Month: January 2015

Foodies Read 2015

7 January 2015 / to be read / 4 Comments
Foodies Read 2015

I participated in this challenge (hosted by Vicki @ I’d Rather Be at the Beach) back in 2011. I have a hobby interest in food and cooking. I like to read about where food comes from and how to eat sustainably. One of the biggest challenges of living in Japan for me is cooking. It’s difficult for me to source and make the foods I love (if only I loved […]

Review: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

4 January 2015 / review / 0 Comments
Review: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Author: L.M. MontgomeryTitle: Anne of Green GablesFormat/Source: eBook/library Published: June 1908Publisher: Simon & SchusterLength: 320 pagesGenre: General fiction/young adultWhy I Read: Quintessential Canadian children’s lit, wanted a taste of PEIRead If You’re: Looking for a light but lovely read that gains weight as it progresses Quote: “The Barry garden was a bowery wilderness of flowers which would have delighted Anne’s heart at any time less fraught with destiny.” (105)Rating:  ★★★★ [ratings […]

The Official 2015 TBR Pile Challenge

1 January 2015 / to be read / 13 Comments
The Official 2015 TBR Pile Challenge

I participated in this challenge (hosted by Adam @ Roofbeam Reader) in 2011 and 2012. Now that I’m full swing into book blogging, I want to give it another go!   The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey The Power of Now by Eckart Tolle Three Day Road by Joseph Borden Predictably Irrational by Dan Arriely If I Stay by Gayle Forman Nothing […]