The Armchair Traveler – Challenge List

A day late, but I’m still in.
The Impressionist, Hari Kunzru (India, Britain, etc.)
The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy (Los Angeles)
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey/Maturin novel), Patrick O’Brian (Malta, Atlantic Ocean, South America)
Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine, Bebe Moore Campbell (Mississippi)
The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson (future-Shanghai, China)
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink (Germany)
I’ve repeated one [...]

Reading Through the Decades (Challenge List)

 I got a free ride in the MRT this morning of because of Philippine Independence Day. Yay! 

As I’ve mentioned yesterday, I’m participating in the By the Decade Reading Challenge hosted by 3M. According to the website, “The goal of the challenge is to read books from as many consecutive decades as possible.” The host is reading 15 [...]