Mailbox Monday & GIVEAWAY Reminder

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! MM was created by Marcia, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it into a touring event (details here).

Lori at Lori's Reading Corner is hosting in January.  Please visit her fun blog for giveaways, reviews, and lots more.

GIVEAWAY REMINDER: You still have today to enter the giveaway for On the Rocks: A Willa Cather and Edith Lewis Mystery by Sue Hallgarth, a historic, literary mystery that is the first of what looks like a terrific new series.

GO HERE FOR THE GIVEAWAY SIGN UP AND DETAILS

Thanks go to book publicist Mary Bisbee-Beek for my copy, and copies for a giveaway! The book is available on amazon or, better yet, ask your local bookstore to order it!

MY BOOKS: Thanks to a little browsing at my favorite Second Glance Books, I found a few mysteries that caught my fancy.  Cold, grey Januaries always put me in the mood to read mysteries.



Light Thickens by Ngaio Marsh. I read one of her mysteries last year and now want to read them all.



Upon a Dark Night by Peter Lovesey. I've been gathering his Peter Diamond mysteries -- it's time to start reading them.



The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell.  A stand-alone mystery by the author of the Wallender series. I love the tv version with Kenneth Branaugh.

And I got an irresistible book with drawings of letters by David Hockney, each accompanied by an essay by a famous author.  How cool!



Hockney's Alphabet by David Hockney.

Jazz as Literature: The Lush Life of John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

John Coltrane's Lush Life album was the first jazz album I ever heard. I was 19 and had a dubbed cassette tape copy that I played until the tape wore thin.

Only years later, after I married my jazz loving husband, did I hear the recording of "Lush Life" featuring Coltrane on tenor sax and and Johnny Hartman on vocals. Whoa! Vocals? Lyrics? Until then, I didn't know the song had lyrics.

Because the instrumental version is etched on my brainpan, every time I hear Johnny Hartman singing, I'm a little startled. It always feels to me that the lyrics were added later, like color added to a classic black-and-white movie.

Which may be why I now focus so hard on the lyrics when I hear the song. There's a whole novel in there. A whole novel of lost romance, Paris, booze, good times, and sad living.  Jazz as literature.

LUSH LIFE

music and lyrics by Billy Strayhorn

I used to visit all the very gay places,
those come-what-may places,
where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
to get the feel of life – from jazz and cocktails.

The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces,
with distingué traces that used to be there.
You could see where they'd been washed away
by too many through the day twelve o'clocktails

Then you came along with your siren song
to tempt me to madness.
I thought for awhile that your poignant smile
was tinged with the sadness of a great love for me.

Ah yes, I was wrong;
again, I was wrong.

Life is lonely, again, and only last year
everything seemed so sure.
Now life is awful, again,
a trough full of hearts could only be a bore.

A week in Paris could ease the bite of it;
all I care is to smile in spite of it.

I'll forget you, I will, while yet you are still
burning inside my brain romance is mush,
stifling those who strive.

I'll live a lush life in some small dive.
And there I'll be
while I rot with the rest of those
whose lives are lonely too.

Book Beginnings: When Priests Become Predators

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author's name.

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MR. LINKY: Please leave a link to your post below. If you don't have a blog, but want to participate, please leave a comment with your Book Beginning.




MY BOOK BEGINNING

The sad exposition of the struggle for justice against the Roman Catholic Church in Delaware begins with the funeral of Douglas McClure, who was the nicest person I have ever known.

-- When Priests Become Predators: Profiles of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors by Thomas S. Neuberger.

This isn't light reading, but it is an honest and sadly fascinating study of the effects of childhood sexual abuse as well as the history of abuse within the Catholic Church. Neuberger used sworn testimony from jury trials and court documents to tell the stories of several abuse survivors.

I work with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.  So often, the most important step in their healing is just to be able to tell their story.  Neuberger's book recognizes the power of coming forward and letting go of the shame so many victims have carried since they were kids. 

State of the Blog: Part Three, the Challenges

This is my very last State of the Blog post.  I used these quarterly blog assessment posts to keep track of the progress I've made on my various lists -- Prize Winners and Must Reads, Favorite Authors, and Challenges.  They have been useful for me because they make me update my lists, but they are not interesting.

My final set of State of the Blog posts wrapped up my 2012 reading.  I'll think of some other way to stay organized and keep my lists updated. 

