionate, sometimes the gravity of events creeps into her voice anyway. Iris James is the new [...]
Lionel Shriver is one of the few authors I can say left an indelible and immediate mark on my reading as an adult. I remember first seeing her book,We Need To Talk About Kevin, in an airport book store. I don’t remember where I was on my way too or from, but I remember thinking [...]
What’s another reading challenge when I had planned to read some Victorian novels anyway? Amanda from The Blog Jar says: I’ve been a bit consumed by the Victorian. It all started with reading Bleak House at the beginning of the year and the need to read Victorian novels and short stories, peppered with Neo-Victorian tales, has [...]
Swapna is hosting the South Asian Author Challenge. She says: This challenge is to encourage people to read books by South Asian Authors – South Asia being India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Please not that it does not include the Middle East! The books can be from any time period, contemporary or classic. There are two requirements [...]
MizB at Should Be Reading is hosting the 2010 TBR Challenge. We can’t change our lists after December 31st so I made sure to have a full 12 alternates to fall back on just in case I find there is stuff that I don’t want to read after all. Here is what she has to [...]
There is a new host for this challenge in 2010. Beth at Beth Fish Reads will be hosting What’s In A Name 3 Challenge with a few changes. Here’s how it works: Between January 1 and December 31, 2010, read one book in each of the following categories: A book with a food in the title: A book [...]
C.B. James at Rady When You Are, CB is hosting the Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge. He writes: The Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge is based on a simple idea–read a book, see a movie based on the book, include both in your review. Whether yours is a book blog or a [...]
February 1, 2010 – January 31, 2011 Definition of a Chunkster: A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonfiction) … A chunkster should be a challenge. If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more … The average large type book is [...]
Jen and Swapna are jointly hosting The Debutante Ball Challenge. You can join in an read Deb books from 2010 or you can join to read the past Deb boor, or you can do both. I am signing up for both, but at low levels because my self imposed rule of challenges is to use books [...]
Audiobooks have become my latest addiction and I acquire them with almost the same frightening speed that I require my other books. Given entire year (January -December, 2010) I should be able to complete the Audio Book Challenge at the Obsessed Level by listening to 20 books. Challenge Guidelines: 1. Anyone can join. You don’t need [...]
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