She knew the story of Orpheus, but it wasn’t until the singing began that she realized it was the story of her life. She was Orfeo, and there was no question that Anders was Euridice, dead from a snake bite. Marina had been sent to hell to bring him back. – from State of Wonder, [...]
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The True Memoirs of Little K – Book Review
We girls at the Imperial Theater Schools were no exception. From our ranks, the emperors and the grand dukes, the counts and the officers of guards, chose their mistresses, kept an eye out for a shapely leg or a pretty face. Why, one of them described the ballet as an exhibit of beautiful women, a [...]
Maybe This Time – Book Review
Outwardly normal events slip into drama before they tip into horror. These oblique tales exert a fascinating hold over the reader. – Meike Ziervogel, Peirene Press – Maybe This Time is a translated collection of short stories by Alois Hotschnig, who is considered to be one of Austria’s most talented writers. The collection includes nine [...]
The Paperbark Shoe – Book Review
The sky over Wyalkatchem is hotter and bluer than any other place, and the winds are stronger, the thermals rising tens of thousands of feet straight up, lifting the litter of the desert in its embrace: shards of quartz and shale and flakes of limestone, spinifex, the lost tails of geckoes, scraps of paperbark, the [...]
30 Day Challenge – Days 1 & 2
Have you seen this yet? Lost in Books seems to be the blogger who started this fun challenge, and I’m beginning to see it popping up around the blog-o-sphere. Not that I need another challenge…but this one looks like a fun way to talk about books. Day 1 – Best Book You Read Last Year [...]
The Booklovers Project – A Perpetual Challenge
A Perpetual Challenge with no time limits Amanda at The Zen Leaf is hosting this project. She writes: Last year, the lovely Ana of Things Mean a Lot introduced me to the song “The Booklovers” by The Divine Comedy. I adore this song, and while listening to it recently, I started to wonder about some [...]
Recap: Reading For A Cure
This recap is long overdue. Last year I sponsored the Reading for a Cure project whose goal was to bring about awareness of pediatric cancer and also to raise funds to find a cure for this devastating disease. It ran an entire year from January 1 – December 31, 2010. You can read more about [...]
New Host of Themed Reading Challenge
Thanks you to Teddy at So Many Precious Books, So Little Time who has agreed to take over hosting the Themed Reading Challenge this year. Hop on over to this post on her blog to learn more about the challenge and how to join! Thanks, Teddy!!
Looking for Hosts: Random Reading AND Themed Reading Challenges
Last year I hosted the Random Reading AND Themed Reading Challenges. This year I am hoping to have more time to get things done and not overextend myself…so in that light, I’d like to give away these two challenges to a motivated host. You don’t have to run it exactly like I did, but I’d [...]
2011 – The Year of the Feminist Classics
January 1 – December 31, 2011 A Year of Feminist Classics is a project started by Amy, Ana, Emily Jane and Iris, four book bloggers who share an interest in the feminist movement and its history. The project will work a little like an informal reading group: for all of 2011, we will each month [...]
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