#226 ~ The Glass Room

The Glass Room by Simon Mawer Viktor and Liesel Landauer are newlyweds in a plum position in Czechoslovakia prior to the stirrings of World War II.  They have land given to them by Liesel’s parents.  That, along with Viktor’s wealth from his automobile company, provides them the opportunity to conceive of and bring to life [...]

#225 ~ Shanghai Girls

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See Today it is my great pleasure to be Lisa See’s host on her TLC Book Tour for her novel, Shanghai Girls.  I would like to thank her publisher for sending me a review copy.  Please see the end of my review for a list of the blogs who are on this [...]

Getting My Game On

Last year, many of my book blogging and Twitter buddies started talking about the Game On Diet.  I followed their progress and was really impressed.  When Jill from Rhapsody in Books asked if I would like to join the game, I immediately said yes.  I really want to do something to change my life.  Why [...]

Random Reading Challenge

Since defining reading deliberately for myself, I’ve looked at several reading challenges for 2010 that will help me live up to the potential of my ideas.  One of the challenges I’ve been pondering is CaribousMom’s Random Reading Challenge.  Here is some information about this challenge: For this challenge, readers will be choosing books randomly from [...]