From Wendi’s Book Corner, we get today’s Tuesday Thinger Question: Were you aware of the Early Reviewer Program? Have you received any books from the program? If you have, how have you liked the book(s)? Any other thoughts on the LTER program? I have been extremely fortunate to receive a total of about 10 books from Early Reviewers! I think… Read more
Time for another Teaser! The rules are simple: take your current book, choose a random quote (no spoilers please) designed to get us interested in your current read. That’s not so tough, is it? I always find it a challenge to choose just the right quote, and there are some great ones to choose from in my current book, The… Read more
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a chance to share some new words with readers all over the blogosphere. This week, I didn’t find a lot of words I didn’t know, but I did find some really cool words that I wanted to share. Most of these are from The Gone-Away World, which is so fabulous that I encourage you all to… Read more
Today’s question, from Wendi’s Book Corner: Do you have a specialized blog where you only review a certain genre or type of book? If so, what is your favorite thing about that type of book? If not, what is/are your favorite genre(s)? What makes that genre(s) a favorite? I don’t have a particular favorite genre to read, so I don’t… Read more
It’s time for another Teaser! This week, I bumped The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan to the top of my TBR list. It is shaping up to be a great horror story, but this early on, I couldn’t tell you exactly what is going on. But investigators at a strange plane crash site found something ominous… “A… Read more
This is one of those reviews that needs to percolate for a little while, but I wanted to give you just a taste of how I felt about this book: I was in bed, in my hotel, enjoying a quiet evening of reading. In the big climactic scene of this book, when a certain character (who must remain nameless in… Read more
I love the fact that Blogger has a scheduling feature – it means I can start this post a week in advance and add words to it as I come across them. First, a big thanks to Bermuda Onion for hosting this meme. As I’ve posted about before, I’m doing a lot of travelling for work, but this is one… Read more
Wow, I haven’t had a chance to do one of these in ages! (And if I don’t type fast, I still won’t get it in on Tuesday.) From Wendi’s Book Corner, here’s this week’s Tuesday Thinger question: Today’s question: How do you get your books for reviewing? Do you track them somehow (excel, database, etc), or just put them in… Read more
Okay, here we are, another fine Tuesday and another Teaser! This week, I’m reading The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs. It’s sort of a modern-day Frankenstein story and I am really interested in how it turns out. I found some great quotes, but they were mostly spoilers and I don’t want to spoil all the surprises. Still, I think I… Read more
I’ve been thinking about Valentine’s Day. I have to tell you that I am not a fan. When a man buys me flowers for no reason or because he remembered my birthday or our anniversary, that’s romantic and makes me feel loved. When a man buys me flowers because the tv and newspaper ads have been screaming at him about… Read more