The Heroines Bookshelf Reading Challenge
So far, I think I might try...
- Claudine in Paris by Colette
- The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
- The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
So far, I think I might try...
Teaser Tuesday, August 1: Hippos!
My teaser for today comes from River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey. It's a novella that imagines 1890s Louisiana as if an insane idea had really been brought to fruition: hippos were bred in the Delta for meat.
Our hero, Winslow Houndstooth, is a hippo rancher, hired to do a mysterious job in a part of Louisiana thick with violent, feral hippos. He assembles a crack team, and as you can probably tell from my summary so far, it's a bananas story. (But so, so intriguing!)
"I think you've only been retired for a year, and already, you'd poison a stranger just to break up the monotony." (p22)
The sequel, Taste of Marrow, comes out next month.
So, what do you think? Would you read more? What are you reading right now?
Our hero, Winslow Houndstooth, is a hippo rancher, hired to do a mysterious job in a part of Louisiana thick with violent, feral hippos. He assembles a crack team, and as you can probably tell from my summary so far, it's a bananas story. (But so, so intriguing!)
"I think you've only been retired for a year, and already, you'd poison a stranger just to break up the monotony." (p22)
The sequel, Taste of Marrow, comes out next month.
So, what do you think? Would you read more? What are you reading right now?
I am just finishing up The Heroine's Bookshelf and thought that a challenge based on the book would be an excellent idea. Looks like you beat me to it. :)
ReplyDeleteI swore I wasn't going to join any more challenges... but this is such a good one!
Hi Audra,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments on History and Women. I love your blog! A fellow book worm is always a welcome friend.
Do it, do it! ;) It's actually hosted (and I presume, conceived by) Bibliophilian -- I'm just a follower. An easily tempted on. I'm slowly unrolling my 2011 challenges this week...so many good ones!
ReplyDeleteI am curios with all your list especially The Long Winter. Unfortunately, It's not easy to find them around.
ReplyDeleteI doubt to join the challenge. But I am going to read all Ally Carter's books, Gallagher Girls series. The translated one.
I love reading challenges. I participated in Fall Into Reading for the last couple of months. Have fun with The Heroine's Bookshelf!
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