2008 November

The Sunday Salon ~ Savoring Reading

30 Nov By Literate Housewife 12 Comments

Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope that this post finds you fat and happy after a relaxing Thanksgiving weekend. Thanksgiving was fun this year because both girls had an understanding of what it is about and actually wanted to watch the parade with us Thursday morning. This also promises to be a fun Christmas as well. [...]

Filed Under: Books, LIfe, Reading Tagged With: Georgette Heyer, mining ARCs, Raymond L. Atkins, reviews as reading therapy, savoring books, The Front Porch Prophet, The Reluctant Widow, The Sunday Salon, TSS

#126 ~ Mansfield Park Revisited

28 Nov By Literate Housewife 8 Comments

Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment by Joan Aiken I first read Mansfield Park in my early 20s. A co-worker let me borrow her copy. It was my introduction to Jane Austen and, perhaps as a result, it has always been my favorite Austen novel. Although I’m not much of one for sequels to [...]

Filed Under: Books, Historical Fiction, Reading Tagged With: book review, Edmund Bertram, fan fiction, Fanny Price, Henry Crawford, Historical Fiction, Jane Austen, Jane Austen fiction, Joan Aiken, Lady Bertram, Mansfield Park, Mansfield Park Revisited, Mary Crawford, Susan Price, Tom Bertram

Off the Thanksgiving Menu Recipes!

26 Nov By Literate Housewife 5 Comments

Are you salivating yet just knowing that Thanksgiving is tomorrow? Well, either way, the five recipes entered into my Off the Thanksgiving Menu contest should do the trick! I hope that you enjoy reading these as much as I have. Just a reminded that I’ll be announcing the winner of the contest once Christine Son [...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Chile Corn Custard, Christine Son, contest entries, Leftover Turkey-Spaghetti Pie, Off the Menu, Squash Muffins/Cake, Sweet Potato Ambrosia Salad, Thanksgiving recipes, Turkey Flautas

Announcing the Midwife of the Blue Ridge Winners

25 Nov By Literate Housewife 4 Comments

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest and left a comment. I got some great leads on future reads and I hope that everyone else did, too! There were 22 entries for this contest and I added everyone’s name into the List Randomizer. Grand Prize Winner The winner of a copy of Midwife of the [...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Christine Blevins, contest winners, Midwife of the Blue Ridge

#125 ~ Off the Menu ~ Review and Contest

24 Nov By Literate Housewife 16 Comments

Today it is my pleasure to serve as Christine Son’s hostess on her blog tour TLC Book Tours. What a great way to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday week! Please see information on her entire tour at the end of this post. For more information on TLC Book Tours, their authors and all of their [...]

Filed Under: Books, Culture, Reading Tagged With: Asian American culture, book review, Chinese culture, Christine Son, fiction, high school friendship, Houston, interracial adoption, Korean culture, Off the Menu, recipe contest, women's fiction

#124 ~ Midwife of the Blue Ridge ~ Book Review and Giveaway

22 Nov By Literate Housewife 26 Comments

Midwife of the Blue Ridge by Christine Blevins Maggie Duncan lost her family as a very young girl during a massacre between the British and the Scottish. Her destiny falls into place when she helps a injured man find his way home to his wife, Hannah. Hannah, a midwife and local healer, realizes almost instantly [...]

Filed Under: Books, Culture, Family, Historical Fiction Tagged With: 18th Centry America, book review, Christine Blevins, colonial America, evil eye, fiction, Historical Fiction, indentured servants, Midwife of the Blue Ridge, midwifery, Scotland, Shawanee, tobacco, Virginia, Viriginia Colony

You Can’t Steal Our Sunshine

19 Nov By Literate Housewife 10 Comments

This has been a difficult week for many of us out here in book blogging land. Up until now, I have not weighed in on it, but I’ve been following it very closely. I wish I had something eloquent to say, but others have written down my thoughts before I got the chance and I [...]

Filed Under: LIfe Tagged With: I heart book bloggers, steal my sunshine, sunset over Lake Huron, to all my book blogging friends

Mailbox Monday on Tuesday

18 Nov By Literate Housewife 13 Comments

Last week was a wonderful week for Literate Housewife’s mailbox (front porch, actually). It was a bonanza of wonderful books and was by far the most exciting mail week I’ve had since I started my blog. So, what was it that makes me so excited? Take a look: The Reluctant Widow and The Conqueror by [...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Early Reviewer, Georgette Heyer, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford, LibraryThing, Mailbox Monday, Sherry Jones, Stephenie Meyer, The Conqueror, The Jewel of Medina, The Reluctant Widow, Twilight Saga

#123 ~ A Heart In Port

18 Nov By Literate Housewife 3 Comments

A Heart In Port by Emily Givner Emily Givner, the gifted Canadian author of A Heart in Port, died in 2004 of an allergic reaction. She was but 38 years old at the time. The stories in this book reflect the themes of her life and speak of a generational experience that we shared. This [...]

Filed Under: Books, LIfe, Reading Tagged With: A Heart in Port, book review, Emily Givner, Gin Blossoms, short fiction, short stories, Stone Temple Pilots

#122 ~ The Art of Social War

17 Nov By Literate Housewife 5 Comments

The Art of Social War by Jodi Wing Stacy Knight was at the top of her game the evening that her “I HEART New York” campaign was announced toward the end of Rudy Giuliani’s reign has mayor. She sparkled as a member of his administration and, based upon the reception of her PR campaign, had [...]