Masterpiece
*****
Excellent
**** 1/2
Very good
****
Good
**** 1/2
Just okay
***
Not for me
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Definitely not for me
*

Giveaway at Novels Now

forgeryvenus.jpgThis is a new hardcover that was just published by William Morrow on April 1. If you’re interested in this book, sign up for the giveaway by going to Novels Now. A winner will be drawn on Monday, May 5. Restricted to the U.S. and Canada.

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Weekly Geeks #1

The first Weekly Geeks Challenge from Dewey is to visit at least 5 new blogs that are unfamiliar to you. This was a great idea for the first challenge.

Here’s what I found:

  1. Serena at Savvy Verse and Wit is celebrating National Poetry Month by having a giveaway. Just post an original poem or your favorite poem in her comments by May 2, and she will post the winner on May 3.
  2. I had to visit Michelle’s blog just because she’s a Michelle! She had such pretty butterflies for her theme, and I love the picture of all the children’s books she just got from Amazon.
  3. I love the header Kristen has at Delightfully Dogmatic. She just finished Out Stealing Horses and while she was lukewarm about it, she says she’d still recommend it.
  4. Laura at Reading Reflections just finished The Book Thief and rated it 5/5. That was such a good book!!!!
  5. Kim at Page after Page has already posted a Once Upon a Time II wrap-up!! Congratulations on finishing that challenge so quickly!

April ’08 Monthly Report

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25. Belong to Me stars4.gif by Marisa de los Santos (2008, 388 pp.)
26. The Sister stars4h.gif by Poppy Adams (2008, 275 pp.)
27. Kanada stars3h.gif by Eva Wiseman (2006, 241 pp.)
28. Kaddish for a Child not Born stars4h.gif by Imre Kertesz (1990, 95 pp.)
29. Detective Story stars3.gif by Imre Kertesz (2008, 112 pp.)
30. The Mayor’s Tongue stars3h.gif by Nathaniel Rich (2008, 310 pp.)
31. The Cellist of Sarajevo stars4.gif by Steven Galloway (2008, 231 pp.)
32. Beloved stars4.gif by Toni Morrison (1987, 275 pp.)
33. Maus I stars5.gif by Art Spiegelman (1986, 161 pp.)
34. Maus II stars5.gif by Art Spiegelman (1991, 127 pp.)
35. Keeper and Kid stars3h.gif by Edward Hardy (2008, 294 pp.)
36. Things Fall Apart stars4.gif by Chinua Achebe (1958, 209 pp.)

Pages read: 2718 Pages read in 2008: 8874
Average number of pages per book: 227 pp.
New authors: 9
Female authors: 4
Male authors: 6
Challenges completed: Pub, Jewish Literature, Expanding Horizons, and Eponymous

Have you reviewed any of the above books at your blog? If you’d like, enter them in Mr. Linky below.

Keeper and Kid

keeper.JPGIsn’t this a cute cover?! I just love it. Keeper and Kid by Edward Hardy is about a single dad trying to be a father to a 3 year-old child he never even knew he had. It’s about the shock one gets with a child when one realizes your life will never be your own again. It’s also about how our lives are made even richer for it. Struggling to make his job and his relationships work with a new child in his life, James Keeper is just overwhelmed with it all. But little Leo is so cute and says the cutest things. Children are like that. They frustrate and inspire simultaneously. I enjoyed reading this book about child rearing and relationships from a man’s perspective, though the language was a bit strong for my tastes. I’d be interested in reading the sequel if the author decides to write one.

2008, 294 pp.
Rating: 3.5/5

Eponymous Challenge Complete!

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I enjoyed all the books I read for this challenge, with the first two being my favorites.

The five books I read:

  1. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
  2. The Sister by Poppy Adams
  3. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
  4. Beloved by Toni Morrison
  5. Keeper and Kid by Edward Hardy

Non-Fiction Five Challenge 2008

nonfictionfive2.jpgThanks, Joy, for hosting this again! Last year after the challenge, I won The Only Road North from Joy, and I just finished it last month. Thanks for that, too; it was an excellent book!

I usually have to be forced to read non-fiction these days, so this challenge will be good for me. I’ll pick 5 from the following, making sure I have at least one that’s not a memoir:

  1. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel memoir)
  2. Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel memoir)
  3. Blankets by Craig Thompson (graphic novel memoir)
  4. The Borden Tragedy by Rick Geary (graphic novel true crime)
  5. Darkness Visible by William Styron (memoir)
  • X Stands for Unknown by Isaac Asimov
  • Reading Lolita in Tehran
  • With Borges by Alberto Manuel
  • Darkness Visible by William Styron
  • The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende
  • A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
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