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
Title: Wasp Factory Author: Iain Banks Publisher: Simon & Schuster Page Count: 192 Publication Date: 1998 Category/Genre: Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Contemporary Fiction Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.85) My Rating: ★★★★☆(4.0) Frank, no ordinary sixteen-year-old, lives with his father outside a remote Scottish village. Their life is, to say the least, unconventional. Frank’s mother abandoned … Continue reading Book Review: Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Just the other month, November of 2019, I participated in my third year of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). The goal is to write 50k words in one month — the equivalent to writing the first draft of a novel. Hundreds of NaNoWriMo novels have been published including Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants, Erin Morgenstern’s The … Continue reading NaNoWriMo
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
Title: Gone Girl Author: Gillian Flynn Publisher: Broadway Books Page Count: 415 Publication Date: 2014 Category/Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Contemporary Fiction Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.06) On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever … Continue reading Book Club January 2020: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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
Title: Know My Name Author: Chanel Miller Publisher: Viking Page Count: 368 Publication Date: 2019 Category/Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, Autobiography, True Crime, Inspiration, Feminism, Good Reads Rating: ★★★★★ (4.81) My Rating: ★★★★★(5) The riveting, powerful memoir of the woman whose statement to Brock Turner gave voice to millions of survivors She was known to the world … Continue reading Book Review: Know My Name by Chanel Miller
