Kaye Dacus's Blog, page 36
June 10, 2016
Books Read in 2016: ‘Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography’ by Laura Ingalls Wilder | Part 3
Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder My rating: 5 of 5 stars Book Summary from Goodreads: Pioneer Girl follows the Ingalls family’s journey through Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, back to Minnesota, and on to Dakota Territory sixteen years of travels, unforgettable experiences, and the everyday people who became immortal through Wilder’s fiction. Using additional […]
June 9, 2016
Books Read in 2016: ‘Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography’ by Laura Ingalls Wilder | Part 2
Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder My rating: 5 of 5 stars Book Summary from Goodreads: Pioneer Girl follows the Ingalls family’s journey through Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, back to Minnesota, and on to Dakota Territory sixteen years of travels, unforgettable experiences, and the everyday people who became immortal through Wilder’s fiction. Using additional […]
June 8, 2016
Books Read in 2016: ‘Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography’ by Laura Ingalls Wilder | Part 1
Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder My rating: 5 of 5 stars Book Summary from Goodreads: Pioneer Girl follows the Ingalls family’s journey through Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, back to Minnesota, and on to Dakota Territory sixteen years of travels, unforgettable experiences, and the everyday people who became immortal through Wilder’s fiction. Using additional […]
June 6, 2016
It’s Reading Report Time! (June 2016) #amreading
Happy First Monday of June, everyone. It’s Reading Report time! . Tell us what you’ve finished over the last month, what you’re currently reading, and what’s on your To Be Read stack/list. And if you’ve reviewed the books you’ve read somewhere, please include links! To format your text, click here for an HTML cheat-sheet. If […]
May 3, 2016
Books Read in 2016: ‘Little House in the Big Woods’ by Laura Ingalls Wilder #amreading
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder My rating: 4 of 5 stars Book Summary from Goodreads: The first book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s treasured Little House series—now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams’s classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in […]
May 2, 2016
It’s Reading Report Time! (May 2016) #amreading
Happy First Monday of May, everyone. It’s Reading Report time! . Tell us what you’ve finished over the last month, what you’re currently reading, and what’s on your To Be Read stack/list. And if you’ve reviewed the books you’ve read somewhere, please include links! To format your text, click here for an HTML cheat-sheet. If […]
May 1, 2016
Books Read in 2016: ‘Beyond Heaving Bosoms’ by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan #amreading
Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan My rating: 3 of 5 stars Book Summary from Goodreads: We do it in the dark. Under the sheets. With a penlight. We wear sunglasses and a baseball hat at the bookstore. We have a “special place” where we […]
April 30, 2016
Books Read in 2016: ‘The Burning Sky’ by Sherry Thomas #amreading
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas Audiobook read by Philip Battley My rating: 4.25 of 5 stars Book Summary from Goodreads: It all began with a ruined elixir and a bolt of lightning. Iolanthe Seabourne is the greatest elemental mage of her generation—or so she’s been told. The one prophesied for years to be the […]
April 27, 2016
What’s in a Name? (It’s a Name Game!)
Today we’re going to play a name game. Get your paper and pen/pencil ready so that you can share your results in the comments! We read plenty of stories about famous fictional characters who almost ended up with different names . . . the most famous example being how Scarlett O’Hara’s name was originally Pansy. […]
Books Read in 2016: ‘William Shakespeare’s #StarWars’ by Ian Doescher #amreading
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher Audiobook performed by Ian Doescher, Daniel Davis, Jonathan Davis, January LaVoy, and Marc Thompson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Book Summary from Goodreads: Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in […]
