2015 Reading challenges goals posts and books read.
Synopsis: “A sweeping debut, crossing from China to Hawaii, that follows three generations of a wealthy dynasty whose rise and decline is riddled with secrets and tragic love—from a young, powerful new voice in fiction. Frank Leong, a prominent shipping industrialist and head of the celebrated Leong family, brings his loved ones from China to…
Blurb: 4* – I Really Liked It! – The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is gorgeous, lyrical, yet brutal and intense. I truly understood what life was like in the 1960’s for the Prices, a missionary family living in the Congo in the 1960’s. I pick up these books set in other cultures to get a true sense of…
Foodie February Linkup Foodie February starts today and this month we are focusing on reading fiction and non-fiction (including cookbooks) featuring the world’s best food for our Travel the World in Books Reading Challenge. Sign up here to join us and then stop by and linkup your book reviews below when you’ve completed your book…
It’s no secret my two biggest hobbies are reading and cooking. During our Travel the World in Books Readathon in September, Aloi from Guiltless Reading shared this scrumptious post about Notable Foodie Reads from around the world. I wanted to dive into them and Aloi inspired me to want to dedicate a month to reading books…
I have been resisting the urge to join annual reading challenges. When I joined reading challenges in 2013, I wasn’t able to accomplish them all and it was a bit defeating. So I skipped annual challenges in 2014 and decided to only do perpetual challenges like Travel the World in Books and Classics Club. I…