Hiding in the security of all things books, with some movies and tv - occasionally food...
451 Fridays is based on an idea from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In his novel, a group of people (Bradbury calls them Book People) are trying to keep the ideas found in books alive. Instead of actually saving the books, the Book People each “become” a book – memorizing it, word for word, and [...]
I read a lot of historical fiction. I don’t know how it works that way and I don’t even really seek out the genre purposefully but I guess my interest in other countries combined with my love of history makes it only a given that I should try and complete the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge at [...]
I am signing up to do the Winter Reading Challenge hosted at The Royal Reviews. For this one I have to read 6 books. It runs from December 1st, 2009 through February 28th, 2010 which is very exciting to me since it means that I can use books that I am reading right now. I know [...]
I picked up this little gem while I was at Harper’s Fall Ball, started skimming through and reading some the selected “book reports” that night and loved it right away. It’s all about exploring some of the older classics of teen literature. I knew that I would want to go back and read some of [...]