13/13 :: the wrap up.

Well, another year over and done with, and a new one stretching ahead. Which means our 13 Books in 2013 challenge is all over red rover. Did everyone have fun? Did you get lots of reading done? I know I did! And it was fabulous. I do have another, different 2014 challenge I’ll be posting about tomorrow, but first I […]

13/13 :: Solving for Ex ARC {review}

FROM GOODREADS: Ashley Price doesn’t have much in life after being bullied so hard she had to leave her old school to live with her aunt and uncle in Pittsburgh. But the camera she borrowed from her best friend and secret crush Brendan, and her off the charts math abilities, make things a lot more bearable. Plus, since Brendan is […]

Kylie’s Pride and Prejudice challenge wrap up

The end of August has come and gone, which means time is up for Kylie’s Pride & Prejudice challenge, so I figured it was time I did a post to wrap up my effort at the challenge. Part one :: Read Pride and Prejudice {affliate link} CHECK. This was actually the only hard copy book I took on our road […]

13/13 :: July update

Holy moly, you guys. How’s holidays for upping the reading ante?? At the end of June: 1. Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery 2. Anne of Avonlea – LM Montgomery 3. The Brethren – John Grisham 4. A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson 5. The Red Queen – Phillipa Gregory 6. The White Queen – Phillipa […]

13/13 :: book 18 {Death Comes to Pemberley}

So, the Pride & Prejudice hysteria continues to run amok amongst my friends. Everyone is slowly making their way through the various challenge requirements – I’m down to just the book to re-read (and possibly the BBC mini series to watch, but I’m not feeling overly motivated, I must admit). So it was with much excitement I saw the announcement […]

13/13 :: May update

  A little update on my challenge progress as at the end of May:   1. Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery 2. Anne of Avonlea – LM Montgomery 3. The Brethren – John Grisham 4. A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson 5. The Red Queen – Phillipa Gregory 6. The White Queen – Phillipa Gregory […]

30 Day Reading Challenge :: day 2

DAY TWO – A BOOK YOU’VE READ MORE THAN 3 TIMES Well, that pretty much covers all the books I own! I am a habitual re-reader, if I own it, I have read it at least twice. The first book/series that sticks in my mind, is from my late childhood/early teens. My grandmother gifted book one in Mary Grant Bruce’s […]

I’m not to blame.

I swear. Despite what everyone seems to think. Kylie is blaming Car. Car’s blaming me. Me? I’m blaming Skip. You see. It all started when Skip went bananas on Goodreads, shelving a heap of Pride and Prejudice follow on novels. Which lead to a discussion about the validity of fanfiction as opposed to the source materials. The general consensus seemed […]

30 day book challenge

  I came across this, this morning while surfing my Tumblr dashboard, and thought it perfect to accompany the 13/13 challenge. Who else would like to play along? I won’t be posting everyday for this challenge, but there will be a total of 30 posts at some point in 2013!! (side note – do you Tumbl? Leave me a link […]

13/13 :: Change of Altitude (Anita Shreve) {review}

A Change of Altitude – Anita Shreve (affliate link) Wow. Sitting in a camp chair, looking over the river so still it’s almost glassy, rosellas tweeting and the sun sinking slowly behind the trees, I closed the back cover and took a deep breath. My first thought was of the ending (obviously), which seemed to hang without the resolution I […]