Where Are You Reading 2011

I can’t say what rock I’ve been hiding under, but I just this week discovered Shelia from Book Journey‘s Where Are  You Reading challenge.  The goal for this challenge is to plot the main setting of the books you read on a Google Map you create and maintain.  While there are prizes for reading at [...]

Public Service Announcement for Kindle 3 Owners

I’m writing this in case there are any other Kindle 3 owners having trouble with their Kindles.  Here is what I experienced and how I solved it. Background About two months ago, I noticed something funky with my Kindle 3.  It was randomly restarting when I got it out of sleep mode.  Then, one evening, [...]

#308 ~ On Beauty

On Beauty by Zadie Smith Published by: Penguin Published on: September 2005 Page Count: 464 Genre: Fiction/Literature My Reading Format: audioboook rented from my local library Audiobook Publisher: Penguin Audio Audiobook Narrator: Peter Francis James Audiobook Length: 10 hours Available Formats: Hardcover, paperback, eBook, audiobook My Review I picked the audio copy of On Beauty [...]

#307 ~ Chosen

Chosen by Chandra Hoffman Published by: HarperCollins Published on: August 2010 Page Count: 306 Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: ARC copy supplied by Kelley and Hall Publicity Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and audiobook A Note Before My Review: Please note that my discussions of adoption in this review reflect my thoughts on situations when birth [...]

Literate Housewife’s Best of 2010

It’s always hard to believe, but we’re almost to the end of another year.  I already wrote about how this year was the year that audiobooks made themselves known fully in my life.  At the time I thought that post was going to be my only year-end post.  Ultimately I decided I couldn’t let 2010 [...]

#306 ~ The Good Daughters

The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard Published by: William Morrow Published on: August 2010 Page Count: 276 Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: Hardcover review copy sent to me by the publisher Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook My Review Joyce Maynard’s previous novel, Labor Day, has been languishing on my bookshelf and making me feel guilty for at [...]

#305 ~ The Typist

The Typist by Michael Knight Published by: Grove Atlantic Published on: August 2010 Page Count: 208 Genre: Fiction, Literature My Reading Format: Hardcover bought at Fountain Books in Richmond, VA Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook (Kindle only, not currently available on the Nook) My Review Francis “Van” Vancleave is an enlisted man during WWII. He never saw [...]

#304 ~ The Likeness

The Likeness by Tana French Published by: Penguin Published on: 2008 Page Count: 466 Genre: Mystery/Thriller My Reading Format: Audiobook purchased with a credit from Audible.com Audiobook Publisher: Recorded Books Narrator: Heather O’Neill Audiobook Length: 22 hours 30 minutes Available Formats: Hardcover, paperback, eBook, audiobook My Review 2010 will definitely be remembered at least in [...]

#303 ~ The Heroine’s Bookshelf

The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder by Erin Blakemore Published by: HarperCollins Published on: October 2010 Page Count: 200 Genre: Non-Fiction My Reading Format: ARC sent to me by the publisher Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook (Kindle only, not currently available for Nook) My Review Erin Blakemore had a wonderful [...]

#302 ~ Salting Roses

Salting Roses by Lorelle Marinello Published by: Avon Published on: November 2010 Page Count: 313 Genre: Fiction, Women’s Fiction My Reading Format: Paperback review copy sent to me by the publisher Available Formats: Paperback, eBook My Review Salting Roses is the story of Gracie Lynne Calloway, a young woman who began life as a baby [...]