Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling Published: 1997 Genre: Magical fantasy Why I picked it up: Figured it was time to give the series another shot Rating: 3.5 stars Challenges: 100+ | Harry Potter 2011 My Thoughts: When I first started reading Harry Potter, there were four books out. I read each of them once (although I might have read the third one a few times…I actually […]
Author: Will Ferguson Title: Beyond Belfast Published: October 2009 Publisher: Viking Canada Length: 390 pages Genre: Travelogue Target age: Adult Why I picked it up: Written by an author I enjoy Rating: 4 stars Challenges: 100+ Buy: Chapters | Check your local bookstore! Will Ferguson is a Canadian author known for his books about his travels and about Canadians. I’ve enjoyed him since we first studied Why I Hate Canadians […]
Hullo! Is it the end of the year already? That was fast. Christmas came and then things were very busy for awhile and now that I have time to sit down at the computer I find 2010 is over. Well. I suppose I should tie up some loose ends now. Here’s a few things I just finished up: Finished Falling for Snow review (almost…I’m so tired, my apologies…..) Posted a […]
Author: Suzanne Collins Series: The Hunger Games trilogy Titles: Catching Fire/Mockingjay Published: September 2009/August 2010 Publisher: Scholastic Length: 391/390 pages Genre: Dystopian scifi Target age: Young adultWhy I picked it up: So many people have been raving about it, I felt like something had passed me by when Mockingjay was released so I bought a boxed set of the trilogyRating: 3 stars/2 stars Buy: Chapters | Barnes and Noble | […]
Author: Jamie Bastedo Titles: Falling for Snow Published: October 2003 Publisher: Red Deer Press Length: 256 pages Genre: Non-fiction naturalist Target age: AdultWhy I picked it up: Found it while browsing at the libraryRating: 3.5 stars Buy: McNally Robinson | Barnes and Noble | Check your local bookstore! A couple of weeks ago I was at the library browsing for books, something I hadn’t done in a long time. One […]