Kip’s cousin recently had a baby girl – her first…and so I decided that was a good excuse to make a baby quilt. Baby fabric is so fun, and I found a wonderful selection of high quality fabrics at my local quilt shop. The first fabric that caught my eye was an adorable dancing girl [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2009’
Books Recommended by Other Bloggers
Today’s post is all about recognizing the books recommended by other bloggers. The BBAW team writes: Today we encourage you to blog about a book you read only because you discovered it on another book blog. Preferably, this will be a book you loved! You might also write a bit about the blog you discovered [...]
Random Reading Challenge: Wrap Up Links
Finished the challenge? Please use Mr. Linky below to link DIRECTLY to your wrap up post for the challenge!
Interview with Valorie at Morbid Romantic
Today are the interviews for Book Blogger Appreciation Week. Last year I didn’t have time to do this part of the week, but this year I did not want to miss out. And I’m glad I carved out the time in my schedule because I got to meet a terrific blogger. Valorie blogs at Morbid [...]
BBAW Awards…
In case you haven’t been following the BBAW blog, award announcements have been going on all day. Caribousmom was shortlisted for The Best Literary Fiction Review blog along with: books i done read Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? Boston Bibliophile Rhapsody in Books I feel honored to have shared the podium with these fantastic bloggers. Congratulations [...]
Cleopatra’s Daughter – Book Review
“It’s your turn,” Alexander said. When our mother didn’t respond, he repeated, “Mother, it’s your turn.” But she wasn’t listening. Her face was turned in the direction of the sea, where the lighthouse of our ancestors had been built on the island of Pharos to the east. We were the greatest family in the world, [...]
Recognizing Some GREAT Blogs…
Today marks the first day of Book Blogger Appreciation Week … many, many thanks to the tireless work that has gone into this event and the many bloggers who stepped up to help – and a special thanks to Amy who conceived this event and whose dedication to the book blogging community is amazing. Amy [...]
Mailbox Monday – September 14, 2009
Welcome to another edition of Mailbox Mondays – hosted each week by Marcia at The Printed Page. Every Monday readers share the latest books which have arrived at their homes…and link those posts to Marcia. This week I found some terrific books waiting for me… Goldengrove by Francine Prose arrived from Harper Collins as part [...]
A Fun Meme
This one has been making the blog rounds as well as showing up on threads in Library Thing…thought I’d give it a go. Using only books you have read this year (2009), answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title. It’s a lot harder than you think! Describe yourself: The White Tiger (Aravind [...]
WINNER: Cleopatra’s Daughter
My apologies for not announcing the winner this morning – I found myself WAY behind schedule and running out the door late for work and am just now having a chance to sit down and draw a winner. There were over 40 entries for this book. I used Random.org which chose… comment #4: Kira Kira [...]
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