Hurdling Time by Yule Time Reading on Nov 18, 2009 in Blog Days Booking Through Thursday joyce carol oates philip roth stephen king Booking Through Thursday Challenge for November 19, 2009: Do you think any current author is of the same caliber as Dickens, Austen, Bronte, or any of the classic authors? If so, who, and why do you think so? If not, why not? What books from this er...
The Bad, Bad Book by Yule Time Reading on Nov 11, 2009 in Blog Days Booking Through Thursday bad books Booking Through Thursday Challenge for November 5, 2009: “Life is too short to read bad books.” Do you read everything all the way through or do you feel life really is too short to read bad books? There are two types of “bad” books...
The Makings of a Good Autobiography (Hint: A Beginning, Middle and End) by Yule Time Reading on Nov 4, 2009 in Blog Days Booking Through Thursday Biography Booking Through Thursday Challenge for November 5, 2009: Which do you prefer? Biographies written about someone? Or Autobiographies written by the actual person (and/or ghost-writer)? Ah, the mighty biography. Biographies are by nature difficult cr...
Words That Ignite a Book Purchase by Yule Time Reading on Oct 28, 2009 in Blog Days Booking Through Thursday Booking Through Thursday Challenge for October 29, 2009: What words/phrases in a blurb make a book irresistible? What words/phrases will make you put the book back down immediately? Irresistible Words: Broken Redemption Haunting Defies Fights Ecce...
Uncomfortable Subject Matter by Yule Time Reading on Oct 21, 2009 in Blog Days Booking Through Thursday authors Booking Through Thursday Challenge for October 22, 2009: If you could ask your favorite author (alive or dead) one question … who would you ask, and what would the question be? Last month, I read and reviewed The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine...
Do Celebrities Really Read Classic Literature? by Yule Time Reading on Sep 30, 2009 in Blog Days Booking Through Thursday Book Lists book picks celebrities Booking Through Thursday Challenge for October 1, 2009: Two-thirds of Brits have lied about reading books they haven’t. Have you? Why? What book? I, personally, have not lied about books that I’ve read. I’m a horrible liar, so I’...
Hope and the Sad Book by Yule Time Reading on Sep 23, 2009 in Blog Days Booking Through Thursday hopeful reads sad books Booking Through Thursday Challenge for September 24, 2009: What’s the saddest book you’ve read recently? Right now, I’m in the middle of reading to The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine which I have a feeling is going to be completely hear...
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