No Mark upon Her marks the beginning of yet another new mystery series for me. I was unfamiliar with Deborah Crombie, but she has apparently written a whole shelf full of novels featuring two interesting detectives, Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James. The newly-married couple are both police officers (Gemma is a Detective Inspector and Duncan is a Superintendent with Scotland Yard)… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my Teaser comes from… Read more
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce at At Home with Books. To participate, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes… Read more
Today, I’ve got a guest post from Joanne DeMaio, author of Whole Latte Life . She decided to write a little bit about the journey to a creative life and enclosed a photo that inspired her… The journey to a creative life isn’t always readily available. As we try to carve out time in our days to write, paint, sketch, it… Read more
I really wanted to love this book. I definitely loved Heads You Lose, the wonderfully fun and zany novel that Lisa Lutz wrote with her ex-boyfriend. (Read my review here.) And I have to say that Trail of the Spellmans is pretty entertaining, for the most part. It’s a continuation of The Spellman Files, a series of novels about a rather… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my teaser is from… Read more
Hello from Cincinnati! (Not all of my business travels are to exotic places, sadly.) I have spent most of the weekend locked in a small conference room without any time to read or any time to myself, really, and I will be glad to get on the road home. Cincinnati is pretty close, so I drove down and I am… Read more
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce at At Home with Books. To participate, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes… Read more
This says everything I am feeling. Read more
This Will Make You Smarter is a challenging book that leaves you with a lot to think about. The essays are short — some shorter than a single page — that cover interesting scientific concepts, new and old ideas to help us think about the world. The founder and publisher of the online science salon, Edge.org, John Brockman, does a great… Read more