On the Blog Last Week

American Visa – Bolivian fiction

Station Eleven – Surviving the end of the world

Persuasion – Rereading Jane Austen to get ready for my trip to Bath

House of the Rising Sun – Fae, witches, and vampires in future New Orleans

Books N Bloggers reveal – There are two more swaps coming up this year.


Coming Up in February

 

African American Read-a-thon

This will be a great event with mini-challenges (I may be hosting one) and a great way to find out about new authors and books.

“There’s no minimum or maximum to read here. This should be fun! Up for reading are any books authored by people of African heritage/decent. This includes African American authors and other who may identify as being Black without being American. All genres count! YA, MG, Adult, Fiction, Nonfiction, etc.” from Becoming Books

The Book Bloggers Love-a-Thon

“The Book Blogger Love-a-Thon is an event dedicated to spreading the love for blogs + bloggers! It’s time dedicated to exploring the blogging community, leaving a comment or two, meeting new friends and fostering positivity among the bloggers of the community. The event includes an introduction post, mini challenges, Twitter chats and a giveaway! The full schedule will be sent to the participants after they sign up.”

Sign up here.


Reading This Week

The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North AmericaThe Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King

“The Inconvenient Indian is at once a “history” and the complete subversion of a history—in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be “Indian” in North America. ” from Goodreads

The Waters Rising (Plague of Angels, #2)The Waters Rising by Sheri S. Tepper

Acclaimed author Sheri S. Tepper returns with a stunning novel in which a dreadful, awesome, killing power is resurrected from the past . . . and only a dying woman, a child, and a man who has come to help them can prevent humanity’s extinction.”  from Goodreads

This is a sequel to A Plague of Angels.

Still listening to:

Cold Magic (Spiritwalker, #1)Cold Magic by Kate Elliott

As they approach adulthood, Cat Barahal and her cousin Bee think they understand the society they live in and their place within it. At a select academy they study new airship technologies and the dawning Industrial Revolution, but magical forces still rule. And the cousins are about to discover the full ruthlessness of this rule. from Goodreads

What are you reading this week?