Recently, I completed my reading of my fifth Agatha Christie novel, The Man in the Brown Suit. The Man in the Brown Suit is Christie’s fourth book, and was originally published in 1924. The Man in the Brown Suit centers around Anne Beddingfield, who happens to be at the Hyde Park tube station, comes across a [...]
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My Thoughts on George Martin’s A Clash of Kings
Over Memorial Day weekend, I completed my reading of George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings, the second book of A Song of Fire and Ice series. After having read book one, A Game of Thrones, and thoroughly enjoying it, I was looking for a very similar experience with this second book. While the story [...]
A Return Trip To Westeros – Now Reading A Clash of Kings
After completing my journey with The Maltese Falcon, and being only 50 pages away from completing Bleak House, I’ve decided to take a break between books on my Classics Club list, and make my return trip to the land of Westeros by reading George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings. A Clash of Kings is the [...]
My Thoughts On Kat Richardson’s Greywalker
Last week, I completed my reading of Kat Richardson’s Greywalker. Greywalker was chosen by my sister as her selection for the reading group my brother, sister, and I have formed. I ended up checking out a paperback version of the book from our local library, and here’s a quick summary of what the book is about: [...]
My Thoughts On David Eddings’s The Belgariad Volume I
Last week, I completed my reading of David Eddings’s The Belgariad Volume I. As I’ve mentioned previously, this book contained the first three books of the series, Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, and Magician’s Gambit. I’ve already discussed my thoughts on Pawn of Prophecy, and you can read those thoughts in my post here. In this post, I’ll be taking [...]
Thoughts On Part I Of The Belgariad
Earlier in the week, I completed reading the first book of David Eddings’s The Belgariad, Pawn of Prophecy. Pawn of Prophecy is a good introduction to the series. In Pawn of Prophecy, we’re introduced to Garion, Mr. Wolf, and Aunt Pol, and their quest to find the man who stole a magical orb. Throughout the book, Garion [...]
Now Reading David Eddings’ The Belgariad
Yesterday I began reading David Edding’s The Belgariad. I’m reading this book as part of my effort for 2012 to read more books from my bookshelf before purchasing new ones. I don’t quite remember when I purchased The Belgariad, I just know it’s been on my bookshelf for a good number of years. This book contains the [...]
My Thoughts On Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Mists of Avalon
Earlier this week I completed my reading of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Mists of Avalon. In Bradley’s book, she tells the legendary story of King Arthur and Camelot through the eyes of the women that were involved with Arthur’s life. I must admit, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I began reading this [...]
Relaxation & January In Review
Wow, I never thought the first month of 2012 would fly by so quickly! This month has been a productive and relaxing month both in my reading, work, and baby preparations. This month I began seven books and completed six of them. The books I’ve read and/or completed are: Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged Robert Sawyer’s [...]
Ah, Slow Winter Reading
Winter seems to have finally arrived here in Burke with colder temperatures and our first snow dusting of the year. Or maybe it’s because we were without heat for most of the week, as a week ago today, our heater broke on us and it took 5 days to get it fixed! We managed to [...]
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Beltwayliterature Same here! I really enjoyed reading Candide!
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Rachel Bradford I got SO many laughs out of Candide! I wasn't
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