I met a couple of friends for an un-birthday trip to The Cheesecake Factory a few weeks ago. Yes, I live two hours away from the closest one. So, yes, I traveled two hours for cheesecake. Sometimes, you just need a good cheesecake. Anyway, on the way back to my car, the friend who was […]
A young woman, out wandering the streets after a fight with her boyfriend, stumbles upon The Night Bookmobile. The books inside are strangely familiar. The librarian tells her that the library contains everything she’s ever read in her lifetime. All too soon, dawn comes, the librarian escorts her out the door, and the young woman […]
4 Stars. Having now read one of Bragg’s books and listened to another, I am torn about the best medium. I’m left thinking that the best thing for everyone would be if his publishers just gave us one of those readalong books I remember from when I was little. “You’ll know it’s time to turn the page when you hear the chime ring like this […]
Welcome to my weekly update for August 27, 2012! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted […]
The Society of S is about Ariella Montero, a very sheltered, educated 13-year-old growing up in Saratoga Springs, NY. Her father is a brilliant, handsome, reclusive research scientist who is home-schooling Ari and raising her alone. Ari’s mother left them immediately after Ari’s birth. Their Victorian mansion is full of secrets that Ari decides to […]
Not to my little corner of the interwebs, but to my town! And maybe your town! My reaction when I stumbled across this little nugget last night as I was looking at the Malaprops website: “Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh! Neil Gaiman is coming!!!” Husband, nicely doing dishes as I finish a blog post: “What? I can’t hear you.” […]
5 Stars. I read the first chapter of Daytripper and was completely taken aback. I was in the mood for some graphic novels and I had just grabbed whatever looked promising at my local library. I had never heard of this book and I didn’t read the synopsis too closely but it still caught my eye. When […]
Welcome to my weekly update for August 20, 2012! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted […]
Welcome to my weekly update for August 13, 2012! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.
I started getting my blogging life back in order last week. Thank goodness! I’m not terribly active in the community because of time constraints, but I still missed the interaction I do have! Posted […]
If I had read these books when I was the right age, they would probably have gotten 4 or 5 stars, but I’m a little too old for them now. These are 4 novels about Alanna of Trebond, a girl who wants to be a knight. Unfortunately, the last female knight in her country lived […]
In the small town of Pico Mundo, an unassuming fry cook by the outlandish name of Odd Thomas has a special ability; he can see the dead. They can’t speak to him but they have their own ways of communicating. After the murder of a small boy, Odd sees his spirit wandering around. It’s obvious […]