This third part deals with the challenges I joined in 2012.  Part One, here, addressed my lists of Prize Winners and Must Reads.  Part Two, here, looked at my Favorite Author lists.

Not all of my 2012 challenges are finished yet because a couple of them don't end until the end of this month.

First, the three challenges I am hosting here at Rose City Reader:
 

EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE
(finished)

TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2013 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE, CLICK HERE OR ON THE BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE RIGHT COLUMN

• High Stakes by Dick Francis (UK; reviewed here)
• Serenissima by Erica Jong (Italy; reviewed here) 
• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Bosnia; reviewed here)
• Vie De France: Sharing Food, Friendship and a Kitchen in the Loire Valley by James Haller (France; reviewed here)
  
• Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (Norway; not reviewed) 

BATTLE OF THE PRIZES, AMERICAN VERSION

(finished)

• Tinkers by Paul Harding (Pulitzer; reviewed here)
• A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (Pulitzer; reviewed here) 
• The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner (National; reviewed here)
• Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow (National; reviewed here)

BATTLE OF THE PRIZES, BRITISH VERSION 

(still going on)

This is one of the challenges that ends on January 31.  I have one book to go, and am about halfway through my second James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner, The Prestige by Christopher Priest.

• The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson (Booker; reviewed here); 
• Oscar and Lucindaby Peter Carey (Booker; reviewed here); and
• The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré (Black; reviewed here)

Second, the challenges I've joined:

AUDIO BOOK CHALLENGE

(finished)

• The Coffee Trader by David Liss   
• High Stakes by Dick Francis (reviewed here) 
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (reviewed here) 
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (reviewed here) 
• My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas 
• Shroud for a Nightingale by P. D. James
• Blood Sport  by Dick Francis (reviewed here) 
• Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe by Thomas Cahill  (reviewed here)
• Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie  
• Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie 
• What's So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D'Souza 
• The Black Tower by P. D. James 
• Driving Force by Dick Francis 
• The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie  
• Tinkers by Paul Harding (reviewed here) 
• Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope (reviewed here) 
• Dressed for Death by Donna Leon  
• The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson (Booker winner; reviewed here)  
• Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl (reviewed here)  
• Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
• Other People's Children by Joanne Trollope
  
• Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships by Daniel Goleman 
  
• Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst 
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 
• Trespass by Rose Tremain
• The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner (reviewed here) 
• Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley 
• The Silver Swan by Ben Black 
• The Edge by Dick Francis 
• Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher by Howard Zinsser 
• The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly 
• Brother and Sister by Joanna Trollope 
• Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller, reviewed here) 
  
• The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren (National winner; reviewed here)
  
• Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester 
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (reviewed here) 
• Death of an Expert Witness by P. D. James 
• The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carré (reviewed here)
• A Personal Odyssey by Thomas Sowell 
• The Children of Men by P. D. James 
• About Face by Donna Leon
   

BACK TO THE CLASSICS and the CLASSICS CHALLENGES

(incomplete)

I finished six of the nine books for the Back to the Classics Challenge and didn't participate at all, other than as a reader of other people's posts, in the Classics Challenge.

• The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (19th Century; reviewed here)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (horror; reviewed here)
• A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (award winner -- Pulitzer; reviewed here)
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (re-read)
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (romance; reviewed here)
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré (20th Century; reviewed here)

BIRTH YEAR READING CHALLENGE   
(finished, lamely)

• The Comedians by Graham Greene (reviewed here)

BOOKS PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST YEARS OF MY LIFE CHALLENGE

(incomplete)

I signed up to read three books and only read two. 

• The Comedians by Graham Green (reviewed here); and
• May We Borrow Your Husband by Graham Greene (reviewed here)

CHUNKSTER and TEA & BOOKS CHALLENGES

(still going on and incomplete)

The Chunkster Challenge doesn't end until the end of this month.  I will finish Personal History by Katharine Graham this week, so will complete this challenge. I fell short of finishing the Tea & Books Challenge by one book.

• World Without End by Ken Follett (1,024 pages); reviewed here; 
• The Gate House by Nelson DeMille (800 pages), reviewed here;  
• Witness by Whittaker Chambers (802 pages), reviewed here; 
• The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch (624 pages), reviewed here; 
• Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey (511 pages), reviewed here;  
• Glittering Images by Susan Howatch (462 pages), reviewed here;

EASTERN EUROPE READING CHALLENGE

(incomplete)

I signed up to read four books and only read two.   

• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Bosnia; reviewed here); and
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (Russia; reviewed here)

FOODIE'S READING CHALLENGE   
(finished)

• Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl (reviewed here);
• Vie de France: Sharing Food, Friendship, and a Kitchen in the Loire Valley by James Haller (reviewed here);
• On the Town in New York: The Landmark History of Eating, Drinking, and Entertainments from the American Revolution to the Food Revolution by Michael and Ariane Batterberry (reviewed here);
• Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller (reviewed here);
• Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates by Michael Bond (reviewed here)

GRAHAM GREENE READING CHALLENGE

(finished) 

• The Comedians by Graham Green (reviewed here); and  
• May We Borrow Your Husband by Graham Greene (reviewed here)

HENRY GREEN WEEK 
(finished)

•  Living (reviewed here)

I LOVE ITALY READING CHALLENGE
(finished) 

• Serenissima by Erica Jong (reviewed here) 
• The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (reviewed here)
• A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (reviewed here) 
• Dressed for Death by Donna Leon (an extra; not reviewed) 

MEMORABLE MEMOIRS CHALLENGE   
(finished)

• My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas 
• Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl (reviewed here)
• Vie de France: Sharing Food, Friendship, and a Kitchen in the Loire Valley by James Haller (reviewed here)
• Greene on Capri: A Memoir by Shirley Hazzard  (reviewed here)
• Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher by Howard Zinsser
• Witness by Whittaker Chambers (reviewed here) 
• A Personal Odyssey by Thomas Sowell
• Lift by Kelly Corrigan

MT. TBR, OFF THE SHELF, and the TBR PILE CHALLENGES
(finished, finished, and incomplete)

• The Mandelbaum Gate by Muriel Spark (reviewed here)
• Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth (reviewed here)
• A Case of Need by Michael Crichton
• Living by Henry Green (reviewed here)
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré (reviewed here)
• Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe. by Thomas Cahill (reviewed here)
• The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (reviewed here)
• Serenissima by Erica Jong (reviewed here)
• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (reviewed here)
• A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (reviewed here) 
• Murder in Belleville by Cara Black (reviewed here)
• World Without End by Ken Follett (reviewed here)   
• The World of Herb Caen by  Barnaby Conrad (reviewed here) 
• The Black Book by Ian Rankin (reviewed here) 
• A Month of Sundays by John Updike (reviewed here) 
• Vie de France by James Haller (reviewed here) 
• The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson (Booker winner; reviewed here)
• On the Town in New York: The Landmark History of Eating, Drinking, and Entertainments from the American Revolution to the Food Revolution by Michael and Ariane Batterberry (reviewed here) 
• A Time of Hope by C. P. Snow (reviewed here) 
• Home Truths by David Lodge (reviewed here) 
• Glittering Images by Susan Howatch (reviewed here) 
• Christine Falls by Benjamin Black  
  
• Trespass by Rose Tremain
• Greene on Capri: A Memoir by Shirley Hazzard 
• Paradise Postponed by John Mortimer, reviewed here; 
• The Gate House by Nelson DeMille, reviewed here; 
• Witness by Whittaker Chambers, reviewed here; 
• Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow, reviewed here; 
• Swan Peak by James Lee Burke, reviewed here; 
• The Comedians by Graham Greene
• How To Read and Why by Harold Bloom, reviewed here; 
• Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley; 
• The Folks That Live on the Hill by Kingsley Amis; 
• Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh, reviewed here;  
• Venetian Mask by Mickey Friedman;  
• The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers; 
• Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates by Michael Bond, reviewed here;  
• Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
• Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey, reviewed here;  
• The General's Daughter by Nelson DeMille; 
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, reviewed here; 
• The Honourable Schoolboy by John  le Carré, reviewed here;  
• Death at the President's Lodging by Michael Innes; 
• May We Borrow Your Husband? by Graham Greene, reviewed here; 
• The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch, reviewed here;  
• Lift by Kelly Corrigan;   
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle; 
• Friends and Lovers by Helen MacInnes; and 
• See's Famous Old Time Candies: A Sweet Story by Margaret Moos Pick
   

NON-FICTION, NON-MEMOIRS CHALLENGE
(finished)

• Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe by Thomas Cahill  (reviewed here)
• The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (reviewed here)
• What's So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D'Souza  
• The World of Herb Caen by  Barnaby Conrad (reviewed here)
• On the Town in New York: The Landmark History of Eating, Drinking, and Entertainments from the American Revolution to the Food Revolution by Michael and Ariane Batterberry, (reviewed here) 
• Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships by Daniel Goleman;
• Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller, (reviewed here);
• How To Read and Why by Harold Bloom (reviewed here);
• Evolutionaries: Transformational Leadership: The Missing Link in Your Organizational Chart, by business strategists Randy Harrington and Carmen E Voillequé (reviewed here) 
  
• Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott; 
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni.

