Hollywood Book Club ~ The Cure for Your Post-Divorce Blues

I ran across an article on oneIndia about Gwyneth Paltrow’s advise to her pal Madonna about coping with her post-divorce blues ~ start a book club.  The article is short, so here is a screenshot (click on the link above to go to the actual article): What I find interesting about this article other than [...]

#138 ~ Etta

Etta by Gerald Kolpan I am not typically one for reading Westerns.  The American West has never held my imagination the way it has for so many people.  Still, when Etta was offered as an Early Reader choice on LibraryThing in December, I requested it and was lucky enough to snag it.  I don’t think [...]

Just Call Me High Roller

I am in Las Vegas this week for a health care related conference at Caesers Palace.  This is my third trip to Sin City in the last 2 and a half years.  My last visit, you may recall, was in June.  Every time I’ve come here, I’ve wanted to go to downtown Las Vegas to [...]

#137 ~ The Sinner’s Guide to Confession

The Sinner’s Guide to Confession by Phyllis Schieber Kaye, Barbara, and Ellen are women whose friendships came together came together as adults and has remained and solidified as they grew older. Kaye and Barbara have grown children they love. Ellen, who married later in adulthood, tried unsuccessfully to conceive with her husband, Bill. Her attempts [...]

The Sinner’s Guide to Confession Blog Tour

I am happy to announce that tomorrow I am Phyllis Scheiber’s tour host on her The Sinner’s Guide to Confession blog tour.  I am going to post my review tomorrow, but I wanted to provide a little advance preview on this book and its author.  Please be sure to come back tomorrow for my review [...]

What Do You Think?

I am over the moon about my new blog.  It feels so good to have made this investment. I’ve still got a lot of work that I want to do (like an idiot, I didn’t find and replace my links for my original blog to this blog.  I’ve gone back through October and will work [...]

Exciting News about Historical Fiction Lovers Book Club!

As I mentioned before, I joined the Book Clubs application on Facebook and started my own online book club Historical Fiction Lovers.  We started the club reading Loving Frank and seven of us completed the Reader’s Guide and Review form.  There was some really good discussion, especially about Mamah and her choices.  I found out [...]

I Have a Winner!

Thanks to everyone who shared their hopes and opinions about yesterday’s inauguration. As promised, I added everyone’s name to the List Randomizer to determine who would win a free copy of What Would Martin Say? by Clarence B. Jones.  The winner is: Stacybuckeye! Congratulations, Stacy!  Please send me an email with your mailing address and [...]

Inauguration Day Memories and What Would Martin Say? Giveaway

On January 20, 1977, I was just over 5 years old.  I was in kindergarten that year and what I remember was the parade.  What I remember is sitting on the carpet in front of the TV in our first family home in Sparta, MI.  I am not sure if I was watching the original [...]

#136 ~ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald Before the movie hype, I’d never heard of this short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  I’m not necessarily sure that I knew that he wrote short stories.  With the exception of The Great Gatsby, which is one of my all-time favorite novels, I never studied [...]