Thanks to a friend I’ve been introduced to the world of Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout. I was given two Nero Wolfe books, and so far I’ve read And Four To Go. I am so glad that I found this wonderful character. And a character Nero Wolfe is. He’s big (one-seventh of a ton as … [Read more…]
Last year I did the reading challenge that the website Popsugar put out. I didn’t read every book in the list, but I had a lot of fun picking the books. Also, some of the categories pushed me out of my comfort zone in reading and discovered some great books. So will you join me … [Read more…]
I finally found a few minutes to sit down and tally up the results of my reading and book reading challenge from last year. Altogether I read over 150 books last year. Admittedly some of these were on the short side – I was reading them to okay them for my children. But others were … [Read more…]
This week I’m taking a break from some of the heavy adult books to read a childhood classic – Heidi by Johanna Spyri. For the 2015 reading challenge I needed a book by an author with the same initials as mine. I wasn’t looking to hard having lots of other books to work on, but … [Read more…]
All this week on her blog my daughter has been having a celebration in honour of Lucy Maud Montgomery. It’s been a lot of fun to read the posts and comments and participate in the “tag” she created. You can read my answers here if you want. So this week I thought I would do … [Read more…]
My daughter, in honour of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s birthday, is running a full week of posts on her blog all about Montgomery and the books she wrote. She wrote this tag, and I thought it would be fun to participate in it. Her week of fun also includes a gorgeous Anne print that she’s giving … [Read more…]
I really didn’t read much more than light, fluffy books this week due to a sore throat that lingered for days. There is a time for fluff – when you’re too tired/sick to think, but you want to be distracted. 17-year-old daughter – Still staying with the Louis L’Amour collected short frontier stories – call it … [Read more…]
