Month: January 2014

My Goals for the Bout of Books 9.0

My Goals for the Bout of Books 9.0

As part of Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal’s read-a-thon, Bout of Books 9.0, I’m to include my goals regarding what I want to accomplish in this glorious bout of reading, including the time I’ll set aside for reading and what I hope to have read by the end of Sunday, the 12th. Time Devoted to Reading I read every day—it keeps me sane. At worst, I read for a bit when I first wake up and when I go to bed at night. And during the night if I can’t sleep. At best, everyone leaves me alone, and I can luxuriate in enjoying a bit of a read during lunch and dinner. And maybe a few hours caught along the way! Then there are the moments caught in between. Standing in line for something or other. Waiting in someone’s office. On hold with the telephone. Waiting for my computer to complete a task. Or simply needing a mental break. My Goals Sadly enough, my goals are catch-up goals. Catching up with the library books that are coming due, the books I’m reading for a couple of read-alongs, the ARCs I’m reading from publishers, […]

Posted January 6, 2014 by Kathy Davie in Challenges, Reading Books / 0 Comments

Book Review: James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird

Book Review: James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Good Lord Birdin Hardcover edition on August 20, 2013 and has 417 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo A young slave boy who does what he must to survive in 1856 Kansas when caught between slavery and anti-slavery forces. The Good Lord Bird won an award in 2014 for The Rooster – The Morning News Tournament of Books and nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction. In 2013, it was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction and the Paris Review Best of the Best. My Take A rescue that leads to an inside look at the thinking of John Brown and his ever-changing troop with their sacrifice, belief, and a sometimes misguided passion. You’ll certainly appreciate how different Brown’s campaign may have been if he’d had a blog! It’s a softer, gentler look at John Brown of Harpers Ferry fame. Pre-war. Pre-Civil War that is. From the perspective of a child who don’t got no dog in this hunt. Yes, Onion is a slave, and s/he wants to […]

Posted January 1, 2014 by Kathy Davie in / 0 Comments