Today, I’ve got a really special guest post. Helen Harper, a romance novelist, emailed me regarding a review of her new book, Bloodfire, and to comment on a quotable I posted a few weeks ago. It was a quote from John Waters about the books he read in school. I have always been an avid reader, even as a kid, and it… Read more
Interesting commentary on Fiction vs. Non-Fiction” “Fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through arguments and evidence. Studies show that when we read nonfiction, we read with our shields up. We are critical and skeptical. But when we are absorbed in a story, we drop our intellectual guard. We are moved… Read more
I’ll say it up front: I am a pack rat. I come by it honestly. My father is a pack rat — he saves everything, and whenever you need some obscure bit of something, he normally has it. (Whether or not he can find it is a different story.) My mother is not one of us. She has no problems… 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 back to… Read more
Monday always seems like a good day to talk about the new books that have made their way onto my shelves. It’s the start of a new week and I can just dig in with a new book. First, a week or so ago, I emailed the good folks at Putnam when I saw that Owen Laukkanen has a new… Read more
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