Owlowiscious Girls

*1. A book recommended by a librarian:   Angle of Repose  by Wallace Stegner- DONE *2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long:  Meet Rebecca: An American Girl by Jaqueline Greene- DONE *3. A book of letters:  Children's Letters to God by Stuart E. Hample-DONE *4. An audio book:  Igraine the Brave by Carnelia Funke-DONE (also could count for 10) *5. A book by a person of color:   My Dream of Martin Luther King  by Faith Ringgold- DONE *6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title:   The Winter People  by Jennifer McMahon- DONE *7. A book that is a story within a story:  Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt-DONE *8. A book with multiple authors:  Ichthus by Sinclair B. Ferguson, Derek W.H. Thomas-DONE *9. An espionage thriller:  I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter-DONE *10. A book with a cat on the cover:  The Door by the Staircase by Katherine Marsh-...

It has been a few weeks!  Halloween has come and gone.  Women's Retreat has come and gone.  I will keep practicing to get this done one the regular.  We have had some beautiful fall weather and also quite a bit of wet weather.  I finished 4 books.  I took Sourdough with me on Women's Retreat.  I was reading it for "a book about food" and it was our group's November Read. Quirky is the word I would use to describe this book.  The main character was bland but it wasn't bad and part of it took place in Alameda so that brings me back to my childhood a little bit.  Yesterday I just finished The Hate U Give .  This was for "a book published in 2017" and it is the group read for December.  I wasn't planning on reading it so soon, but I was afraid of how long the waiting list was plus I packed in a super hurry for Women's Retreat so it came a long too.  I loved this book.  I almost wanted to not like it because ev...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for "a book from a genre/subgenre that you've never heard of"- in this case this is a subgenre called Manner Punk.  I wasn't exactly sure what to expect but it was entertaining and I enjoyed it.  The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto for "a book that takes place over a character's lifespan"- I finally finished this.  I had read at least 80-90 percent of it last year but I had to return it to the library and it is actually a pretty big book (over 500 pages).  I like it but one also another reason I had to stop was it started become less and less believable.  Glad I could finish it and count it for the challenge.  Candle in the Darkness for "a book I got at a used book sale"- technically bought at the used bookstore but it was around the time of the sale day so I am counting it.  I love Lynn Austin so I knew this was going to be awesome I just wish I had time to read the rest of the series. ...

I am working hard to finish my Popsugar Reading Challenge as this is probably the most ambitious reading goal I have ever set for myself.  I worked it out so that I need to read at least 2 books a week to meet the goal I set by the end of the year.  I can't get bogged down in looking for the "right" book and I don't want to "cheat" with too many children's books so it is even more challenging then I had first imagined.  Here is where I am at as of today:  32/40 & 7/12= 39/52  I have 13 more books to read by the end of 2017.  I have 66 days or 9 weeks to complete it.  I estimate having to read at least 3-4 hours a day (I am not a fast reader and I love spending my time soaking up the book) to complete the books I have picked out.  I am a little nervous, but also excited to see if I will make it.  *1. A book recommended by a librarian:   Angle of Repose  by Wallace Stegner- DONE *2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way t...

This week I finished 2 books, both had elements of Russian fairy tales, I enjoyed both: The Door by the Staircase by Katherine Marsh:  I read this book for the Oregon Battle of the Books to my children (in case they ever want to participate) and I used it for my prompt "book with a cat on the cover".  I originally had been using Emily of New Moon for a book with a cat on the cover, but since I still need to fill a few prompts by the end of the year I did some rearranging.  This was a sweet book, it had its slow moments but it had a very nice ending.  The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden- whoa I just realized both books were authored by women named Katherine- any way, this book I read for the prompt "a book involving a mythical creature".  This book had many more than one mythical creature, it was interesting and I had mixed feelings over the whole message but in the end I loved the main character too much to fault it.  So far...

It has been awhile.  I am terribly behind on my reading challenge and can't wait to give you an update but right now I am just in super speed catch up mode and have no idea when I will get close to where I want to be.  With Lucy in school and with her saying how she doesn't like reading (sad day) it has been a little challenging to get her reading time for school in and get pictures I actually enjoy reading.  I had unintentionally had a little owl theme going this week.  Lucy loves drawing much more than reading so here is some of her Owlowiscious appropriate art work based on some books we read. based on Little Owl's Day   based on Little Owl's Orange Scarf based on Owl Babies    All us girls busted open an old Girls Can! Crate (because summer was too busy to do the activities) and played a game based on the Nancy Roman box.  She was an astronomer and one of the first female executives for NASA...

Finally back from vacation and didn't get a whole lot of reading done, but that's okay.  It never fails that I bring so many books with me because of my irrational fear of running out of things to read- even with my new Kindle.  I could have got a little more reading done if I wasn't filled with nervous, anxiety about 75% of the time.  I was nervous that the car wouldn't make it.  I was anxious about what we were doing on the missions trip.  I was nervous about seeing my family after such a long time.  I was anxious about how they would act.  I was big bundle of stress most of the time.  Don't get me wrong though, I had a great time and I didn't have to cook.  I don't think I was ever hungry the entire trip- a big plus in my books.  You can see my post about my trip on my other blog.  But reading challenge took a bit of a hit so we will see where it puts me.  Recently finished: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Hav...