This would be a fabulous place for a child to grow up! I love being surrounded by books (see last week’s Quotable) and as “I am a product […of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them. There were books in the study, books in the drawing room, books in… Read more
Ian Nash is having a remarkably bad day. He has been kicked out of his PhD program, which means no degree, no job, no income. As if that isn’t bad enough, when he stops at a local coffee shop to drown his sorrows (and maybe pick up a job application), he’s taken hostage by bank robbers. What else could go… Read more
This is so true! There is something soothing about being surrounded by books. “Sometimes it’s a comfort just to have a book around. Many of these books haven’t even had their spines cracked. ‘Why do you buy books you don’t even read?’ our daughter asks us. That’s like asking someone who lives alone why they bought a cat. For company,… 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’m reading Blood Drama by… Read more
A little poetry for a Sunday morning… “WHEN you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or… Read more
It’s Friday, so I’ve got company here on the Shelves. Today, I’ve got a guest post from Erica Lucke Dean, author of To Katie with Love, about Chick Lit. I don’t read a lot of Chick Lit, but I am a big fan of people reading what they like and I am not one to put down a genre just because… Read more
Maybe I am going to have to add this as a feature. There must be a tumblr for it (there’s a tumblr for everything). But, because I’m in a sharing mood, here’s a hot guy, made even hotter because he’s carrying a book. Now, Matt Bomer is pretty darned hot all on his own, even if he doesn’t bat for my… Read more
Virginia Woolf shows up here on occasion, but in this case, I think she’s dead wrong. “When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere bookworms and say to Peter, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have… Read more
Today, I’ve got a great guest post and some terrific pictures from Julie Ann Walker, author of Rev It Up. You know that I don’t really read romance, but I was intrigued by the pitch for Julie Ann’s book and interested in the way she talked about travel. (Regular readers here know how much I love to travel!) Today, Julie Ann… Read more
Now, a special THANK YOU to the good folks at Sourcebooks, the place to go for all your romance reading needs, for sponsoring this giveaway! As we get ready for the release of Thrill Ride, they’re offering a copy of Rev It Up: Black Knights Inc. by Julie Ann Walker, the book where we first meet Rock and Vanessa. The rules are simple:… Read more