The Book Review Meme

Grasping for the Wind has come up with a book review meme as another way to get some community participation in the book blogging community.  Just add your favorite book review (that you’ve written) to the list and create your own post. Here are the details:
Find a favorite book, movie, or videogame review (Science fiction and [...]

Your Favorite Reviews of 2008

It seems like everyone in the book blogging community is looking at their site statistics during 2008, so I thought I would share a couple of my own.
The reviews you loved the most were 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult and New Moon by Stephanie Meyer.  If you’re looking for more reviews I’ve written of books [...]

My Favorite Books of 2008

There were lots of good reads in 2008, but not a ton of great reads for me.  If you’re a regular reader, you know that I gripe constantly about needing something that will suck me in, and it’s hard for me to find lately.  Maybe I’m distracted, or maybe I’m out of my mind. Who [...]

2008 in Reading Review

Inspired by Kate and Kris, here’s a retrospective of my reading in 2008.  What have you read from my list?  What should I have read? Leave a comment and let me know!

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Innocent Traitor by Allison Weir
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Slam by Nick Hornby
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Encyclopedia of an [...]

10 Books I’m Thankful are in My Life: Happy Thanksgiving!

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
1984 by George Orwell
Harry Potter By JK Rowling
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
Seven Wild Sisters by Charles de Lint
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

The Sunday Salon: My Week in Words

My reading wasn’t that consistent this week. I stole passages from The Whole World Over while eating breakfast standing over the counter, or putting on my shoes in the morning.  So, I’ll interrupt this regularly scheduled post for a taste of the reading I actually finished this week.

Is This A Phase? Child Development & Parent [...]

Booking Through Thursday… on Friday Again

This week’s question asks about your favorite literary couples. It sounds like Gilbert and Anne from Anne of Green Gables are a favorite in the book blogging world, and I have to admit they’re mine too.  I also love Henry de Tamble and Clare Abshire from The Time Traveler’s Wife and Harry and Ginny from the [...]

A Little Book Love

Ahhhh… a big sigh of relief since I’ve FINALLY picked up a book that’s captivating me. The first in a while, which is sad.  I read all last night while Matt was watching the hockey game, looking up occasionally to see the score or hear his commentary on something he found interesting about the game.
Oh, [...]

Authors are the New Boy Bands

We live in interesting times.  Some people scoff at the notion of celebrity authors, and say that the quality of writing is questionable, and that these authors have sold out to the marketing machine.  The equivalent of the boy band.  Others hold fast to the authors they love and wear their allegiance proudly on their [...]

Booking Through Thursday: What’s Patiently Waiting on Your Shelves?

I think my To Be Read lists and piles are bigger now than they have ever been.  When it comes to books, my eyes are definitely bigger than the rest of my head. I keep acquiring books that look interesting, wanting to read them, but I find it harder and harder to fit in the [...]

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