Adult Fiction420 Characters by Lou Beach After the Apocalypse: Stories by Maureen F. McHugh All Yours by Claudia Pineiro, translated by Miranda FranceThe Artist of Disappearance by Anita Desai The Bone Doll's Twin (The Tamir Triad, #1) by Lynn FlewellingBook by Robert Grudin Diving Bells: And Other Stories by Lucy WoodDoc by Mary Doria RussellGalore … Continue reading Books I Discovered This Week: 11/27/11-12/03/11
Month: December 2011
Around the World Challenge
I am so excited to announce that I will be participating in the 2012 Around the World in 12 Books Challenge hosted by Giraffe Days. Sadly, this does not mean I will be physically traveling around the world in 2012. Maybe some other year that will happen. Instead, I will be literarially (yes, I made up … Continue reading Around the World Challenge
Literary Blog Hop: Literature Recommendations for the Non-Literature-Reading Reader
Thanks to the lovely Ms. Emily Crowe over at As the Crowe Flies (and Reads!) for introducing me to the Literary Blog Hop hosted by The Blue Bookcase. You might have noticed my blog title is Wildly Read, tagline: Wildly, if not widely, read. Yes, I do blog about children's books, mass market romances, non-fiction, … Continue reading Literary Blog Hop: Literature Recommendations for the Non-Literature-Reading Reader
Friday Round-Up
Each week I round-up all the (mostly book-related) articles/blog posts/book reviews/websites/videos that entertained me during the week. Enjoy!BOSTON EVENTS Tonight at the Harvard Book Store: Children's Book Buyers' Night where the Harvard Book Store buyers present their favorite children's books to give to kids and young adults this holiday season.This weekend also hosted by the … Continue reading Friday Round-Up
Book Review: Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
Uncommon Criminals (Heist Society, Book 2)by Ally Carter9781423147954, $16.99, Disney-Hyperion (HarperCollins)Teenage girl thief. That should really be 'nough said, right?Kat (Katarina Bishop) comes from a family of thieves. One of THE family of thieves (of which there are about 7 in the world). In book 1, Heist Society, Kat tries to give up her thieving … Continue reading Book Review: Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
Book Review: Goliath by Scott Westerfeld, illustrated by Keith Thompson
Goliathby Scott Westerfeldillustrated by Keith Thompson9781416971771, $19.99, Simon & SchusterThe completely-lives-up-to-it-thank-god conclusion to the Leviathan trilogy! For my review of Behemoth, book 2 in the series, click here. Mr. Westerfeld & Mr. Thompson continued to do a magnificent job of giving us both text and pictures to illustrate this alternate world history. It's a little difficult … Continue reading Book Review: Goliath by Scott Westerfeld, illustrated by Keith Thompson
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