Lisa

Follow-Up to Father Night review

Have I got a treat for you! One of the fabulous folks at Macmillan Audio emailed to let me know that Father Night is available on audio, and they sent me an audio clip to share with you! If you stop here regularly, you know that I’m a big fan of audiobooks and I think that sometimes, the audio really enhances… Read more

Teaser Tuesday!

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! I am just getting started in… Read more

Quotables

Oh, I love this quote! I have to be very careful reading in bed, or I end up reading till dawn. “I’m always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling asleep. I have the opposite problem. If a book is good I can’t go to sleep, and stay up… Read more

Saturday Snapshot!

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

Review: Buried on Avenue B by Peter de Jonge

I wanted to read Buried on Avenue B as soon as I read the premise: When a home health attendant, Paulette Williamson, appears at Homicide South in Manhattan, she’s introduced to the NYPD’s Detective Darlene O’Hara and skeptically reports the confession of a senior citizen struggling with Alzheimer’s. Gus Henderson, a former junkie and petty criminal, claims he murdered and buried… Read more

A new book and a new project

Well, If you’ve scrolled down the sidebars here lately, you may have already figured out what my new November project is: I’m participating in this year’s National Novel Writer’s Month! I don’t think you’ll be ordering any of my work from Amazon any time soon, but I have been writing for years and this year, I am making it official.… Read more

This week…

The next couple of weeks, I’m gonna be really busy. I’ve got a special project this month, and I’ll tell you more about it this afternoon. Monday: Today, I’m gonna tell you about my special November project (I wonder if you can guess what it is!) and the new books I got this week. Tuesday: Another teaser from my current… Read more

Quotables

This makes perfect sense to me… “Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you’ll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.” – Stephen King Read more

Saturday Snapshot!

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