Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Read for: Global Reading Challenge 2010 – US, North America (I chose to include this as one of my NA books because I haven’t read that many books about the South and that seems to be a major theme in this novel.) Reviews by Lola’s review
Cecelia (CeeCee) Honeycutt has a [...]
Archive > March 2010
Book Review: Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Book Review: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Read for: Newbery Honour Book 2010, Global Reading Challenge – China, Asia
This is the third in my quest to read all the Newbery Honour Books and the Newbery winner from 2010. To be honest, I don’t think this one is at the same level as the other [...]
33 and a possible giveaway!
So, I just checked my feedburner and I have THIRTY-THREE subscribers! Yay. I know that doesn’t seem like a lot but for me, it’s tons!! Thanks to all of you. My blogiversary (1 year) is quickly approaching. Should I do a giveaway for all you loyal subscribers? Speak now, or forever hold your peace!
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reread
I first read this book last June and reviewed it here. I chose it for my book club this month and as I am hosting/leading the discussion I thought I’d better reread it. I enjoyed it the first time around but this time I loved it! I reread my review of the book and wanted [...]
Book Review: The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith
Read for: Global Reading Challenge – Scotland
This is the 5th book in the 44 Scotland Street novels, which were originally written as a serial in The Scotsman newspaper. I absolutely love these books. I love the short little chapters and I love the characters. They are so [...]
Book Review: Stones into Schools
Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with books, not bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson
Many people have read Three Cups of Tea and are familiar with Mortenson’s mission to build schools in Pakistan. In this book Mortenson continues to build schools in Pakistan (with some new challenges) and begins to to build schools in [...]
Weekly Geeks
This weeks topic:
Tell your readers what is it about “an” author that you are most passionate about, that have you coming back for more from them, following their every blog post – literally blackmailing people to read their books?
Who are some of your all time favourite authors?
And what is it about them that makes you [...]
Book Review: Left to Tell
Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza
Read for: Global Reading Challenge
Wow, was this one ever intense! Immaculée was a university student who had travelled home for easter in 1994 when the Rwandan genocide began. As a Tutsi, she and her entire family were in danger. She managed to make it to a neighbour’s house where he [...]
