Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus a little about some new books that came in this week. Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday! I’m in the middle of The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli. Terrific book and there are some great bits to share with you. Wednesday: Wondrous Words Wednesday – I am bound to… Read more
I love this comparison! One of the great things about a used book is that it has had a life before it came to you. Someone bought it and read it; it spent time on someone else’s nightstand next to their bed or in their backpack. Maybe they read it on their couch or flew with it to another continent.… 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 2-chapter Sneak Peek from author Bret Jordan. At the bottom of the post, you can read Chapter 1 and Chapter 7 of his book, Clockwork Dwarf. (How can you resist that title? You know you want to look.) Here’s a bit about the story: Gustov Stoneheart is an unlikely hero, a dwarf who’s magically torn from friends… Read more
Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd is the story of Lysander Rief, a London stage actor who has come to Vienna in search of a cure for his sexual problems. He gets his cure, although not quite in the way he planned. Rief meets a crazed woman in his psychiatrist’s office, a Miss Hettie Bell, and from that moment on,… 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 online magazine called Death and Taxes. They put together a list of 18… 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 Virus… Read more
Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus, if I get a chance, a little bit about some of the books that I’ve received lately. Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday and a snippet from my latest book. Wednesday: Wondrous Words Wednesday and this is a real treat! I’ve got a link to some amazing obsolete words… Read more
This sounds like a lovely way to spend an afternoon — or a month, if the weather is good: “Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.” John Keats, English Romantic poet 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