May
31
Aside | New challenges
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It seems I can’t say no now I’ve started up on the challenge scene *lol
Here’s the latest one:
Series Challenge Season 2
This challenge is being hosted by Kathrin at Crazy Cozy Murders - and requires participants to read an entire series between June 1 and November 30.
I’ve been itching to re-read the Anne of [...]
May
31
I recently read Maria’s first novel Perfect on paper - the (mis)adventures of Waverly Bryson and loved it. Maria kindly agreed to take part in a mini interview here on Blue Archipelago.
May
31
Book Review | The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
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Hale has woven a magical fairytale, with believable characters and such spell-binding descriptions that there were times I would look up from the book and be surprised to find that I wasn’t standing on a cobbled street surrounded by geese!
May
25
Aside | A round up of this week’s book blogging
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There are so many things happening in the booking blogosphere that I feel the need for a round up post!
A well-rounded challenge
Jan is hosting a challenge challenge - yes I did write that twice! The object is to read at least 6 books from 6 other challenges in 6 months.
Beginning July 1, 2008, [...]
May
25
Sunday Salon | Fairytales and Kindles
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This week I’m reading Goose Girl by Shannon Hale - I was introduced to this book by a number of book bloggers and managed to secure it as a swap on readitswapit.co.uk. My first impressions are positive - Hale does a good job of setting the scene and helping you understand the characters. [...]
May
25
Weekly Geeks | Storytelling
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This week’s challenge:
Guten Tag, Weekly Geeks! This week’s theme was suggested by Renay. She says, “I thought it would be cool to ask people to talk about other forms of story-telling.”
I’ve missed the last couple of challenges as they required me to stop and think - I gave myself the excuse that I was too [...]


