Book Month Challenge Day 31: Book You’re Currently Reading
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi I’m reading this on recommendation from my friend Marissa at Rae Gun. (She writes some great book posts, but also is a crafter and seamstress extraordinaire! Check out her blog.) This is another dystopian novel. I’m on a roll with this type of book this summer. Or maybe it’s just [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 30: Last Book You Read
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs This is a strange, but good, book. The main character, Jacob, is trying to find out a secret about his grandfather. His grandpa recently died, but he left Jacob with some confusing clues. A letter. A bunch of old photos of very peculiar children – a [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 29: Favorite Sci-Fi Book
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. Karla actually picked this book for one of her posts already. Great minds think alike! This book is set in the near future, and an astronomer has picked up music from Rahkat, a planet near Alpha Centauri. A group of researchers, including a Jesuit priest named Emilio Sandoz, takes [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 28: Favorite Craft/Writing Book
Writing the Australian Crawl: Views on the Writer’s Vocation by William Stafford. I had to read this when I was getting my MFA. It’s an old book, but it’s really good, and I’ve gone back to it several times as I struggle through writing. I’ll share several of the things I’ve underlined and you’ll see [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 27: Favorite collection of stories
The Secrets of a Fire King by Kim Edwards. Have you heard of the book The Memory Keeper’s Daughter? That was by Kim Edwards. But this book is better than that one. These stories span continents and cultures and a variety of relationships. Here are synopses of my 3 favorite stories from the book: Spring, [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 26: Favorite Non-Fiction Book
To be honest I don’t read a lot of nonfiction because I can’t get into it like I can get into a story. It takes me weeks, sometimes months, to finish a nonfiction book, while I can read a really good novel in a couple of days. A novel takes me out of my world [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 25: Favorite Book You Read In School
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. My senior year in high school I took a class called 20th Century History. It was awesome. The teacher, Mr. Bradshaw, was so cool. He was one of those teachers that makes you want to come to class every day. We did all kinds of fun stuff in his class [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 24: Book That Contains Your Favorite Scene
Today’s was really hard for be because 1) I have a lot of favorite scenes and 2) I don’t actually own a lot of the books that my favorite scenes are from, so I can’t rewrite the scenes here for you. Sigh. So I’m going to share one of my many beloved scenes (from a [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 23: Book You Tell People You’ve Read, But Really Haven’t Finished
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I have to admit I struggle a little through Jane Austen books. I’m not sure if it’s the long sentences or nineteenth century English or something else. I haven’t picked up Pride and Prejudice in a while, though. Maybe now that I’m older I would enjoy it. I don’t [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 22: Favorite Classic
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I love this book. In some ways it infuriates me, but it also gives me hope. I’m glad the book is written from the point of view of a child, because if it were written from Atticus’ point of view or Miss Maudie’s point of view or just [...]
