Oh well, my return to blogging obviously didn’t last very long. I have given much thought to my problem. I visit several blogs daily and have read some interesting entries. Apparently I am not alone in my blog resistance. Others are also reassessing their blog missions and apparently will cut back on their number of entries. I think that my problem might be a subconscious reaction against a perceived assignment!!! I have been a student (English and Library Science) for many years and always completed my assignments - even though I complained and procrastinated! Now I have apparently self assigned - given myself a regular project to be completed - and I am subconsciously resisting that assignment - strongly resisting!!! What a thought!!! So, I am restructuring my idea of how to construct my entries - shortening them.
I read today on Novel Challenges about a new weekly challenge - Teaser Tuesdays- and will adapt the criteria for my blog - at least until I can conquer my assignment phobia.
Teaser Tuesday Criteria:
1. Open the book to be discussed to a random page.
2. Share 2 teaser sentences (avoid spoilers) from that page.
Since I cannot be trusted (obviously) to always post on a Tuesday, I will call my entries Book Tracker Teasers.
Today’s Book Tracker Teaser:
Whispers of the Bayouby Mindy Starns Clark
from page 62:“Pardon my saying, but you’re Louisiana born, Miranda, descended from Louisiana gentry on all sides, not to mention a grandmother who was full Cajun. There’s bayou water running through your veins, girl, and jazz music framing out the cadence of your words.”
The test works for me. These sentences capture the tone of this fascinating book.
from the back cover:
Follow one woman’s search through the hidden rooms of a bayou mansion, the enigmatic snares of an ancient myth, and the all-consuming quest for a heart open enough for love - and for God.
Clark cleverly weaves the history of the forced move of the Acadians (Remember Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Evangeline?) from Nova Scotia to what is now Louisiana into her intriguing novel of family lies, family secrets, and a hidden treasure in the mysterious, romantic, and dangerous bayou.
3 Delights with pralines!!!
Reading Challenges 2nd Quarter Roundup!
April 2008
1. Piper Reed Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt
2. Bleeding Hearts by Susan Wittig Albert (A ReRead) (A China Bayles Mystery)
3. Spanish Dagger by Susan Wittig Albert (A China Bayles Mystery)
4. Bulls Island by Dorothy Benton Frank
5. Winter Study by Nevada Barr
6. Evan’s Gate by Rhys Bowen
7. Into the Dark: An Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams
8. Still Life by Louise Penny (Favorite April Read)
May 2008
1. A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
2. Love for Sale by Jill Churchill (A Grace and Favor Mystery)
3. Bell Book Scandal by Jill Churchill (A Jane Jeffry Mystery)
4. A Farewell To Yarns by Jill Churchill (A Jane Jeffry Mystery)
5. The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn (A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery)
6. *The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton
7. Grime and Punishment by Jill Churchill (A Jane Jeffry Mystery)
8. *Generous Death by Nancy Pickard
9. *The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham (An Albert Campion Mystery)
(Favorite May Read)
June 2008
1. Evidence of Things Seen by Elizabeth Daly (A Henry Gamadge Mystery)
(Favorite June Read)
2. ***Tennyson by Lesley M. Blume
3. ***Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells
4. Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham (An Albert Campion Mystery)
5. Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham (An Albert Campion Mystery)
6. ***Kringle by Tony Abbott
7. ***Julia’s Kitchen by Brenda A. Ferber
8. *Miss Zukas and the Library Murders by Jo Dereske (A Miss Zukas Mystery)
9. Nothing Can Rescue Me by Elizabeth Daly (A Henry Gamadge Mystery)
10. Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham (An Albert Campion Mystery)
11. Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham (An Albert Campion Mystery)
12. The House Without a Door by Elizabeth Daly (A Henry Gamadge Mystery)
13. Murders in Volume 2 by Elizabeth Daly (A Henry Gamadge Mystery)
14. House of Seven Mabels by Jill Churchill (A Jane Jeffry Mystery)
*1st In A Series Challenge: 3 Titles
**Nineteenth Century Women Authors Challenge: 0 Titles
***Children’s Crown Award Review Title (Not Counted In 100+ Challenge Count)
100+ Challenge: 26 Titles
