It’s book challenge time! It’s been a while since I posted (as in stating the obvious). I’ve been busy. I know, I know, you are, too. Hey, thanks for reading! What have I been up to? you ask. Or even if you didn’t. Writing-wise, I’ve done some lackadaisical agent querying for my upper middle grade novel and am working on my new women’s fiction contemporary WIP. I’m about 20k words into the new novel and now have a BIG pile…
It’s Book Challenge by Erin time. And I’m already more than one month in. Cleary, I’ve been remiss in posting. As my fifth grade teacher used to say, “Fifty lashes with a wet noodle.” That done, here are the categories of the book challenge and my choices and comments so far: 5 points: Freebie – Read a book that is at least 200 pages A Trick of the Light/Penny Finished. I returned to this series after an absence, partly because…
It’s time to announce my selections for Book Challenge by Erin 15.0! Book Challenge by Erin 15.0 is a reading challenge (you guessed that, right?) that runs from July through October. For more information and to join in the fun, check out Erin’s Facebook page. Here are the book categories and my selections: 5 points: Freebie – Read a book that is at least 200 pages Mary Coin by Marisa Silver 10 points: Read a book whose first word starts…
Book review of Exit by Belinda Bauer My first completed book for Book Challenge by Erin 14! Exit is about a man who belongs to a dedicated group of people called Exiteers. (No, I’d never heard that term before.) Felix aka John lives alone, is seventy-two, and watches people die. An Exiteer is a volunteer who witnesses euthanasia and then clears the scene of all evidence—the most damning item being a canister of nitrous oxide. Who knew nitrous oxide could…
It’s time to announce my selections for Book Challenge by Erin 14.0! Book Challenge by Erin 14.0 is a reading challenge [you guessed that, right?] that runs from January through April. For more information and to join in the fun, check out Erin’s Facebook page. Here are the book categories and my selections: Freebie, read any book of your choice Book Woman of Troublesome Creek I’d never heard of the blue people of Appalachia. Sounds like a fascinating read. Plus,…
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, Sermons in stones and good in everything ~William Shakespeare I’m sitting here on election eve feeling jittery. I mean, jittery. Staying up all night…
So, 2019 has dawned, and that means it’s time for another Book Challenge by Erin! For any of you unfamiliar with Book Challenge by Erin, it’s a reading challenge in which you select books based on categories that change each round, twice a year. You can then go to the Facebook group and chat about what you’re reading. You can find out more and sign up here: https://bit.ly/2GZmDDn. (I can’t hyperlink at the moment; WordPress revamped its format, and now…
Reading Highlights We’re nearing the end of Book Challenge by Erin 9.0, so I thought I’d provide some reading highlights with notes I made. For a complete list of books I read for this challenge, go here. Below are a few books in various categories I thought especially worth mentioning. (I’ve read all ten books for the initial challenge, and I’m now working on the bonus round.) Okay, here we go. 10 points: Read a book that starts with the…
It’s book challenge time again! Book Challenge by Erin 9.0 is here! Below are the categories with my selections. For more information and to join in the fun, check out Erin’s Facebook page. 5 points: Freebie – Read a book that is at least 200 pages Less by Andrew Greer A failed novelist of a certain age unceremoniously dumped by his partner. Won the Pulitzer! 10 points: Read a book that starts with the letter “N” The Ninth Hour by Alice…
Book Challenge by Erin 8.0 I’m a little late getting this post up (by a month considering the latest installment of Book Challenge by Erin started in January, but, oh well). As you probably know, the challenge consists of ten categories with one book for each followed by a bonus round for avid readers and runs for five months. Here are the categories for Book Challenge by Erin 8.0: 5 points: Freebie – Read a book that is at least…
It’s time for Book Challenge by Erin 7.0! Yay, reading! This will be my third or fourth time participating, and I’m jazzed about the categories for Book Challenge by Erin 7.0. Here are the books I’m reading. Yes, I have selected ten. Yes, I know you can count. Two are on the kindle, and two are still to be checked out from the library. In case you’re unfamiliar with Erin’s book challenges, she runs them twice a year with different…
Good day, Readers! Welcome fellow Book Challenge by Erin participants! Have you been busy reading now that 2016 is behind us and we are firmly established in the Year of the Rooster? I hope so! As for me, it’s time to update my reading progress for Book Challenge by Erin 2017. Here’s what I read so far with my comments: 5 points: Freebie – Read a book that is at least 200 pages. Frannie and Tru by Karen Hattrup Loved the…
It’s Book Challenge by Erin time again! I’m excited about the categories and really jazzed about my choices this time! I even found a couple of books for the challenge round (assuming I make it). Ha! Last time I came really close to completing the challenge round–just off by two books, I think. 5 points: Freebie – Read a book that is at least 200 pages. Frannie and Tru by Karen Hattrup 10 points: Read a book that starts with the…