I just have too many books on my to-be-read list…and too few years in life!
Category: Reading Challenge
Has Anyone Even Read ‘Frankenstein’?
I’ve seen cultural references to Frankenstein my whole life, as the monster is a very common figure to emulate, imitate, and replicate. For the life of me, though, I can’t understand how we got it all wrong?
October: A Book I Should’ve Read in High School
My high-school experience left me with a loooong list of books I woulda, coulda, shoulda read.
September: Eleanor Oliphant is NOT completely fine
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine. Just ask her. She has a run-of-the-mill office job. She has weekly calls with her mummy. She has a potential love interest. What else does she need?
September: Quizzing Librarians for Book Recommendations
I realize librarians don’t seem particularly intimidating, but this is where the rest of the world is wrong and I’m right.
August: A Spoiled Heiress, a Mysterious Duke, and a Whole Lot of Drama
If you’re yearning for a world filled with corsets, titled, wealthy landowners, and snobby British folk, pick up Mama’s May Reading Challenge book, The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin.
Mama’s 2018 Reading Challenge: August
Last month, I came across The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin and decided it needed a new home on my bookshelf…next to my stacks of other books that I’m sure I’ll get to someday very, very soon.
July: King Arthur, Merlin, and ‘The Sword in the Stone’
OK, I don’t care who you are. If you claim “The whole world knows and loves this book,” you have serious backbone, my friend.
Mama’s 2018 Reading Challenge: July
The Husband and I have been discussing this since I started the challenge in January, so I always knew it was coming. The book has been haughtily eyeing me from our bookshelf ever since.
June: Dealing with Death–Both Memory and Loss
Remember all the emotions you felt when you watched that wordless montage in the beginning of Disney-Pixar’s Up!?
