Book Challenges
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Review: Blameless (Parasol Protectorate #3) by Gail Carriger
Well everyone I am sad to say I just finished my last Alexia Tarabotti novel until July 2011. Blameless by Gail Carriger is the third book in the Parasol Protectorate series. I don’t know that I am going to be able to wait that long! I have become so enthralled with the series over the last week that I have managed to devour the entire series in a matter of eight days…that’s how you know a series is good, when you think of nothing else but getting home and reading that next book! I love all the characters in this series–Alexia is a kick. She is witty, smart, independent, and it…
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Review: Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger
I am happy to report that I am making good progress with the 2011 Steampunk Reading Challenge. I just completed the second book for the challenge last night and yes it was another sleepless night–well late anyway–I just couldn’t unwind! I finished reading Changeless by Gail Carriger, most of my time at my ‘day job’ was spent longing to go home and keep reading Changeless so I of course picked it up the minute I walked in the door. As I mentioned review of Soulless, I was hooked before you could say ‘Parasol Protectorate’! The first book was a great mixture of humor, supernaturalism, romance, and mystery. Besides the aesthetically pleasing cover, the…
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2011 Historic Fiction Challenge
Alright Dear Reader this is the LAST ‘mini’ reading challenge for me this year….as I said before there are just so many various challenges that have peaked my interest this year and I discovered without the convenient planning of my teachers at college I am sad to say I was at a loss as to what to read! So here we are, this is the Historic Fiction reading challenge hosted by Historical Tapestry. This challenge has a couple of different levels and I have decided on the “Out of My Comfort Zone: 2 books”. I think I can manage this with NO PROBLEM as most of the books I read…
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2011 Jewish Literature Challenge
In for a penny, in for a pound! In my random blog searching I managed to find another book challenge that perked my interest. Since one of my New Years resolutions was to broaden my literary horizons I thought about participating in some challenges which included books I would not normally pick up. The end result….millions of books to read for 2011 LOL. I hesitate to commit myself to the larger book lists as the goal for many of these challenges is just to get outside my ‘comfort zone’ which is what I have done! For instance, I picked one book for the Haruki Murakami reading challenge and so I…
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Review: Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger
I am pleased to say that I have finished my first book for one of my reading challenges and the first day of 2011 is barely over! The 2011 Steampunk Reading Challenge hosted by Bookish Ardour kicked off 1/1/11 and I started reading Soulless by Gail Carriger in the wee hours of 2011 simply because I was not tired and thought there is no time like the present when it comes to New Years resolutions! The 2011 Steampunk Challenge intrigued me because of course I am a huge fan of all things Victorian and Gothic but had never really gotten into the other sub-genres such as Steampunk. For those of you who don’t…
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2011 Steampunk Reading Challenge
Another book category which is slowly growing on me is the Steampunk reading genre. Steampunk is a genre similar to my Victorian/Gothic favorites but with an emphasis on machinery and steam driving technology. Popular at the turn of the century this literary device has developed into a whole sub-culture. There are people who have Steampunk meet up groups and there are all kinds of Steampunk fashion lines among many other things. I personally am not all into the fashion part of it, but I love the books. I would love to be able to wear all the Victorian clothing and jewerly and do all that other fun stuff that these…
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2011 Haruki Murakami Reading Challenge
I thought this would be a good way for me to add some eastern ‘flair’ to my reading lists for the year and it seems like Haruki Murakami is a very good writer so I am looking forward to this challenge. Just so I don’t over extend myself I am only going to read one book but who knows I might really like this guy and start devouring all his books! All the info for this challenge is listed here and the book I am going to read is Sputnik Sweetheart (info on the book can be found here). If you are interested in joining the challenge or want to…
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2011 Gothic Reading Challenge
I have decided to add one more challenge this year, and only because I am an absolute Gothic Fiction fan…..I couldn’t resist. The challenge is being hosted by gothicreadingchallenge.blogspot.com. Here is the info about their challenge which I listed below. Here is a list of classic Gothic elements and the list of books which are being used for the challenge. I have read lots of these books already but since many are classics which I love and therefore I don’t mind reading them again and again…..that’s the beauty of classics…..I can read them over and over again but get something new out of them every time! Check out the challenge…
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2011 Victorian Literature Challenge
2011 Victorian Literature Challenge (Starts Jan 1, 2011) Selected Level: Desperate Remedies: 15+ books. Here is the list of books I’ll be reading over the next year as part of the 2011 Victorian Literature Challenge. I will try to blog and post about each one. Many of these I have read and many I have not but have wanted to and thought this would be the perfect excuse. All of these books were written during the specified Victorian timeline (1837-1901). These books are in no special order and I will not be reading in this order but I will post what I am reading. Challenge starts Jan 1 2011! Here’s…