I must admit that I am not familiar with John Scalzi. I haven’t read any of his books. But since reading this, I have already put them on my wish list: Auction of rare special edition to benefit Bradford, Ohio library. It makes me wish I had extra cash to bid — like $50,000 to bid: $50,000: I will travel… Read more
Happy Tuesday! Today the Blog Tour stops here with my review of Love at Absolute Zero by Christopher Meeks. This was a fun read and I’ve been looking forward to sharing the review! Gunnar Gunderson is having his midlife crisis a little early. He’s just gotten tenure and suddenly he decides he needs a wife. Gunnar’s a scientist, not a… Read more
Starting this week, I’ve got a new feature on Monday afternoons. Remember the great article I posted on Romeo and Juliet from the folks at Shmoop? Well, they are going to be back every week with a new article related to books, authors and readers. I am really looking forward to seeing what they come up with, and I want… Read more
I read a lot (as you might have guessed) but I don’t usually read very fast. I’m usually forced to shoehorn some reading time in around work and housework, family time and other stuff. So this past week, while I was traveling for work, I think I set a new personal record: 6 books in 6 days. I packed a… Read more
I was talking with a friend the other day about books that you read when you’re young and re-read when you are older, and it made me think of this quote: “A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at… Read more
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Today, I’ve got a great guest post from autho Joan Leegant. I will have a review of her novel, Wherever You Go, in the coming weeks, but today she has agreed to talk a bit about her writing process. One of the things I’m always curious about when I talk to authors is how do they do it? How do… Read more
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I am so excited! I haven’t had any new words for a while (my reading hasn’t been challenging enough, I guess), but I’ve got a whole slew of them this week! I just finished William Gibson’s Zero History and I loved it – plus, it gave me all these words to share with you… 1. Vitrine – a glass display… Read more
Welcome to another edition of Teaser Tuesday! You know how this works: grab your current read, pick two teaser sentences to share with us (no spoilers, please) and don’t forget to tell us about the book. Then, head over to Should be Reading to check out the other teasers! This Teaser comes from the emergency book I bought in Chicago… Read more