Reading Challenge – Down the Rabbit Hole

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020

February 2020 Reading Challenge: Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

Title: Gingerbread Author: Helen Oyeyemi Publisher: Macmillion Page Count: 304 Publication Date: 2019 Category/Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Magic Realism Good Reads Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.05) My Rating: ★★★☆☆(3.25) Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children’s stories–equal parts wholesome and uncanny, from the tantalizing witch’s house in “Hansel and Gretel” to the man-shaped confection who … Continue reading February 2020 Reading Challenge: Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

February 2, 2020February 2, 2020

January 2020 Reading Challenge: Mythos by Stephen Fry

To kick off my 2020 Reading Challenge, I chose Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry. I have always been enamored with mythology – the word mythos meaning the story-of-the-people, and logos for word or speech – so the spoken story of a people, which is how they were passed along originally. What always … Continue reading January 2020 Reading Challenge: Mythos by Stephen Fry

January 4, 2020January 18, 2020

December Reading Challenge: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

To round up my 2019 Reading Challenge I choose something that I thought would be good entertainment and a bit dark so I turned to one of the masters —Neil Gaiman and I wasn’t disappointed in the least. Gaiman has a wild imagination that I absolutely adore which is amplified by his incredible writing and … Continue reading December Reading Challenge: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019

2020 Reading Challenge Overview

Last year I decided to partake in a Reading Challenge to broaden my selections based on genre and general prompts. I noticed from my own experience and in speaking to others that were doing the challenge with me, that author and culture diversity was something that wasn’t addressed and oftentimes inadvertently missing from our selections. … Continue reading 2020 Reading Challenge Overview

December 8, 2019January 18, 2020

November Reading Challenge: A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

As part of the 2019 Reading Challenge I choose A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore for my humor selection. For the uninitiated, Moore is a writer of comic fantasy. His books are playful, amusing and at times even downright absurd. As a great and quirky storyteller, I would say he is on par with Tom … Continue reading November Reading Challenge: A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

November 5, 2019January 18, 2020

October Reading Challenge: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

For the 2019 Reading Challenge — a book I picked up a few years ago and also met the requirements of being a Pulitzer Prize-winning book of fiction. It was a hefty book of nearly 800 pages (771 to be exact) but with such lovely prose, intriguing characters and enough plot turns to keep me anxious … Continue reading October Reading Challenge: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

October 7, 2019January 18, 2020

September Reading Challenge: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

For the 2019 Reading Challenge, I was prompted to choose a book to listen to. Not being one that typically listens to audiobooks I found this, well… quite a reading challenge. First I had to FIND an app or platform and then choose a book. After a bit of research, I ended up with a … Continue reading September Reading Challenge: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman