Notes on Books & Life
W. Somerset Maugham is an author I quite enjoy, so I’ve been collecting his books as I’ve come across them. The Painted Veil is the fifth book I’ve read from my TBR Pile Challenge list. About the Book: Kitty may not be clever or deep, but she is beautiful and well bred. In her prime, …
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I received a copy of The ACB with Honora Lee by Kate De Goldi via LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. It’s short and illustrated, which made it a perfect read for the late hours of last month’s readathon! About the Book: Perry’s parents keep her busy. She has piano lessons and clarinet lessons and Music and …
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I picked up Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell on a recent trip to the library because the cover looked familiar and I needed an audiobook for last month’s readathon. When I posted my readathon stack, Jenny responded by saying: “Eleanor and Park is amazing and you are living a half-life until you have read …
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Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn has been on my radar (and my shelves) for years. It’s been recommended to me by several people whose reading opinions I trust. So when I put together my TBR Pile Challenge list, I made sure Ella Minnow Pea was on it. About the Book: Ella Minnow Pea lives …
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Bout of Books has begun! This post will house my updates for the whole week. I’ll keep running totals for the week up top and add each day’s notes at the end. Weekly Totals Hours read: 9 hours, 53 minutes Pages read: 462 Books finished: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Space Between …
