The rules are simple.

Read 12 books (one from each of the following genre) and then post about it and post the link to my reviews.

Genres

1. Literary Fiction
2. Crime/Mystery Fiction
3. Romantic Fiction
4. Historical Fiction
5. Young Adult
6. Fantasy
7. Science Fiction
8. Non Fiction
9. Horror
10. Thriller /Suspense
11. Classic
12. Your favourite genre

And…

I love this challenge. I’ve done it (unofficially) for a couple years now. This will be my third. I am going to get brave and go for the top level… Mor-book-ly Obese!

Participation Level: Mor-book-ly Obese - This is for the truly out of control chunkster. For this level of challenge you must commit to EIGHT or more Chunksters (525 pages or more) of which three tomes MUST be 750 pages or more.

And so… here goes! How fun. Some of these I don’t read on a regular basis, so I am all for the discovery of new ones! If you have suggestions, please feel free to comment. A favorite book you’d like to share? Let me know!

Wish me luck! (And join in, if you dare!)

The photo is property of Rune Guneriussen (http://www.runeguneriussen.no/wallno02/02_02.html)

The poem:

I’ve travelled [sic] the world twice over,

Met the famous; saints and sinners,

Poets and artists, kings and queens,

Old stars and hopeful beginners.

I’ve been where no one’s

been before,

learned secrets from writers

and cooks,

All on one library ticket

To the wonderful work of books.

– Janice James (I found the author…with a little google help…)

You can buy this mug here.

The people who made it posted this,

After organizing our bookshelf almost a year ago (http://youtu.be/zhRT-PM7vpA), my wife and I (Sean Ohlenkamp) decided to take it to the next level. We spent many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in Toronto (883 Queen Street West, (416) 366-8973).

Everything you see here can be purchased at Type Books.

Grayson Matthews (http://www.graysonmatthews.com/) generously composed the beautiful, custom music.

This book tent is made by FieldCandy. You can find it here. This fantastic tent is named “Fully Booked” and the description reads:

Are you a big fan of books? We mean, are you a really big fan of books. Because this is, well, it’s an enormous book. It looks like a giant has dropped his favourite best seller. Plus, it also lets you meet up with other book fans on the campsite. You can even hold book groups in your tent and discuss whether Twilight is better than Harry Potter.

According to their website, their goals are:

• To promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide.
• To build a sense of community as we share skills, creativity and wisdom across generations.
• To build more than 2,510 libraries around the world–more than Andrew Carnegie!

And so, from their brilliant minds to yours…click here to go to their website and learn more.

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This was an interesting story set in the future but not too far into the future that it is easy to see how we got from now to then in the name of ‘progress’. This is the story of Hannah Payne, a very demure young woman who gets caught up in a romantic affair and gets pregnant. She cannot have the baby for reasons I will not give away and chooses to have an abortion which is illegal, punishable by ‘chroming’ a futuristic way of dealing with criminals by genetically altering their skin color according to their crimes. She is chromed red and kept in a stark white room for 30 days which is monitored by cameras broadcasting her transition all over the world. Once released, she must learn deal with the prejudices that come with being a social outcast in her struggle to survive, alone.

The characters are believable. The story line is plausible. I really enjoyed this book.

This photograph was simply amazing. Who could ask for more? Love and reading, love reading. The title was perfect.

Can you feel the vibes in this pocket of the world at that moment? *Shiver*