#301 ~ Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin Published by: William Morrow Published on: October 2010 Page Count: 274 Genre: Fiction, Southern Fiction My Reading Format: Hardcover purchased from Barnes and Noble Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook My Review Larry Ott and Silas “32″ Jones grew up in a small Mississippi town where everyone knew everyone [...]

#300 ~ The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene Published by: AudioGo Published on: February 2009 Page Count: 192 (Penguin November 1999 edition) Genre: Fiction, Literature My Reading Format: Audiobook purchased with credits from Audible.com Narrator: Michael Kitchen Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Available Formats: Paperback, eBook, audiobook My Review From the first time I [...]

Get Your Free Jane Austen eBooks Now (Thanks, Sourcebooks!)

In honor of Jane Austen’s 235th birthday, Sourcebooks, one of my favorite publishers, is offering 16 free eBooks of Jane Austen and Jane Austen inspired novels. I must admit that I’m a glutton and downloaded them all on my Kindle. If you don’t have a Kindle, do not despair.  Sourcebooks has a handy page that [...]

#299 ~ Mr. Toppit

Mr. Toppit by Charles Elton Published by: Other Press Published on: November 2010 Page Count: 400 Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: Audiobook purchased using Audible.com credits Audiobook Released By: Blackstone Audio Narrator: Simon Vance Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Available Formats: Paperback, eBook, audiobook Spoiler Alert: To avoid spoilers, skip reading the bulleted list. [...]

#298 ~ Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction by Allison Leotta Published by: Simon & Schuster Published on: October 2010 Page Count: 277 Genre: Fiction, Procedural My Reading Format: Hardcover copy sent to me by the publisher Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook My Review I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned before that I find TV procedurals soothing (depending upon my state of [...]

2010 ~ The Year Audiobooks Saved Me

When I began blogging, I wouldn’t have considered an audiobook a “read” book.  Little did I know that in 2010 that they would be an essential part of my reading life. How audiobooks became “acceptable” was a case of necessity being the mother of revamping my values.  Bedtime has never been a smooth process in [...]

#297 ~ The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell Published by: Random House Published on: June 2010 Page Count: 496 Genre: Literature My Reading Format: Audiobook rented from my local library Narrators: Jonathan Aris and Paula Wilcox Audiobook Length: 18 hours 54 minutes Available Formats: Hardcover, audiobook, eBook My Review I loved and adored [...]

#296 ~ Everything I Never Wanted to Be

Everything I Never Wanted to Be: a memoir of alcoholism and addiction, faith and family, hope and humor by Dina Kucera Published by: Dream of Things Published on: October, 2010 Page Count: 204 Genre: Memoir My Reading Format: ARC sent to me by the publisher Available Formats: Paperback Today it is my great pleasure to [...]

#295 ~ Zeitoun

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Published by: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Published on: June 2009 Page Count: 368 Genre: Non-Fiction My Reading Format: Audiobook rented from my local library Narrator: Firdous Bamji Audiobook Length: 10 hours, 28 minutes Available Formats: Hardcover, paperback, eBook, audiobook Summary from the Publisher When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, [...]

What’s In A Name Challenge Recap and Looking Ahead to 2011

One of the things that spruced up my reading in 2010 and generally just made things fun was the What’s in a Name 3 Challenge hosted by Candace from Beth Fish Reads. As I write this post, I still have one last category to fulfill – Food. Luckily, the novel Salting Roses, which I mentioned over [...]