Author: borkali

After talking with Gina this weekend, I have decided to embark on what likely will be the most difficult book of the challenge for me. Not necessarily because of the content, but the length (it is ~700 pages). I knew putting this book on my list would make this adventure challenging for me, but I

Here’s a short list I came across of books about food. Will have to check these out after I get through the last of my stack! books for foodies Enjoy!

Originally posted on Seasonal Reading:
I’ve been procrastinating on this post. As I mentioned, I took a trip down to Savannah to visit friends and clean out the remainder of my studio there. I had been looking for an audio book to listen on the drive (the fastest I can make it seems to be…

This book was both novel and poem combined. It is a story about a girl with anorexia and her struggles with being a human being in general and being in a bad relationship with a guy named John. This book came to me through a Tumblr post, which wasn’t really an accurate portrayal of the

Hints of Heaven is a compilation of essays that are directed at individual parables found in the Bible. It was a totally different type of book for me to read, and completely out of my comfort zone, which is something I always try to do during a reading challenge such as this. I found some

I am a serious sucker for John Steinbeck. I genuinely enjoyed The Grapes of Wrath as well as East of Eden despite their seemingly insurmountable lengths. Also, as I mentioned earlier in a post, I read The Wayward Bus recently as well. I am simply acknowledging my bias as a person who will probably like anything by John Steinbeck.  Back

Book 4 in progress! Hope everyone is happily reading today =)

Helping Teens Who Cut by Michael Hollander is a nonfiction book that explains highly effective behavioral therapy for teens who self-injure. It may seem like an odd pick, but I wanted to get some nonfiction onto my list and this popped out at me during a library visit, so I went with it. While self-injury is a

Overall rating: 2.5/5 Ok, so to be totally honest, I have no idea where the fuck to begin with this book.  So this is just kind of a battery of comments: 1) I enjoyed July’s collection of short stories (No One Belongs Here More Than You).  However, in contrast, I think this book tries wayyyyyy

Overall rating: 3.5/5 Last night I stayed up later than I should have finishing this page turner. This novel was a fun and easy read– definitely a nice way to ease into this challenge, and a wonderful book for the beach or sitting on your porch in the evening. The story is about a guy,