Yearly Archives: 2012

The Weekly Review

Hello from Detroit! This week, Detroit is the Windy City — it’s blustery and below freezing. I am not looking forward to this weather, but I have some great things in store on the site this week. Monday: My weekly review Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday, as always, with a snippet of what I’m reading. This week, I have 2 — one… Read more

Saturday Snapshot

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

Authors are the nicest people

I found this on Twitter yesterday and it made me smile…and sniffle a little. Author Harry Turtledove was contacted, in a roundabout way, by the best friend of a young man with terminal cancer. The young man is a big fan of Turtledove’s series, the War That Came Early and he was concerned that he wouldn’t live long enough to see… Read more

Wondrous Words Wednesday

Okay, I’m a little late, I admit it. Still, I’ve got 2 words that I wanted to share with you before the day is out. Happy Wednesday — it’s time for some new words! You know how this works – share a few words from your current book that you had to look up, then head over to Bermuda Onion’s… Read more

Teaser Tuesday!

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, I am trying to… Read more

New to my mailbox!

One of the things I love about coming home from a business trip is that I know there will be some books waiting for me. The Powers That Be always seem to send me a little love while I’m out of town and it is great to see that stack of packages! This week, I got 3 books that I… Read more

Monday

I am back at home this week, and hoping to get caught up on some reviews. I’ve read some very good books recently, and I can’t wait to share them with you. Monday: I came home to some great  books, sent me by generous publishers, authors and publicists. One of them went on quite a journey! More on that later.… Read more

Saturday Snapshot!

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