Just Don’t Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made it Down the Mountain, by Josh Sundquist
ISBN: 978-0-670-02146-8
316 pages
Published by Viking/Penguin (2010)
I was delighted to get a copy of Josh Sundquist’s memoir Just Don’t Fall which was recently published in February by Viking (read my review). The book is heartfelt, funny and ultimately [...]
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Guest Vlog: Josh Sundquist (Author of Just Don’t Fall) and Giveaway
Just Don’t Fall – Book Review
“Good race,” someone says.
“Thank you,” I say, because it was a good race. It wasn’t fast – the scoreboard referee writes my time on the board as two minutes and thirty-six seconds, exactly two minutes slower than the leading time – but it was a good race. Really good. I see Lydia’s mom. She [...]
Mailbox Monday – February 22, 2010
Welcome to this week’s edition of Mailbox Monday hosted each week at The Printed Page.
Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t count, eBooks & audio books do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and [...]
Wolf Hall – Book Review
Thomas Cromwell is now a little over forty years old. he is a man of strong build, not tall. Various expressions are available to his face, and one is readable: an expression of stifled amusement. His hair is dark, heavy and waving, and his small eyes, which are of very strong sight, light up in [...]
Impulse Buying…
I have been so good for so long…and then I relapsed. First I went to Amazon and ordered books (but I justified that since I won a $40 gift certificate through one of my book groups); then today I decided to browse in Barnes and Noble … just to kill a little time. Uh oh…
So [...]
Let’s Take The Long Way Home – Book Review
It’s an old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and we shared that, too. -from the ARC of Let’s Take the Long Way Home, page 1-
Years ago I read Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs by Caroline Knapp which is a memoir about [...]
Five Years of Blogging…
Today, the 14th of February 2010, marks exactly five years I have been blogging! I did not start out as a book blogger – instead my early posts were all about my life and the people and animals who shared it…and my very first post was a photo of me, Kip, Argus and Caribou. Here [...]
Sunday Salon – February 7, 2010
February 7, 2010
9:00 AM
Good morning and happy Sunday Salon! Today is a clear, crisp winter day with cerulean blue skies and a bit of frost on the ground. We’ve got the coffee on and a fire in the wood stove – a perfect morning for catching up on my reading. Later today we’ll be working [...]
Keeping the Feast: Book Review
Like memory itself, this book wanders back and forth between old recollections and new. Food is the thread that connects them, for food has always been my lens and my prism, my eye on the world. I may write about the smell of asparagus, the color of polenta, or the taste of figs still warm [...]
The Last Surgeon – Book Review
“[...] I have killed surgeons before – a couple of times, in fact. But I don’t know if I’m ever going to be hired to kill another surgeon again,” Koller continued. “Think about it, that would mean you would be the last surgeon I ever kill.” The assassin paused a moment, clearly deep in thought. [...]
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