Month: December 2011

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The Lit Bitch has entered the 2012 Death by Gaslight Reading Challenge

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Challenge #4 has been entered! This might (yes MIGHT) be the last challenge for the year….not sure yet though but as I am hosting two other reading challenges of my own (Outlander and Game of Thrones) it might be time to call it quits for the moment anyway but we aren’t quite into the new year yet so who knows I might have more challenge entries on the way šŸ™‚

So here you have it, the Death by Gaslight Reading Challenge hosted by Simply Challenging who is quickly becoming one of my fav book bloggers, she is super ambitious when it comes to reading challenges hence the name LOL :).

Again…..as noted before over the next couple of weeks Iā€™ll be posting my entries for various challenges here as I sign up and I will also have a special page/section devoted to my entries which will have lists of books I plan on reading.

As per usual Iā€™ll post my reviews throughout the year and add the buttons on my sidebars.

So here is the fourth challenge sign up of 2012: theĀ Death by Gaslight Reading ChallengeĀ hosted by Simply Challenging.Ā For more details aboutĀ my entry and goalsĀ please see my theĀ Death by Gaslight Reading Challenge 2012 page.

If you are interested in signing up or for more details about the challenge it self, please visit theĀ Simply Challenging blog.

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The Lit Bitch has entered the 2012 Dystopian Literature Reading Challenge

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Challenge #3 has been entered, the Dystopian Literature Reading Challenge hosted by one of my fav book bloggers, Bookish Ardour!

Though I am not a HUGE dystopian lit fan, I am dying for an excuse to read The Hunger Games so I know they are more dystopian in nature so I thought this would be a good excuse to read them…..though I am not entirely sure what I will read as my last 2 books but we shall see :).

As noted previously, I will be posting my entries over the next few weeks for various challenges here and I will also have a special page/section devoted to my entries which will have lists of books I plan on reading.

As per usual Iā€™ll post my reviews throughout the year and add the buttons on my sidebars.

So here is the third challenge sign up of 2012: the Dystopian Literature ChallengeĀ hosted byĀ Bookish Ardour. For more details aboutĀ my entry and goalsĀ please see my the Dystopian LiteratureĀ Reading Challenge 2012 page.

If you are interested in signing up or for more details about the challenge it self, please visit theĀ Bookish Ardour blog.

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Review: Devoured (Hatton and Roumonde Mystery #1) by D. E. Meredith

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To have oneā€™s ideas be heard, isnā€™t that what all scientists want? That is certainly what forensic scientist, Professor Aldolphus Hatton,Ā wants in D.E. Ā Meredithā€™s thriller, Devoured. In the budding world of Darwinism, botanical study, forensics, and science in general– Hatton is using early forensic science to solve crimes all around Victorian London hoping that this new manner of solving crime will catch fire and blaze a new path of crime fighting.

I recently read the second book in the Hatton series, The Devilā€™s Ribbon which I thoroughly enjoyed. Meredith and I are friends and she offered to send me a copy of Hattonā€™s first mystery since she knows I hate reading books out of series order. To my smashing delight, she personally signed my copy, I LOVE IT! šŸ™‚

The series in general intrigued me as I love the Victorian era and all the ā€˜murder by gaslightā€™ kind of mysteries, and I am also a huge fan of really science-y novelsā€¦.I love forensic mysteries! One of the things that I especially praised in The Devilā€™s Ribbon was Meredithā€™s knowledge of Victorian history, Devoured was equal to the same praiseā€”Meredith really knows her stuff! Continue reading “Review: Devoured (Hatton and Roumonde Mystery #1) by D. E. Meredith” →

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The Lit Bitch has entered the 2012 Regency & Victorian Reads Challenge

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Reading challenge #2 for 2012 has been entered!

As I mentioned before in my other post, over the next couple of weeks Iā€™ll be posting my entries for various challenges here as I sign up and I will also have a special page/section devoted to my entries which will have lists of books I plan on reading.

As per usual Iā€™ll post my reviews throughout the year and add the buttons on my sidebars.

So here is the second challenge sign up of 2012: theĀ Regency & Victorian Reads ChallengeĀ hosted byĀ The Royal Reviews. For more details aboutĀ my entry and goalsĀ please see my the Regency & Victorian Reads Challenge

If you are interested in signing up or for more details about the challenge it self, please visit theĀ Royal Reviews blog.

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The Lit Bitch has entered the 2012 Historic Fiction Reading Challenge

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It’s that time of year again, reading challenge time! I can hardly believe it!

Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be posting my entries for various challenges here as I sign up and I will also have a special page/section devoted to my entries which will have lists of books I plan on reading.

As per usual I’ll post my reviews throughout the year and add the buttons on my sidebars.

So here is the first challenge sign up of 2012: the Historic Fiction Reading Challenge hosted by Historical Tapestry. For more details about my entry and goals please see my the Historic Fiction Reading Challenge 2012 page.

If you are interested in signing up or for more details about the challenge it self, please visit the Historic Tapestry blog.