Books and films both tell stories, but what we want from a book can be different from what we want from a movie. Is this true for you? If so, what’s the difference between a book and a movie? My first thought is that books and movies are entirely different things, but that’s not true. [...]
LibraryThing Profile Change
22 May By 9 Comments
Hi all! I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve updated my LibraryThing username from Speedhaven to LiterateHousewife so that everyone will know who I am. I just wasn’t thinking when I created my LibraryThing profile.
#70 ~ The Lady Elizabeth
21 May By 6 Comments
The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir I had eagerly anticipated this book from the moment I first heard about it. When I heard that Tracy had a copy, there was virtually no stopping me from purchasing it and reading it immediately. While the writing was equally good here as it was in Innocent Traitor, the [...]
Literary Souvenirs
21 May By 9 Comments
In addition to all of the fun, yet cheesy, attractions to be found in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, there were outlet malls. In those outlets malls were bookstores. Yeah! I got to spend some time there mainly uninterupted by my girls. They were mostly remainders, but they were cheap and nothing that I would necessarily [...]
More Free Books
20 May By Leave a Comment
The May Book Give Away here at The Literate Housewife Review may be over, but there are more opportunities to be had at another great book blog: Devourer of Books. Check out her contest in celebration of her upcoming 100th post. Even if – I can’t believe it could possibly be true – you aren’t [...]
And the Winner’s Are…
20 May By 7 Comments
With the help of my beloved husband (who was trying to eat, but oh well…), the following who entered Literate Housewife’s May Book Give Away are: Forgery of Venus Erin at My Journey through Reading Gardens of Water Jennifer at Devourer of Books The House at Riverton Lisa at Books on the Brain The Venetian [...]
Home, Sweet Home
19 May By 2 Comments
Long time, no posts. I hope that you all had a wonderful week last week. I’ve now returned from a much enjoyed trip to the Land of Dolly. As much as I enjoyed my vacation, it feels good to be in my own home and sitting in my own bed as I type. We did [...]
Top 106 Unread Books on LibraryThing
9 May By 2 Comments
Devourer of Books posted this meme earlier today and it was so inspiring to me. We might even come up with a way to make it a friendly, book blogging competition. We both are fans of LibraryThing and this the list of what at least was once the listing of the top 106 unread books [...]
Up and Coming Literate Housedaughter
9 May By 3 Comments
I don’t usually post about my children, but today I cannot help it. My oldest daughter, Emma, took her kindergarten assessment test this morning and my heart is just gushing with pride. She recognized 9 out of 10 rhyming words, knew all of her uppercase letters and 23 of her lower case letters. After being [...]
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