February 12, 2012 Good morning and welcome to The Sunday Salon! Visit the dedicated Facebook Page to get links to more Salon posts. I am very happy to report that my huge reading slump which lasted all of January now seems to be over – yahoo! I am reading some wonderful books this month which [...]
Posts under ‘Events’
Mailbox Monday – February 6, 2012
Welcome to this week’s edition of Mailbox Monday hosted this month by Metroreader. Visit Metroreader today to get links to other readers’ mailboxes. Go to the dedicated blog for the meme to see the complete tour schedule in the left hand sidebar. A tantalizing array of books arrived at my house this week: Jenny Lawson’s [...]
Sunday Salon – February 5, 2012
February 5, 2012 Good morning and welcome to another edition of Sunday Salon. Visit the dedicated Facebook page to get links to other readers’ posts. My January reading was the slowest of any time over the last four years. I only finished five books – half of my goal to read ten books per month. [...]
Running the Rift – Book Review
If you stretch a spring long enough, far enough, the metal will fail and the spring will snap. The same with a human body. The same with a human heart. The same, even, with a country. – from Running the Rift, page 231 – There are many horrific events in the historical record. The Rwandan [...]
I Am A Book Giver!!!!!
I received an email today letting me know that my application to become a book giver for World Book Night on April 23, 2012 was accepted and I was one of those chosen to give books away!!! Dear World Book Night book giver, Yes, you read that right: World Book Night book giver! Has a [...]
Mailbox Monday – January 30, 2012
Welcome to this week’s edition of Mailbox Monday. This month Mailbox Monday is being hosted by Alyce of At Home With Books. Check out Alyce’s blog on Monday to get links to other readers’ mailboxes. Go to the dedicated blog for the meme to see the complete tour schedule in the left hand sidebar. I [...]
Sunday Salon – January 29, 2012
January 29, 2012 Good morning and welcome to this week’s edition of The Sunday Salon – check out links to other readers’ posts by visiting the Facebook Page. Last week I lamented being in a reading slump – and although I am reading, it has continued to be slow for me. I have pretty much [...]
Swamplandia! – Book Review
The Beginning of the End can feel a lot like the middle when you are living in it. When I was a kid I couldn’t see any of these ridges. It was only after Swamplandia!’s fall that time folded into a story with a beginning, a middle, and an ending. If you’re short on time, [...]
Mailbox Monday – January 23, 2012
Welcome to this week’s edition of Mailbox Monday. This month Mailbox Monday is being hosted by Alyce of At Home With Books. Check out Alyce’s blog today to get links to other readers’ mailboxes. Go to the dedicated blog for the meme to see the complete tour schedule in the left hand sidebar. Two fantastic [...]
Sunday Salon – January 22, 2012
January 22, 2012 Good morning – and welcome to The Sunday Salon where bloggers talk about books all day long. Check out other blogger posts by visiting the Facebook Page. Well, it was bound to happen sometime. I have been blogging books since 2006 (although my blog started in February of 2005, I didn’t discover [...]
= Excellent
= Good/Very Good
= Okay read
= Not recommended
= Ugh! Don't waste your time.
