This Tuesday, we talk about the loveliest of presents: books. So here are thirteen books, I hope Santa brings (and I have been a good girl:) I hope some Secret Santas are viewing this:) * To see what others want Santa to bring, go here. * Part of A Baker's Dozen
Tag: Wishlist
Sign-Up: Vintage Mystery and Virtual Mount TBR
2021 hasn't started on a good note. Not that I had any great expectations, in the first place. There are certain Reading Challenges, however, that are pretty exciting. Bev @ My Reader's Blog has once again a host of interesting challenges. I am signing up for two. The Vintage Mystery Challenge, in which, I'll attempt … Continue reading Sign-Up: Vintage Mystery and Virtual Mount TBR
A Baker’s Dozen: Intriguing Opening Lines
The opening of a book is said to be instrumental in getting a reader's attention. If the opening makes a reader curious than s/he will go on reading. While going through a list of iconic opening lines recently, I came across quite a few that I hadn't read but which made me curious. So here's … Continue reading A Baker’s Dozen: Intriguing Opening Lines
Reading Challenge 5: Wishlist
One of the challenges that I was able to complete successfully last year was the Wishlist Challenge. The goal was to read at least 12 books from your wishlist. I made a list of 21 and it gave me great pleasure to strike-off 12 of them. This year I have again made a list of … Continue reading Reading Challenge 5: Wishlist
Friday Memes
Book Beginnings on Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader where one shares the beginning of the book one is currently reading.Here's mine from John Rhode's 1942 book Night Exercise as Britain's Home Guard carries out a mock exercise which ends in murder.THE HEADQUARTERS of the Wealdhurst Company of the Home Guard … Continue reading Friday Memes
On My Wishlist
On My Wishlist is a fun meme hosted by BookChickCity in which one writes about the book(s) one is really keen to read. Today on my wishlist is W.G. Sebald's On the Natural History of Destruction which discusses both the devastation of Germany during the Second World War as also the silence that envelopes it. I … Continue reading On My Wishlist
On My Wishlist
On My Wishlist is a fun meme hosted by Book Chick City where you list the book(s) that you desperately want to read.Well as it is the month of Halloween, how about a book left by a dark magician that casts its (evil) spell on anybody who reads it?Robin Jarvis' Dancing JaxTo see what others are … Continue reading On My Wishlist
On My Wishlist
On My Wishlist is a fun meme hosted by Book Chick City where one lists the books that one wishes to read.Right now, here's the book that I want more than any other book:The Story Teller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-BhattacharyaEvery year, the story teller Hassan, recounts the mysterious disappearence of a young foreign couple … Continue reading On My Wishlist
On My Wishlist
On My Wishlist is a fun weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City where one lists the books one is dying to get one's hands on.Here's mine: The Book Thief by Markus ZusakI have heard so much about this book that I really want to read it now.To see what others are wishing for, go … Continue reading On My Wishlist
On My Wishlist
On My Wishlist is a weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City where you list books that you are eager to read.Well, on my wishlist today is a book I read about just hours ago. The Eleventh Little Nigger by Jacquemard Senecal.The book, inspired by Agatha Christie's Ten Little Niggers, is a murder mystery where players of a … Continue reading On My Wishlist