Dewey’s October Read-a-Thon
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

South Carolina, USA.  They said it was supposed to be sunny and warm.  I think they lied. I see no sun.

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

Erm…I’m not sure.  I want to read all of the selections. I have a leatherbound book of Poe, After ( Read more... )

So this challenge is basically to take of picture of "Me and My Book"

Here it is:

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I've been reading since 8am, taking time out to participate in some of the mini challenges.  I started off reading short stories by HP Lovecraft out of the huge leatherbound edition I have.  I absolutely love horror stories and I especially love reading them in October.  I even had a scary movie playing in the background as I lounged in pajamas ( Read more... )

It's the last day!  Today's post is to name my favorite book of all time.  That's super hard to do.  The majority of the books posted in these challenges are favorites of mine.  I don't have one specific favorite.  I love tons; Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, HP Lovecraft, HG Wells, World War Z, Gone with the Wind, Harry Potter, LotR, Southern ( Read more... )

I'm a day behind since I wasn't able to post last night.  So I'm doing day 29 today.  Today's challenge is to name a book everyone hated but I liked.


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Today's challenge is to name one of my favorite book titles.  I don't really have a favorite title so I picked a random one that I liked.  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  Sounds fun doesn't it?


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Today's challenge is to name a book with a surprising plot twist.


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Today's challenge is to name a book that changed your opinion about something.


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Today's challenge is to name a book character that I relate to most.  I think one of the character's I relate to most would be the second Mrs. de Winter from Rebecca.  She's often times unsure of herself in the beginning and unsure of the relationship with her husband.  She's quite shy and insecure. However, in the last half of the book, she comes ( Read more... )

Today's challenge is to name a book that I wish more people would've read.  This isn't so much a book, because I touched on that in an earlier post, but in my opinion, if you're a horror fan, you should definitely check out Richard Laymon.  He was an American author that was insanely popular overseas but never had as much success in the States ( Read more... )