Books and Chocolate

So, I'm about a third of the way through one of the biggest, fattest books on my TBR Challenge List , The Good Soldier Svejk by Jar...

Slowly, but surely, I am working my way through the entire Rougon-Macquart cycle of novels by Emile Zola.  My eighth effort was The Ladi...

I wish I had the discipline (and the time) to review each and every book I read, as soon as I finish it.  I finished My Name is Asher Lev...

Back in 2000, we moved to Nebraska, a state about which I knew absolutely nothing, except that it was surrounded by six other states wh...

Finally, I have finished this book, which has been on my TBR shelf since 2011 when I received a Big Box of Penguin Deluxe Classics . ...

I've been hard at work on my Back to the Classics Challenge!  Recently I needed a fun, light read after some fairly heavy books.  T...

Well, once again I have signed up for the Paris in July blogging event -- I think this is the third year in a row!!  Naturally, I have a...

Well, I meant to post about the upcoming Paris in July event, but something bookish happened today that really steamed me, and I need to ve...

I had a hard time choosing an adventure classic for the Back to the Classics Challenge .  I thought this was an easy pick --  originally ...

I think 2013 is going to be The Year of the Great Nonfiction Reads for me.  I keep finding more and more nonfiction I want to read.  Seri...