Managed to get in 7 books in total in March, which includes one audiobook and one short story.

So my total for the year to date:

Books read 2013: 21/52
..Fiction: 15
....Classic Fiction: 5
..Non-fiction: 6

(Link to reviews) Books read in March

FictionChildhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, Audiobook ( Read more... )

So after January nearly not hitting my goal of one book a week (5 books for the month), I kind of went bananas this month and managed to read over twice my goal.

As usual, if anyone wants to read a synopsis of the book and my review, just click hereTotal read for year: 14/52 ( Read more... )

What I just finished reading

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

I'm glad I finally got around to reading this book. Heavy on Christianity, yes, but very well written, in my opinion.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett ( Read more... )

I'm reading the newest Robert Crais book, Suspect, and when I read this description: "Dominick Leland was a tall, bony African-American with thirty-two years on the job as a K-9 handler, first in the United States Army, then the L. A. County Sheriffs, and finally the LAPD. He was a living legend in the LAPD K-9 corps."Immediately in my mind popped ( Read more... )

I have Penguin Classics 'liked' on Facebook, and today they posted about Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northrup, a free black man from New York who was lured to Washington, D.C. in 1841 where he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery. In going to Amazon to see if there was a free download for Kindle of this book, I found this review:

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Okay, I'll play. :-)

What I just finished reading

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs ( Read more... )

So, I'm curious and want some opinions ( Read more... )

I finally got the new Rick Riodan book from the library. (Two months on the waiting list, OMG!)

Guess what I'm going to be doing this weekend? :-D

Good thing the world didn't end before I got this read. LOL

And once again I've requested too many books from the library, and once again they're all coming in at the same time. *is overwhelmed*

LOL

Dear Authors,

Please do not use the word 'brooding' when describing your main male character. When you do, all I can think about is Angel, and it totally takes me out of the book.

Thanks,

Your reader,
sp23