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 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 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 [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 19: Book That Turned You On
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. This book is about Mary Boleyn. She comes to Henry VIII’s court at age fourteen and catches the king’s eye. The book describes Mary’s love affair with Henry, and later her realization that another woman is starting to attract Henry’s attention. That woman is her sister, Anne. Though [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 11: Book From Your Favorite Author
So . . . to be honest I’m not exactly sure what today’s challenge is supposed to mean. I’ve already listed one book my favorite author . . . because it’s one of my favorite books. And I think I’ve picked another book by her for a later day’s topic. So I guess this post [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 9: Favorite Adult Fiction Book
Oh, this one is so hard! Like I said on Day 1, I have several favorite books, but can never pick just one absolute favorite!!! The one I’m choosing for this post is a little known book that needs to be a well-known book. And I love, love, love this novel. The Saffron Kitchen by [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 8: Book That Makes You Think
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman The three books are The Golden Compass (in the UK, this one’s called Northern Lights), The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. These books are found in the YA section, but they are really books for adults because of the depth and complexity of their content. Set in [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 6: Favorite Young Adult Book
The Giver by Lois Lowry YA is my absolute favorite genre, particularly fantasies or dystopian stories. I thought today’s choice would be really hard, but this book immediately stood out to me. The Giver is a dystopian novel centering around Jonas, who attends his “Ceremony of the Twelve” in which he turns twelve and is [...]
Book Month Challenge Day 5: Book You Wish You Could Live In
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I love the idea of doorways into other worlds. I particularly love the idea of finding another world inside a wardrobe. We don’t have wardrobes in the States, but a lot of people in Thailand have them (though they’re usually rattan, not thick wood). I [...]
