Masterpiece
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Excellent
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Not for me
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Definitely not for me
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Oranges in July

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Jill from The Magic Lasso is prompting others to read as many books in July as we can that have been longlisted, shortlisted, or won by the Orange Prize. I hope to read at least the first two titles on the list. I’m also interested in reading the other titles in the next year or so. A group of us are reading Oranges at the Orange Prize Project as well. Check it out!

  • What Was Lost
  • The Poisonwood Bible
  • The Tenderness of Wolves, by Stef Penney
  • Unless, by Carol Shields
  • Larry’s Party, by Carol Shields
  • Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
  • The Dream Life of Sukhanov
  • The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
  • Fall On Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald
  • The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai
  • Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
  • The Lizard Cage, by Karen Connelly

July Book Blowout

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Mrs. S is hosting a challenge to read as many books as possible during July.
Click on the button for more info.
She’s also written a meme to get us started:

1. Describe yourself in one sentence

I’m a wife, a mother to two wonderful teenage boys, and an avid book lover.

2. What book will you start the challenge with?

Undiscovered Country by Lin Enger

3. Where is your favourite place to read?

I like to read outside by the pool, in bed, and on my comfy leather couch.

4. What is your favourite book of all time?

Probably Jane Eyre and/or Persuasion

5. Remind us all of your challenge target

I’m going to say 10 because even though some months I’ve been reading over that, I’m going to be working full-time soon and won’t have as much time to read as I used to.

My books for the challenge (I’m going for 10):

  1. Undiscovered Country by Lin Enger (2008, 320 pp.)
  2. The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton (2008, 256 pp.)
  3. The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle (2007, 336 pp.)
  4. The Photograph by Penelope Lively (2003, 231 pp.)
  5. What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn (2008 in the U.S.)

Some titles I’m thinking about:

  • The White Mary
  • The Poisonwood Bible

‘Save’ is not the same as ‘Publish’

Argggh — sorry feed readers! I keep saving my drafts, and wordpress is publishing them instead.  I guess I’ll have to do the extra step and put it to draft right away rather than the way I’ve always done it in the past.  WordPress is being weird…

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