Title: Just Being Audrey Author: Margaret Cardillo Illustrator: Julia Denos Genre: children’s non-fiction (biography) ISBN: 9780061852831 Length: 28 pages Published: 2011 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: none Summary: I think the best summary is a trailer for the book that I found on YouTube. My Thoughts: You may already know that I love Audrey Hepburn. I can’t really remember where [...]
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Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo, Julia Denos
Posted by Kristie on February 18, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/just-being-audrey-by-margaret-cardillo-julia-denos/
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley {audiobook}
Title: Brave New World Author: Aldous Huxley Genre: fiction (dystopic) ISBN: 9780792752257 Length: 8.5 hours Published: 1932 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Years of Books Resolution (2012); Years of Books Goal (lifetime) Summary (from Goodreads): “Community, Identity, Stability” is the motto of Aldous Huxley’s utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies [...]
Posted by Kristie on February 6, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/brave-new-world-by-aldous-huxley-audiobook/
Around the World in 12 Books {#1 South Africa}
Tsotsi by Athol Fugard Title: Tsotsi Author: Athol Fugard Genre: fiction ISBN: 9780802142689 Length: 226 pages Published: 1980 Source: public library Rating: 3/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Around the World in 12 Books Challenge (2012); Years of Books Resolution (2012); Years of Books Goal (lifetime) Summary (from Goodreads): Set amid the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto, where survival is the primary objective, Tsotsi traces six [...]
Posted by Kristie on January 28, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/around-the-world-in-12-books-1-south-africa/
The Marquise of O by Heinrich Von Kleist
Title: The Marquise of O Author: Heinrich Von Kleist Genre: fiction ISBN: 9780460879514 Length: 30 pages Published: 1808 Source: public library Rating: 3/5 Reason for Reading: Years of Books Goal Summary: Best summary of this story is the first sentence of the story. “In M., an important town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise of O., a lady [...]
Posted by Kristie on November 10, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/the-marquise-of-o-by-heinrich-von-kleist/
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Title: To Kill a Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Genre: fiction (American classic) ISBN: 9780060888695 Length: 12 hours Published: 1960 Source: public library Rating: 2/5 Resolutions/Challenges: Years of Books Goal Reason for Reading: I sort of felt like I should read this. For no particular reason, really. I wasn’t made to read this in 9th grade (about 10 years ago) [...]
Posted by Kristie on August 25, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/to-kill-a-mockingbird-by-harper-lee/
Half-Way There!!
In 2009, I began a long-term reading goal of reading a book published every year starting in 1800. I call it my Years of Books Goal! I am now half-way done with this goal!! I have read a book published in 105 of the 211 years on my list–when I finish To Kill a Mockingbird tomorrow [...]
Posted by Kristie on August 22, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/half-way-there/
Lisa & Lottie by Erich Kästner
Title: Lisa and Lottie (originally Das Oppelte Lottchen) Author: Erich Kästner Genre: children’s fiction ISBN: none (old edition) Length: 136 pages Year Published: 1949 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Years of Books Goal Summary: Lottie Horn and Lisa Palfy meet at a summer camp for girls when they are nine years old. The surprise is, [...]
Posted by Kristie on February 25, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/lisa-lottie-by-erich-kastner/
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days Author: Jules Verne Genre: fiction (classic) ISBN: 9780007350940 Length: 276 pages Year Published: 1873 Source: personal collection Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Personal Collection Resolution; Victorian Literature Challenge; Years of Books Goal Reason for Reading: Yesterday I was just Googling when I noticed that the Google sign was different, as they are very often. But [...]
Posted by Kristie on February 9, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/around-the-world-in-80-days-by-jules-verne/
Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte–Final Thoughts
Title: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Author: Anne Bronte Genre: fiction (classic) ISBN: 9780760783276 Length: 456 pages Year Published: 1848 Source: personal collection Rating: 4/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Victorian Lit Challenge; Personal Collection Resolution; Years of Books Goal Reason for Reading: First, and foremost, I read this to discuss on the Rory’s Book Club discussion forum, located here. [...]
Posted by Kristie on February 4, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/tenant-of-wildfell-hall-by-anne-bronte-final-thoughts/
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Title: The Haunting of Hill House Author: Shirley Jackson Genre: fiction (“creepy” fiction) ISBN: 9780140071085 Pages: 246 Year Published: 1959 (counts towards my Years of Books goal ) Source: public library Rating: 3/5 Reason for Reading: RIP Challenge (Peril the Second) Book Description (from back cover): Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House [...]
Posted by Kristie on October 9, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/the-haunting-of-hill-house-by-shirley-jackson/
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