My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante This is more than a novel about friendship. The era in which she set the story plays just as much of a role in the telling as the characters. Italy’s turbulent history is evidenced within the very fabric of these characters, the community, and the codes they lived by. … Continue reading #BookBingo2020 – Round 3: Coming of Age
Reading Challenges
A Month of Reading: February
Challenge Progress: #BookBingo2020: 1 book #2020ReadNonFic: 2 books #aww2020: 6 books #TheClassicsEight: 0 books Total books read for February: 12 books
A Month of Reading: January
Challenge Progress: #BookBingo2020: 5 books #2020ReadNonFic: 1 book #aww2020: 4 books #TheClassicsEight: 0 books Total books read for January: 13 books
Ready, Set, Go! Reading Challenges for 2020
For 2020, I'm planning on four challenges and one regular meme. I'm continuing with my personal creation, #TheClassicsEight, in which I aim to read eight classics from my own shelves over the course of the year. #AWW2020 is a given. For those who aren't aware, I coordinate the challenge and editorial team, while also functioning … Continue reading Ready, Set, Go! Reading Challenges for 2020
Book Bingo 2019 – It’s in the bag!
Round 1: The Sweet Hills Of Florence by Jan Wallace Dickinson – written by an Australian woman Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens – themes of inequality Round 2: Matryoshka by Katherine Johnson – set in the Australian mountains The Cottage at Rosella Cove by Sandie Docker – set on the Australian coast Round … Continue reading Book Bingo 2019 – It’s in the bag!
Challenge Check In – November
I just realised that it's already December. I mean, I registered this over the weekend of course, because I started opening my T2 advent calendar and drank December 2nd's tea this morning with my breakfast. But it wasn't until seeing all of the monthly check in posts on my word press feed that I thought, … Continue reading Challenge Check In – November
#BookBingo – Round 23
Book written by an Australian woman more than 10 years ago: I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty Lent to me by a friend at work, I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes was a novel I hadn’t even heard of. But I read Gravity is The Thing earlier this … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 23
Challenge Check In – October
Another month over, time for another challenge check in. I thought this month might be more of a quiet one, and it is, I'm down a bit on my overall reading total, but still pleasantly surprised by how many books I did actually get around to reading. Challenge stats: #aww2019: 4 books Book Bingo with … Continue reading Challenge Check In – October
Six Degrees of Separation from Three Women to The Summer of Impossible Things…
It’s the first Saturday of the month which means a new round of #6degrees and this month’s starting book is Three Women by Lisa Taddeo. You can find the details and rules of the #6degrees meme at bookaremyfavouriteandbest, but in a nutshell, everyone has the same starting book and from there, you connect to other … Continue reading Six Degrees of Separation from Three Women to The Summer of Impossible Things…
Challenge Check In – September
And there goes another month. We'll be into the new decade before we can all say "so this is Christmas"... What do the numbers for September look like? #aww2019: 5 books Book Bingo with Mrs B's Book Reviews and The Book Muse: 1 book - only two left to read for this challenge! Next year's … Continue reading Challenge Check In – September
