You know, these days I read travel books with a whole different eye. One, I’m usually reading them in an airport or a hotel. Two, the situations and places in the books seem very familiar to me now. That’s one of the reasons I was so interested in Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000… Read more
This is a rescheduled guest post — it was originally scheduled for Friday, June 15th, but the email reached me late Thursday evening. I was traveling all day Friday, so I made a little open space on the schedule for it today. I love the cover of the book, Her Highness, the Traitor, and I loved the guest post topic!… 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! Today, my Teaser is from Sacre by… Read more
Two weeks out of town and I came back to a huge stack of books! Nothing wrong with that, I have to say, except that I need more time to read. Here are a few of my new treasures: The Forgetting River: A Modern Tale of Survival, Identity, and the Inquisition: Raised a Catholic in California, New York Times journalist Doreen Carvajal is… Read more
Wow! I can’t believe it’s a whole week that I’ve been away from the website. Work (you know — the stuff that pays the bills, not just the stuff that keeps me in new books) has been crazy and I haven’t had the energy to do much beyond grabbing some dinner and collapsing into bed. I am hoping to do… 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
What a ride! The Professionals is the kind of book that you get about 75% through, then you set it down because you don’t want it to end…then you spend the next hour looking at it, sitting on the table, until you can’t take the suspense and you grab the book and finish another chapter or two. I cannot wait for… Read more
Hello from Cincinnati! I am back in Cinci working on a big project that is going to suck up most of my time. I was ambitious and brought a stack of books with me, just in case I’ve got some time to read. (I’ll be here over the weekend, so I should have a few minutes.) In the meantime, here’s… Read more
Don’t forget! You’ve still got time to register to win a free copy of Fatal Tango by Wolfram Fleischhauer. Today, I wanted to share some cool information on the language of the tango and the codes that dancers use. This was provided by the author, although the illustration is from a painting by Fabian Perez (more info here). The Art of Tango:… 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… Read more