I cannot believe a whole week has slipped by and I haven’t had a post! Well, I sort of can — last week I was out of town and pretty busy, and this week has started out rough. But I finished a couple of good books and I have a great teaser this week from my latest, Winter’s Bone by… Read more
Welcome to another edition of Teaser Tuesday, the weekly meme where you grab your current read and give us 2 teaser sentences. Remember, 2 sentences, no spoilers, and be sure to tell us about the book so we can rush out and add it to the TBR list. This week, I’ve just finished Dead Head by Rosemary Harris. It’s a… Read more
It’s not often that I get to indulge in pure fantasy junk food. Paranormal romance is not my usual choice, but a friend was interested in Dark Prince, so I decided to give it a try before I passed it along. I had a stressful business trip on the schedule and I thought that some chiseled, supernaturally handsome vampires would… Read more
Happy Tuesday! It’s that time of the week when we all gather round the computer and share snippets from our current books. You know how this works: open your current read to a random page, pick 2 teaser sentences to share with us. No spoilers, please! Be sure to tell us enough about the book so we can add it… Read more
A friend who read last week’s review of Homer and Langley suggested this week’s book, Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy Frost as a follow-up. Stuff cover the story of the Collyer brothers in great detail. In fact, that’s one of the things about the book that appealed to me — they focus on case studies,… Read more
As I mentioned, I’ve gotten some new books from the nice folks at HarperCollins, as well as some new stuff in audio from the library. I’ve been working at home a lot lately on some relatively relaxing projects, and it’s great to listen to a book while I am doing database cleanup or updating files. Plus, I have a trip… Read more
This is not the way I wanted to start my Saturday morning, annoyed over an article about a favorite publisher. According to BoingBoing and Library Journal, HarperCollins is changing the rules for library e-books. From now on, HarperCollins e-books will only be licensed for 26 checkouts; after that, it doesn’t say, but I’m assuming the library will have to re-purchase… Read more
Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow is a fictionalized telling of the story of the Collyer brothers — two eccentric New York brothers from a wealthy family, living in a spacious brownstone on 5th Avenue. They became famous, not for their wealth or their looks or their philanthropy, but for their compulsive hoarding. It’s a tragic story and Doctorow’s fictionalized… Read more
Okay, I am sneaking in at the last minute with some great new words. My words this week are from Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow. It’s a fictionalized history of the Collyer brothers – infamous New York eccentrics and one of the early documented cases of hoarding. Check back tomorrow for the review and some startling pictures! 1.… Read more
I haven’t posted a teaser in ages, but I am glad to be back! You know how this works – pick up your current read and choose 2 teaser sentences to share with us. (This week, I have just a smidgen more.) No spoilers, and be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to the… Read more