Book Reviews and a Little More…
I had a lot of fun with the Countdown Challenge 2009, so I’m in it for another year. Here’s the skinny: The goal of this challenge is to read the number of books first published in a given year that corresponds to the last digit of each year in the 2000s — 10 books from 2010, 9 books from 2009, 8 books from 2008, etc.
Read moreOh how I love to come home from vacation and find books waiting for me! This is what came into my house while I was gone: The first two are ARCs I received through LibraryThing, and the last four were from a PaperbackSwap exchange. I hope you had great stuff in your mailbox! Mailbox Mondays are hosted by The Printed Page.
Read moreHey, look at that. I’m back, and blogging. What a novel idea! I’ll probably post up some vacation pictures for you all at some point. We had a really good time, but I came home exhausted. We went to 5 national parks in 5 days, and by day 6 I was ready for some rest and relaxation. We hit Mesa Verde, Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Tetons,
Read moreOh so close! I probably would have completed this challenge if I had paid a little more attention to the date. I was only missing one book, from that wily year 2006. Here’s my final list: (btw, I take my publication years from the Fantastic Fiction website) 2009 Eclipse (Richard North Patterson) Plum Spooky (Janet Evanovich) The Lost Hours (Karen White) First Family (David Baldacci)
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