The 26-Book 2017 Reading Challenge Recap

I participated in three separate reading challenges in 2017.  Luckily, several of the books I read fulfilled the requirements for multiple challenges, so that helped immensely.  I am still working on the 2017 European Reading challenge, as that one runs from January 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018, so a recap will be posted in … Read more

Book Review of And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

I read this book as part of the 2017 European Reading Challenge and 100 Bestsellers List reading challenge. Hosseini is the author of bestsellers The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, both set in Hosseini’s homeland, Afghanistan. In And The Mountains Echoed, he returns yet again to Afghanistan and chronicles the lives of interconnected families and friends over … Read more

Book Review of Push Not The River, by James Conroyd Martin

I read this book as part of the 2017 European Reading Challenge. Push Not The River*, by James Conroyd Martin (The Polish Trilogy, Book 1) (*Amazon Affiliate link) Push Not The River is the first book in The Poland Trilogy.  This novel is based upon a real diary of a Polish countess, Anna Berezowska, who lived … Read more