New Books

New Books from NOBS

I have to admit NOBS is one of the funniest acronyms ever. It stands for Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society and they sponsor the annual Akron Antiquarian Book Fair. The fair has become a pilgrimage of sorts for me and a couple of good friends and I always come home with some great stuff. It’s worth the price of admission just… Read more

From my mailbox…

The best thing about coming home from a trip is going through all the books that stacked up while I was gone. This time, I’ve got 4 great titles – I really need more time for reading! First, from Harper Collins, Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda. A mother in India gives her infant daughter away to save her life.… Read more

New books!

I’ve had good luck with new books lately!  I got a big stack of new books for Christmas off of my Amazon Wish List (no one listens when I say “don’t buy me books” – not that it matters because I love the books anyway).  I’ve gotten 2 packages of books from Harper-Collins and I have no idea why.  These… Read more

New to my library

I have been an absentee landlord around here lately.  Usually, posts are slow because I’ve been working; this past week, I’ve been home and feeling so lazy. I’ve been enjoying a relaxing week, but now I’ve got to start getting caught up! So, first on my plate, a couple of new books.  I don’t have enough room to list all… Read more

New to my library!

It has been a looooong time since I have done one of these posts!  Travel has slowed down – I’ve actually been home the entire month of April – and I’ve got a little spare time to devote to writing more for the blog.  So, let’s start with the two books that showed up today and maybe I’ll have time… Read more

New to my library!

Got home from Detroit to find more new books!  Now I just have to find some time to read them.  This is a little batch, but 3 great titles and one that I am especially excited about. First, the best of the batch – back in 2008, I reviewed 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill.  I also read, but didn’t… Read more