Title: Looking for Alaska Author: John Green # of Pages: 256 Genre: Young Adult Realistic Fiction I actually finished this book awhile ago, but between all the Christmas parties and traveling, I haven’t had much time for posting. I bought this book when our local Borders was going out of business, and if …
Book #22: Life of Pi
Title: Life of PiAuthor: Yann Martel# of Pages: 336Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Survival Okay, so the fact that this book has recently been made into a movie may have been a large part of the reason why I decided that now was the perfect time to finally read it. I’m telling ya, I think I have a …
Book #21: Bless Me, Ultima
Title: Bless Me, UltimaAuthor: Rudolfo Anaya# of Pages: 290Genre: Modern Classic (Coming-of-Age) I feel like this has been the year of no more procastination when it comes to reading–I’ve owned most of the books I’ve read so far this year for a long time, but I just kept putting them off and putting them off …
Book #20: Shanghai Girls
Title: Shanghai GirlsAuthor: Lisa See# of Pages: 336Genre: Historical Fiction I have long been a fan of Lisa’s See’s poetic prose. I first fell in love with her writing when I read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan while backpacking in Havasupai in 2008, and the love affair continued with her hauntingly beautiful Peony in …
Book #19: Penny From Heaven
Title: Penny From HeavenAuthor: Jennifer L. Holm# of Pages: 288Genre: Young Adult Fiction After weeks (okay, months) of reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I was in need of something, well, fluffy. Of course, it’s pretty rare that anything I read is TRULY fluffy, but I considered young adult lit the next best thing. …
Books #16, 17, & 18: The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Title: The Lord of the Rings trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King)Author: J.R.R. Tolkien# of Pages: 1,008Genre: Classic Fantasy You might have noticed that I haven’t done a book review post in a LOOOONG time. Well, it’s because it took me a LOOOONG time to finish this …
Book #15: The Hobbit
Title: The HobbitAuthor: J. R. R. Tolkien# of Pages: 275Genre: Fantasy So I’m keeping up pretty well on my bet with Matt, as you can see (and he has actually started to keep his end of the deal too, so it looks like Fellowship, here I come!). And I will admit that it is rather convenient that this …
Book #14: Total Money Makeover
Title: The Total Money MakeoverAuthor: Dave Ramsey# of Pages: 223Genre: Personal Finance I don’t know how other couples handle their finances, but Matt and I like to talk often and openly about everything going on with our money. We like to dream, we I like to worry, and we have yet to get in a …