Notes on Books & Life
I’d read some good reviews of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown, so when I needed an audiobook and saw my library had this one on the shelf, I decided to give it a go for my daily commute. About the Book: Tiny Barnwell, Ohio, hometown to the three Andreas sisters, is the last place …
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Hello, Reading Buddies! Well, I’m halfway through A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (spoilers are fair game!) and I’ve yet to take a single note. I love it when I’m so absorbed in a book — and a classic in particular — that note-taking falls by the wayside. The problem, of course, is …
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I’ve always felt I should read 1984, so when I discovered my library had a version read by Frank Muller, a narrator I know I enjoy, I borrowed the recording to keep me occupied during my daily commute. About the Book: Published in 1949, George Orwell’s 1984 is a classic dystopian novel. The year is …
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It’s that time again: time to announce the next Reading Buddies book and kick off a new poll! But first, just a reminder that this month’s read is A Room with a View by E.M. Forster, which I’m liking quite a bit so far. The Goodreads thread is up, and I’ll be posting about the …
Now that it’s officially 2012, I can do my final wrap-up of 2011! This is the first year I have previous data against which to compare, so please excuse me while I get geeky about reading stats. I don’t read just for the stats, nor do I obsess about them, but I do enjoy tracking …
