by amiemccracken | Aug 28, 2011 | book review, books, reading, story
I’ve really enjoyed my Kindle, especially because I live in Germany where the supply of English books is limited. I used to go to the library once or even twice a week back in Colorado. So not having access to that many books was hard for me.The Kindle e-ink...
by amiemccracken | Jun 9, 2011 | book review, books, reading, story
Congratulations to Andrea for winning the Amazon gift certificate to celebrate 200 followers! Thanks to those who entered.Another installment of books I read in 2010. We’re getting down to the bottom of the pile. But still quite a few to go! I rate on a scale of...
by amiemccracken | Apr 3, 2011 | book review, books, reading, story
Another installment of what I read in 2010. I rate on a scale of 1-5.The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark – 2I was really hoping for more from this book. It takes an intriguing idea (an 18th-century apothecary obsessed with deformities) and just bored me. There...
by amiemccracken | Jan 30, 2011 | book review, books, reading, story
Starting with the first books I read this year and plowing through to the end. I won’t bore you with the whole list at once. I rate on a scale of 1-5.Graceling by Kristin Cashore – 3Good but I don’t quite remember it, so either it was a really fast...
by amiemccracken | May 28, 2010 | books, reading, story
The last chunk of books I read in 2009.An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon – 4I absolutely love this series. Any writer who can hold my attention locked for 1000 pages and then seven subsequent books of the same size deserves cookies. She’s got humor,...
by amiemccracken | Feb 28, 2010 | about me, book review, books, reading, story, writing
More books from my 2009 reading list:The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir – 3Not as good as her straight history books, but this novel about Queen Elizabeth when she’s a child and teenager is rich with color and history.The Lost Art by Simon Morden –...
