This morning, the tiny baby with black hair that we brought home with us from the hospital, the sweet bundle who was so quiet that I kept putting my finger under her nose to feel her breathe on the car ride home, the joyous toddler who loved to flirt with boys, the headstrong preschooler with [...]
Read It Forward Win a Book Club in a Box
21 Aug By 4 Comments
I received my latest copy of the Read It Forward newsletter published by Crown Publishing Group. It’s a great newsletter. As I’m furiously preparing for the relaunch of The Literate Housewives’ Book Club, this feature in the August newsletter caught my eye. I don’t have any stories to share, but I know that a lot [...]
When Bad Things Happen to Good Books
19 Aug By 20 Comments
A while back, the Tuesday Thingers blogged about book swapping. In my post, I specifically mentioned lending my copy of Aberrations by Penelope Przekop to a friend of mine named Marjorie, and that when I lend a book, I do so being okay with the fact that it may come back to me damaged or [...]
Tuesday Thingers LT Vs RL
19 Aug By 10 Comments
Today’s question: LT and RL (real life)- do you have friends in real life that you met through LibraryThing? Have you attended any LT meet-ups in your area? Would you be open to attending meet-ups or is LT strictly an online thing for you? I have not met anyone that I’ve become friends with on [...]
The Poll’s Closed
18 Aug By 5 Comments
The results are in! After a really tight race, but perhaps not as tight as the Men’s 4 X 100 relay last week, Moving Day is September 3rd won Literate Housewife’s first Creative TBR Photo Contest! This photo was submitted by: Lee Anne Congratulations! I will be sending you your $15 Amazon gift card via [...]
Save the Date September 8
18 Aug By 2 Comments
It is a great honor and privilege to be offered a slot in TLC Book Tour‘s first tour featuring Kathleen McCleary’s novel House and Home. TLC Book Tours was started by two the nicest bloggers out there, Lisa from Books on the Brain and Trish from Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? My copy of the novel [...]
The Sunday Salon
Well, the theme for this week was getting caught in someone else’s hell. First, Melmoth the Wanderer. I gave this book a good college try. I swear it. I read it as often as possible and found parts of it interesting. I got about 275 pages in and I just couldn’t take it any more. [...]