It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Over the past two weeks, I’ve Read: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss–So many people whose opinion I respect have loved this book, I expected to love it too. Unfortunately, I didn’t. 3 stars. M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Over the past two weeks, I’ve Read: Fortune’s Fool by Mercedes Lackey–This is another fun installment in the Five Hundred Kingdoms fairy tale series Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer–Very intense, very readable non-fiction The Roar by Emma Clayton–Fast-paced dystopian sci-fi for […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Read: I finally finished Mary, Called Magdalene by Margaret George on Sunday. I also knocked out a nice little Christmas book my mom gave me, The Christmas Cross, by Max Lucado. I also read The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig. […]
It’s the end of 2010 already! It seems like I just wrote this kind of post for 2009! I finished up with a grand total of 111 books read (although I’m hoping to finish up one today). According to GoodReads, that’s 37,273 pages. That sounded impressive until I saw that I read 11,000 more in 2009! What can I say? Blogging took up a […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It has been forever since I’ve made time for this meme! I’m slowly getting my act more together the longer I’m at my new job, so I hope to get back in the groove and see what everyone is reading. Read: Bending […]
The Classics By Caroline Taggart, Author of The Classics: All You Need to Know, from Zeus’s Throne to the Fall of Rome Do you know Latin? How about Greek? Odds are you know more than you think. The influence of these “classical” civilizations is incredibly widespread. The classics have left their mark on our language, […]
Today wraps up Banned Books Week. I have to admit that I was a little stumped for something to write. I feel like I’ve said everything I wanted to say with my opinion piece last week. I didn’t want to post more reviews. Staring at my computer screen and the cursor blinking insistently back at […]
I cannot conceive of the fear and small-mindedness that lets people decide that they know what’s best for everyone else. Yes, it’s fear. Fear that a reading class is a thinking class and thinking of course leads to questions. Fear of the world; fear of the unknown; fear of answers that might not fit your […]
Today I’m welcoming Robin Spano, author of Dead Politician Society: A Clare Vengel Undercover Novel to the blog! If you’ve spent much time here, you know how much I love great characters. I enjoyed reading Robin’s post about Clare Vengel’s creation! Synopsis from Robin’s site: After the mayor falls down dead in the middle of […]
Friday—Future Treasures We’ve been visiting each other and getting to know each other better…now is your chance to share what you enjoyed about BBAW and also what your blogging goals are for the next year! I have not had time to look at very many Book Blogger Appreciation Week posts this week, but I do […]
Wednesday—Unexpected Treasure We invite you to share with us a book or genre you tried due to the influence of another blogger. What made you cave in to try something new and what was the experience like? I’m mostly an equal opportunity reader. If it looks good, I’ll read it. I can be stubborn about […]