Author: borkali

Hi y’all– I am really looking forward to this challenge since we are doing page numbers instead of books. Somehow this has made me feel LIBERATED– So, I’m just going to read 38 pages a day. That’s my goal. I have all these books– John Steinbeck’s complete collection of letters– 800 pages, I know I

Reading this list and only finding one book I had even heard of made me feel overwhelmed, yet again, at how many books I have yet to hear 0f– nevertheless read! Hope all are well as we move towards the holidays 🙂

I had waited on the library waiting list for nearly three months to finally get this book. It was worth the wait! I had never read Ann Patchett before, and this was definitely a good first pass at her as a writer. The story is about a family in Southern California– the novel opens up

I listened to this book on tape over a round trip from Pennsylvania to Delaware. It was very enjoyable! This is a nonfiction account of a journalist, Steve, who meets a homeless man, Nathaniel, in Los Angeles. Nathaniel is a former student at Julliard who studied the cello; however, when Steve meets him he is

Hello friends! I have taken a bit of time today to get our site updated. I hope that you will join me in posting about books you are reading or other book-related fun as we move towards the end of the year. I am still planning on hosting a winter reading challenge, though we will

Hello friends! Today is the last official day of the reading adventure. I hope you had fun. It has been great to read your posts throughout the last ten weeks. Please feel free to keep posting as you wrap up. I am still planning on doing a winter challenge but will likely wait until after the

I decided to go audiobook for my 10th book.  I borrowed this from my local library and it gave me the opportunity to get oriented with their digital lending through the website- it is so awesome that you can borrow audiobooks digitally! I hadn’t done this before- what a treasure trove. Going to be taking

Greetings! Hard to believe, but there is only 1 week left before our summer reading adventure ends. For me, I still have 1 book to go, which I am not even sure of what I will read yet. Any suggestions? If you are so inclined, feel free to get some posts up before then- would

This book, Basic Paper Airplane, came to me in the mail yesterday from a friend. It is written by his friend, a former couchsurfer, which is the same way I met Paul, who sent this to me. I really enjoyed the writing here, though probably due to the length. I think the prose would have

I picked up this book while traveling in Ireland earlier this year. I love cruising around bookstores just about anywhere I go, and this little book caught my attention. I had started reading it while traveling, but never gave it full attention until this morning. 2016 is the 100-year anniversary of the Easter Rising, a