214 books overall; 125 books read in the last year; 12 books read in the last month. That's an average of 8 books each month.
I picked up Sirens and Spies by Janet Taylor Lisle from the library for several reasons. One, it looked like a really fast read, thus bringing me closer to my 52 Books in 52 Weeks goal in Juvenile/Middle Grade Fiction. Two, it was on a display table at the library (because I now […]
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli is a retelling of the fairy tale Rapunzel. I knew it was based off of Rapunzel and when I told my husband that it was a retelling, he looked at the cover and said “Oh, Zel as in Rapunzel?” Okay, I must be a complete idiot or else […]
A book that everyone needs to read is The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari. What can I possibly say about The Translator that would convince you to read it? What can I possible say about The Translator without trivializing it?
Daoud Hari grew up in a village in the […]
