I am joining Marg from Reading Adventures and Amy from Passages to the Past in Blue Archipelago‘s fun July Book Blowout challenge. I thought this would be a fun way to encourage me to read the pile of ARCs I have on my night stand. So, I’m challenging myself to read 7 books this month. [...]
I have had the great good fortune of working with Phyllis Zimbler Miller on a contest to give away a free copy of Mrs. Lieutenant to one lucky reader. I am pleased to announce that the winner is… Bethany from B&b exlibris Congratulations, Bethany! Please send me an email with your mailing address and I’ll [...]
When I first started blogging and reading other people’s blogs, my friend Trista gave me a copy of her Bloglines. I used it for a while, but it seemed to get out of hand for me. I decided it was best to rely on bookmarks, sticky notes, history, and my memory to follow the blogs [...]
What, in your opinion, is the definition of a “reader.” A person who indiscriminately reads everything in sight? A person who reads BOOKS? A person who reads, period, no matter what it is? … Or, more specific? Like the specific person who’s reading something you wrote? What makes a reader a reader? To be honest, [...]
Do you get any indication of how my week is going based on the fact that I just now realized that today is Thursday instead of Wednesday? All day yesterday I prided myself on remembering to do my Tuesday Thingers post on Tuesday – only to now realize that I was really a day late [...]
Last week I asked what was the most popular book in your library- this week I’m going to ask about the most unpopular books you own. Do you have any unique books in your library- books only you have on LT? How many? Did you find cataloging information on your unique books, or did you [...]
Phyllis Zimbler Miller has graciously offered a copy of her novel to one of my lucky readers in conjunction with the blog tour stop today. I would have posted about this earlier, but my daughter nearly broke her finger at day care today and I spent much of the day with her at doctor’s offices. [...]
Mrs. Lieutenant: A Sharon Gold Novel by Phyllis Zimbler Miller A special thanks to Lisa from Books on the Brain for hooking me up with this book and the blog tour and to Phyllis Zimbler Miller for sending me a copy of this book. Mrs. Lieutenant tells the story of four very different newlywed women [...]
Matrimony by Joshua Henkin This novel tells the story of Julian Wainwright, an only son from a well-to-do family. At the beginning, we meet Julian as a young man beginning his college and writing career at Graymont College, a liberal arts college that both gets him away from his parents and, to a certain extent, [...]
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