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
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
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
For the 2019 Reading Challenge, where I was supposed to be selecting a book to read to a child, I had chosen to (re)read the famed French story The Little Prince. This poetic tale is of a little boy who strikes out on his own and begins to understand the world through his encounters with … Continue reading August Reading Challenge: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Things got a little out of hand for the 2019 Reading Challenge – that is to say, it ended up being a Reading Marathon. A few months ago a friend recommended that I start to read the Mistborn Series by Brandon Sanderson, a fantasy trilogy from a very renowned author of the genre. It was … Continue reading July Reading Challenge: Mistborn Series by Brandon Sanderson
As part of the 2019 Reading Challenge, I had selected The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck as a ‘book that will improve a specific area of your life. ‘ I struggle with caring too much about a LOT of things. Too much about what people think, about if I responded the right way … Continue reading June Reading Challenge: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Science Fiction, and in particular works related to the planet and ecosystems, rarely find their way into my reading list. Prompted by the challenge to read something I wouldn’t normally, I thought it was the best time to head over to this genre. I slightly recall the real Biosphere 2 project in Arizona that happened … Continue reading May Reading Challenge: The Terranauts by T.C.Boyle
