Well Seasoned Reader Challnge

Well-Seasoned Reader Challenge.
Rule #1: The challenge runs from January 1 to March 31. (No cheating and starting before!)
Rule #2: You must read three books. After that, it's up to you how much you want to read.
Rule #3: The books must:
have a food name in the titleORbe about cooking/eatingORhave a place name in the titleORbe about one (or more) person's travel experienceORbe about a specific cultureORbe by an author whose ethnicity is other than your own (see, I squeezed it in!)

I'll leave it up to you to choose how the three books you read fit the criteria.

Rule #4: They must be middle-grade on up, but can be either fiction or non-fiction.The purpose, this winter, is to take yourself someplace out of the ordinary, to go on a literary trip, whether that be challenging your expectations, discovering a new place, or enjoying the experience of reading about good food, places, and people.

My Choices

1) Someone’s Travel Experiences- Extra Virgin: Amongst the Olive Groves of Liguria by Annie Hawes

2) Cooking/ Eating (I hope drink can be included) Cider with Rosier by Laurie Lee

3) Place name in the title- Espresso Tales: The Latest from 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith

What's in a Name?

What’s in a Name?


Dates: January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009*
The Challenge: Choose one book from each of the following categories. You may overlap books with other challenges, but please don't use the same book for more than one category.
1. A book with a "profession" in its title.
My Choice- The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

2. A book with a "time of day" in its title.
My Choice- Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy

3. A book with a "relative" in its title.
My Choice- Daughter of the East- An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto

4. A book with a "body part" in its title.
My Choice- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

5. A book with a "building" in its title.
My Choice- Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

6. A book with a "medical condition" in its title.
My Choice- TBD

Personal Challenge- Reading around the World

Personal Challenge
Reading around the World- I have realised that I focus my reading mainly on books from the UK and US and would like to broaden my horizons. My personal challenge is each month to read a book from a different country (more if possible!) and write a brief review of it. I will aim to complete this over the next 12 months going November to November. I am going to create a proposed list of books but I will be flexible and change them if necessary.

November 2008 (France) The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick- read

December (China) Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

January 2009
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Bookish Things

I have been off sick today so while I have been recuperating I have spent a lovely few hours doing book related things!
- Updated LibraryThing
- visited some favourite blogs and found some new ones
- sorted out some books that I am going to put on RISI, BookMooch or release for BookCrossing.

The only thing I have not managed to do much is actually read a book!

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

I started and finished this last night and have to say it is a wonderfully illustrated book and a heartwarming story! I ordered it on a whim from amazon and was so pleased I did. Worth it just for the pictures alone, pictures that are an integral part of the story.

Last night I also started Brave New Word by Aldous Huxley, I thought I had read it years ago but none of it is familiar!

Hope everyone is well, would anyone like to tell me about any new blogs that have started up since I was last around a few months ago:)