A 3rd Birthday and a Giveaway!
20 Books of Summer 2016!
1 summer. 96 Days. 20 Books. 6060 pages. 63 pages a day. Will this year finally be the year I complete my 20 Books of Summer challenge? From now until 5 September I will be attempting to read my 20 Books of Summer. Why not join in with your own 20 (or 10, or 15!), read along…
Summer round up and season changes…..
This post could alternatively have been titled ‘Where Did That Summer Go?’ or, if you live in Northern Ireland, ‘Summer? What Fecking Summer??’ The last three months have flashed by in a flurry of work, kids, work and more work and generally ended up much, much busier than I anticipated. One minute I was watching…
Playing Catch Up….
My 20 Books of Summer challenge may look like a complete disaster at the moment, but things are not quite as bad as they seem. My reading is going well, it’s just the reviewing that I don’t seem to have the time for! We are just back from a rainy week in the West of…
20 Books of Summer!
1 summer. 96 days. 20 books. 4.8 days per book. Can I do it? From now until 4 September I will be attempting to read my 20 Books of Summer. Why not join in with your own 20, read along with some of the books or just cheer me on as I try and get…
20 Books of Summer 2015!
It’s hard to believe a year has passed, but there are hints of a change in the weather here in Ireland and I’ve decided to challenge myself again this year to read my 20 Books of Summer! Last year I managed a mere 16 ½ books, so hopefully I can beat that record this time…
I’m 1 today!
Today is my Blogversary! I’m quite surprised by this for several reasons, but the main one is that I’ve stuck at it for a year! I’ve started several blogs in the past, but never one with such a tight focus, so I’m pleased that I didn’t just give up. I did worry that because I…
The R.I.P IX Reading Challenge
I love Autumn; it’s my favourite time of year. I love the back to school feel of it, the nip in the air. I’m too pale to be a summer kind of girl. Maybe that’s why the R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Challenge over at Stainless Steel Droppings has caught my eye, the notion of welcoming autumn…
No 721 Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
The first reference I ever heard relating to Ethan Frome came from one of my all time favourite movies, Grosse Pointe Blank when Martin Blank, killer for hire, runs into his old high-school English teacher and asks; Are you still, uh, you know, inflicting all that horrible Ethan Frome damage? Is that off the…
