by amiemccracken | Jun 9, 2011 | book review, books, reading, story
Congratulations to Andrea for winning the Amazon gift certificate to celebrate 200 followers! Thanks to those who entered.Another installment of books I read in 2010. We’re getting down to the bottom of the pile. But still quite a few to go! I rate on a scale of...
by amiemccracken | Apr 3, 2011 | book review, books, reading, story
Another installment of what I read in 2010. I rate on a scale of 1-5.The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark – 2I was really hoping for more from this book. It takes an intriguing idea (an 18th-century apothecary obsessed with deformities) and just bored me. There...
by amiemccracken | Mar 28, 2011 | book review, reading
Spoilers below on Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins…just in case you haven’t read it yet. I’ve now read Mockingjay twice. I think the second time really allowed me to slow down and have a broader view. I always expected Prim to die, even the first time....
by amiemccracken | Jan 30, 2011 | book review, books, reading, story
Starting with the first books I read this year and plowing through to the end. I won’t bore you with the whole list at once. I rate on a scale of 1-5.Graceling by Kristin Cashore – 3Good but I don’t quite remember it, so either it was a really fast...
by amiemccracken | Jan 16, 2011 | book review, books, reading
I read two more books the last week of 2010. So my total for the year is now 59. I’d say that’s pretty good considering I didn’t have access to a lot of books. I’m trucking through this year already with 5. (Loving the Kindle.) With last...
by amiemccracken | Dec 26, 2010 | book review, books, reading
It’s time to count up the books I read in 2010. It doesn’t feel like that many since it was hard to find English books here, but I think it’s actually a pretty good number. I’ll give a list of the books I read with a little review of what I...
