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 [...]
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Mailbox Monday – February 22, 2010
Sunday Salon – February 21, 2010
February 21, 2010
8:00 AM
Good morning! Welcome to another edition of Sunday Salon – a weekly event where “bloggers participating in that week’s Salon get together–at their separate desks, in their own particular time zones–and read. And blog about their reading. And comment on one another’s blogs. Think of it as an informal, weekly, mini read-a-thon, [...]
Mailbox Monday – February 15, 2010
Welcome to another edition of Mailbox Monday hosted each week by Marcia at The Printed Page. Every Monday readers share the books which have arrived at their home that week.
To join in the fun, visit Marcia today and leave a link to your post…and visit other readers’ posts.
Here is what the postwoman delivered to me [...]
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 [...]
TLC Book Tour: Paula Butturini, author of Keeping The Feast, Guest Post
Many thanks to TLC Book Tours for inviting me to tour Paula Butturini’s new memoir: Keeping the Feast (read my review). I love books that center around food in foreign countries, and Butturini’s story of illness and recovery in Italy reminds us how the ritual of food is a symbol of survival.
About Paula Butturini:
Paula [...]
Mailbox Monday – February 1, 2010
It is Monday again – and time for the next installment of Mailbox Monday hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page.
Readers are invited to share the books that came into their home during the week. To play along, visit Marcia’s post today.
Here is what was delivered to my doorstep:
Chocolate: A Love Story by Max Brenner [...]
Sunday Salon – January 31, 2010
January 31, 2010
10:00 AM
Good morning, fellow readers and bloggers! I have been delinquent in posting a Sunday Salon for a few weeks now (my last post for this event was way back on January 3rd). I made an unplanned trip back east and was there for much of January…but now I’m home and have no [...]
May in New York City…
May 28th, 2010
Have you all seen this? Thanks to some motivated and energetic bloggers (Trish, Amy, Natasha, Rebecca, Michelle, Nicole, and Pam) the Book Blogger Convention is a go. Scheduled to coordinate with the Book Expo of America in New York City (May 25, 26, and 27) this is an event you really don’t want [...]
Friday Finds – January 29, 2010
Welcome to Friday Finds hosted by Jenn at Should Be Reading. It has been a long time since I’ve participated in this meme and I have quite a few *starred* items in my Google Reader…books which have caught my attention through fantastic reviews and ticklers.
Clicking on book titles will take you to Amazon where you [...]
The Classics Circuit: Edith Wharton on Tour
Welcome to my tour of Edith Wharton (1862-1937) for this month’s Classics Circuit. I read two books written by Edith Wharton for this tour: The House of Mirth (read my review) and The Writing of Fiction (read my review). I am really glad I read these books back to back as Wharton’s guide to writing [...]
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