I haven’t been a very prolific blogger over the past couple of weeks. Prior to last week, I’d blame it on February Winter Doldrums or FWD. Since last week, however, I think I have come up with the most brilliant excuses yet: Brilliant Excuse #1 ~ Beautiful Weather Spring was in the air all last [...]
February was kind of a meh reading month for me, but that isn’t stopping me with coming up with mad reading plans for March. Hell no! There’s so much great stuff out there floating around my house and the Twitterverse that it’s impossible not to feel almost giddy with anticipation. March is definitely going to [...]
This morning, Jill aka @fizzythoughts, Dawn aka @TooFondofBooks, Kathy aka @bermudaonion, and Candace aka @BethFishReads had a fun ole time tweeting about Jilli Vanilli and the Pixel Chicks Dawn and I being the Pixel Chicks – Kathy and Candace are various rock band personnel). In the span of an hour we went from forming the [...]
I suppose as humans beings mature reach major milestones, they may become more inclined to reflect on their lives. As 40 approaches, that’s certainly become more and more true for me. I don’t want to dread the inevitable. I know it’s simply a waste of energy. It cheats one from enjoying the present. The present, [...]
When Erin Blakemore, the author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf, contacted me about participating in her Heroine Love event surrounding Valentine’s Day, I was so honored. It took me awhile to figure out which heroine I would write about, but in the end it seemed obvious – Lisbeth Salander. No other character, let alone heroine, has [...]
My all-time favorite college course was my class on Joyce. I have mentioned it several times here, mainly around Bloomsday. So, when Jill from Fizzy Thoughts announced a Ulysses read-a-long, how could I not jump on the bandwagon? Beginning today, 12 of us brave souls embark on a 6 week tour of Ulysses. The plan [...]
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