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Category Archives: Challenges
Classics Club Spin #10
Perhaps without the Classics Club I wouldn’t get on this blog at all. Another spin coming up on Monday, August 24 and I’m submitting the list below. I’m looking forward to reading all of them and need a break from … Continue reading
Book Review: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I’d like to thank the members of The Classics Club who organized the Classics Club Spin #8 and for choosing not-so-unlucky 13 as the spin selection. Without that I might never have discovered the wonders of One Hundred Years of Solitude by … Continue reading
Reading Challenges for 2015 – A Recap
Here is the final accumulation of challenges for next year. Quite a set of resolutions, hmmm? The Mount TBR Challenge: I’ve committed to the Pike’s Peak challenge which is to read 12 books I already own (and have neglected to … Continue reading
Book Riot: The Read Harder Challenge
One more challenge and that’s it. I’m in for Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge. Twenty-four books in 24 categories. I need to read something besides vintage mysteries. I hope some of these will overlap with other challenges and especially with … Continue reading
The Classics Club
Since my original post on The Classics Club is so far away, and since I haven’t worked on it recently, I decided to re-post my list. It is a list of fifty classics that I will read by March 28, … Continue reading
Another 2015 Challenge
I’m still reading and enjoying mysteries. I’m still leading the mystery discussion group at the library. I’ve watched with interest as Vintage Mystery Bingo has developed over the past several year. Now I’m jumping in with both feet. And, yes, … Continue reading
2015 Challenges
When 2014 started with my having to take down my prior blog due to mischief-making, I lost connection with the blogging world and especially with my reading challenges. I’m clearing the decks of other commitments and am ready to start … Continue reading
Ending Up … Well, not so swell
I just read the post I did at the beginning of 2013 listing my reading goals. I am reminded of the saying, “We make plans, God laughs.” I had signed up for just the right number of challenges and had … Continue reading
Review: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
There are a number of famous butlers in novels: Jeeves who takes care of Bertie Wooster, Buntner who tends to Lord Peter Wimsey, Betteredge who runs Lady Verinder’s house (The Moonstone); as well as even more famous butlers in … Continue reading
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2012 – It Was a Very Good Year
I even procrastinated writing my end-of-year blog post. Perhaps “time management” ought to be my New Year’s Resolution. It’s 10:22 p.m. as I begin this summary. My general reading goal set on Goodreads was 52 books. By the end of … Continue reading
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Scrambled Books 