Friends! I come to you with a small cry for help: I drew the genre of Romance at our latest meetup, and this is for sure, not my area of expertise. I’m looking for recommendations — no, I won’t read 50 Shades. Thanks for your help!
Author: borkali
Greetings friends. I have updated the site from our summer blog to a winter one. You can see below all of the posts from our summer reading challenge to get an idea of what people are up to. This challenge is 7 books in 10 weeks. You are not limited by length, genre, audio or
Hooray! We made it! 10 weeks of posting and blabbing on this blog. It went fast and slow for me- how about you? Doing reading challenges like this really help me prioritize reading, especially the books I buy but seem to never open! Thanks to the small but vibrant community on this blog for your
I will write an overarching post of the challenge tomorrow, but I am happy and a little shocked to say: I made it! 10 books in 10 weeks. The last book I read was Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. It is a book that has been highlighted in the news lately– I feel like I
The reason I chose this book is because the author also wrote The Little Prince, which is one of my favorite children’s books (if you haven’t read it, please do). I enjoyed this book for some of the same reasons I didn’t like it- ha. The verbosity was intriguing but I guess reading this at
Greetings!! We have one more week left in the summer reading challenge. Time flies!! I hope you find the energy and inspiration to keep going and get one more book in before next Sunday night. I’ll say this again next week, but it has been a blast seeing the diversity amongst readers. It’s awesome. I
Read this book. Seriously. Wow. This was easily the best read of the challenge for me: 1) first graphic novel I’ve ever read and absolutely ate it up 2) the content was extraordinary. This book is a nonfiction graphic novel about.. you guessed it: climate change. I have resisted reading some literature about climate change
I have conquered this beast! It was a tremendous and emotional read, particularly the end. I fully promote reading this book, though I wish I hadn’t felt as rushed while reading it. It will be some time before another visit, but at least I know where I can focus some of my reading if I
Greetings! Daniela, one of the participants of the reading challenge, is currently fundraising for an art residency in Vermont. If you can spare a few bucks, she will send you a handwritten thank you, among other great gifts for contributing! Check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/152412877/vermont-studio-residency-home-is-in-the-making?ref=email Thanks! Alison
Wherever you are in the world may you not thirst for water but for knowledge! =) As we enter the 8th week of the reading challenge, even if you are far behind or feeling overwhelmed, try to crack a book today! It ultimately doesn’t matter if you make 10 or 2 but so long as
Seasonal Reading 