Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus some new books that came in the mail this week! Also, I’ll be announcing the winner of my Giveaway! It’s not too late to enter! Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday means a snippet from my latest read. Wednesday: I have some interesting words from The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches… Read more
This is me. I can walk into a bookstore and swear that I am not buying anything, but there is always some book I simply can’t resist. “I am simply a ‘book drunkard.’ Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.” – L.M. Montgomery, author of the Anne of Green Gables series Read more
How can you resist a guest post like this? Today, I have a great guest post as well as a chance to win a free book! That’s a terrific end of the work-week, if you ask me. I knew as soon as I got the email that I wanted to read Heath’s guest post. You know the posts I have… Read more
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 Weblog to learn some new ones. This week, my words are from An Extraordinary Theory of Objects: A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris by Stephanie… 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, I am whizzing through An… Read more
Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus some new books! I love it when I get new books, and I’ve got some interesting ones to share with you. Tuesday: This week, my Teaser is from An Extraordinary Theory of Objects: A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris by Stephanie la Cava. It made me laugh… Read more
As promised, I have some new books that I want to share with you this week. I’ve got 2 titles that I requested, one that came unsolicited, but they all look pretty good. First, the wild card, The Sound of One Hand Killing by Teresa Solana: Two detectives, brothers Borja and Eduard, are contracted by best-selling author Teresa Solana to research… Read more
I sometimes think that English teachers consider it their sacred duty to drive the love of reading right out of kids. The books they choose are not the books I would pick if I wanted kids to feel like there were books out there that would speak to them, that would interest them, and that would open up the world… 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
If you think of punch as something in bowl with ginger ale, melting rainbow sherbet and fruit juice, this book will change your mind. The Punch Bowl: 75 Recipes Spanning Four Centuries of Wanton Revelry aims to take you back to the glory days of punch, when it was brewed from spirits, spices and not-too-clean water. Our sanitation has improved and… Read more