SOUTHERN LITERATURE READING CHALLENGE

 (incomplete)

• The General's Daughter by Nelson DeMille (not reviewed)

VENICE IN FEBRUARY CHALLENGE 
(finished)

• Serenissima by Erica Jong (reviewed here; and
• Dressed for Death by Donna Leon (third in her Commissario Guido Brunetti series)

VINTAGE MYSTERY CHALLENGE
(incomplete)

I signed up to read eight vintage mysteries by female authors and eight by male authors, but fell short in both categories. 

• Dracula by Bram Stoker (reviewed here);
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (reviewed here);
• Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie;
• The Rubber Band by Rex Stout (reviewed here);
• The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie;  
• Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh (reviewed here);
  
• The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers; and
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

WHAT'S IN A NAME CHALLENGE
(incomplete)

I fell one short because I didn't get to a book in the Creepy Crawly category. 

• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (reviewed here);
• Home Truths by David Lodge (reviewed here);
• A Month of Sundays by John Updike (reviewed here);
• Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow (reviewed here);
• Swan Peak by James Lee Burke (reviewed here);

State of the Blog: Part Two, the Authors

This is my last round of State of the Blog posts.  I've used these quarterly blog assessment posts to keep track of the progress I've made on my various lists -- Prize Winners and Must Reads, Favorite Authors, and Challenges.  They have been useful for me because they make me update my lists, but they are not particularly interesting posts.

This final set of State of the Blog posts will wrap up my 2012 reading.  Then I will think of some other way to stay organized and keep my lists updated. 

This second part looks at my Favorite Author lists.  Part One, here, addressed my lists of Prize Winners and Must Reads.  Part Three will deal with the challenges I joined in 2012.


I only listed a Favorite Author below if I read one of his or her books in 2012.

In 2012, I read the 25 books by my favorite authors. 

GENERAL FAVORITES

Kingsley Amis

• The Folks That Live on the Hill
  

Saul Bellow 

•  Mr. Sammler's Planet (National winner; reviewed here)

 Susan Howatch

• Glittering Images  (reviewed here)

David Lodge

• Home Truths (reviewed here) 

Iris Murdoch

• The Book & the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch (reviewed here)

C. P. Snow

• A Time of Hope (reviewed here)

 Anne Tyler

•  Back When We Were Grownups

John Updike

• A Month of Sundays by John Updike (reviewed here)

Simon Winchester

• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 

P. G. Wodehouse

• The Pothunters (reviewed here)
• Ring for Jeeves

MYSTERY FAVORITES

Cara Black

• Murder in Belleville (reviewed here)

James Lee Burke

• Swan Peak (reviewed here)

Dick Francis

• High Stakes  (reviewed here)
• Blood Sport
• Driving Force 
• The Edge

P. D. James

• Shroud for a Nightingale 
• The Black Tower
• The Children of Men 

Donna Leon

• Dressed for Death 
• About Face  

Helen MacInnes

•  Friends and Lovers

Ian Rankin

• The Black Book

Dorothy L. Sayers 

• The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (reviewed here)

Teaser Tuesdays: We the Enemy

 

Striding through the gray trudge of pedestrians along Michigan Avenue, Jake puzzled over why the U.S. attorney general had asked for a meeting. Sure, she had her hands full with violent crimes that had been escalating since the flood of gun at buying that followed Obama's election.

-- We the Enemy by Ray Rhamey.  This is an exciting but chilling novel set in the near future.  Inspired by a school shooting, it is timely now and raises serious discussion points about gun violence. 

PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:

You've no doubt seen this quote: "We have met the enemy, and he is us." It's true: today, revolving-door courts spit felons back onto streets uncaught, unreformed. Madmen, madchildren, and criminals kill us with terrifying firepower. Along with the action and tension of a top-flight political thriller, "We the Enemy" challenges traditional thought on the 5th Amendment and provides out-of-the-box thinking on gun control.

Rhamey is a writer and editor and has terrific blog called Flogging the Quill, where he critiques the first page of manuscripts submitted to him.  His blog readers comment and vote on whether they would read past the first page. He and I met at the Wordstock book festival when we were on a panel together.

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by Should Be Reading, where you can find the official rules for this weekly event. 

Mailbox Monday & GIVEAWAY

Thanks for joining me for the first Mailbox Monday of 2013! MM was created by Marcia, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it into a touring event (details here).

Lori at Lori's Reading Corner is hosting in January.  Please visit her fun blog for giveaways, reviews, and lots more.

I got one book last week, and it looks really great -- a historic, literary mystery that is the first of what could be a terrific new series.  Thanks go to book publicist Mary Bisbee-Beek for my copy, and copies for a giveaway!



On the Rocks: A Willa Cather and Edith Lewis Mystery by Sue Hallgarth. Available on amazon or, better yet, ask your local bookstore to order it!

THE BOOK

 
Publisher's description:

The year is 1929 and Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Willa Cather and her partner Edith Lewis are summering on Grand Manan, an island in the Bay of Fundy. In their cottage's sparsely-furnished attic room, Cather is at work writing Shadows on the Rock, her tenth novel. Relaxing after a hectic winter of working at a New York City ad agency, J. Walter Thompson, Edith is painting watercolors from the cliffs two hundred feet above the rising tides of Whale Cove. Out of the corner of her eye, Edith sees a body plunge from the edge of a cliff to the rocks below...

Solving the mystery, first-time novelist Sue Hallgarth's intimate view of village politics and the goings-on of two women s communities long lost to history is also a suspenseful and surprising crime novel. Hallgarth draws the reader into a unique retreat, stimulating conversations about literature and art, and an inside glimpse of the lives of a great American novelist and her talented life partner.

THE GIVEAWAY

This is a "leap-frog" giveaway.  This means that I have three (3!) copies to giveaway to Rose City Reader readers, and each winner will get to host another giveaway for an additional copy.

The contest is for readers in the USA and Canada and is open until Monday, January 14, 2013. There are five ways to enter and each one is worth a chance to win.  To enter, do any or all of the following, but you must leave a comment for each one:

1. Leave a comment on this post. You must include a way to contact you (email or website address in your comment or available in your profile). If I can't find a way to contact you I will draw another winner. (1 entry)

2. Blog about this giveaway. Posting the giveaway on your sidebar is also acceptable. Leave a separate comment with a link to your post. (1 entry)

3. Subscribe to my rss feed, follow me on blogger, or subscribe via email (or tell me if you already are a subscriber or follower). Leave a separate comment for this. (1 entry)

4. Tweet this post on Twitter. Leave me a separate comment with your twitter user name. (1 entry)

5. Post this on a social network. Put it on facebook, post it on Google+, pin it on Pinterest, Stumble it, digg it, technorati fave it, or otherwise put it out there in the social network. Leave a separate comment with a link or explaination. (1 entry)

There are a lot of ways to enter (maximum of five entries), but you must LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT for each one or they will not count. I will use random.org to pick the winners from the comments.

This contest is open to entries from the U.S. and Canada only. The deadline for entry is 9:00 PM, Pacific Time, on Monday, January 14, 2013. I will draw and post the winner's name in my Teaser Tuesday post for January 15, 2013.

2013 European Reading Challenge: Review Page

2013 European Reading Challenge

January 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014

THIS IS THE PAGE TO LIST YOUR REVIEWS.

IF YOU HAVE FINISHED, WRAP UP POSTS GO HERE.

TO SIGN UP, GO TO THE MAIN CHALLENGE PAGE, HERE,

OR CLICK THE BUTTON ABOVE.

When you review a book for the 2013 European Reading Challenge, please add it to this list using the linky widget below.  Please link to your review post, NOT the main page of your blog.

NOTE: There is overlap in January 2013 between the last month of the 2012 challenge and the first month of the 2013 challenge. If you participated both years, only count books read in January in one of the years, not both.

Please put your name or the name of your blog, the name of the book you reviewed, and the country of the book or author. For example: Rose City Reader, Doctor Zhivago, Russia.