Armchair BEA Day 3 ~ Let’s Meet Jen from Book and a Latte!

I thought I had missed out on the interviews, but luckily I had not. In the end, what I really didn’t understand was the concept of round robin interviews. So, I created questions from someone who was never going to answer them. LOL! All’s well that end’s well. I’m happy today to be highlighting what [...]

Armchair BEA Day 2 ~ Favorite 2011 Reads So Far

After giving myself carpel tunnel last night leaving comments on some other darn fine Armchair BEA Introduction posts from my Droid, I didn’t have the gumption to write up a really slick post for today. The theme is Favorite 2011 Reads (to date). What you’re going to get is a short and sweet description of [...]

Let ArmchairBEA Begin!

Good morning and welcome to Armchair BEA! This is my first year participating with Armchair BEA and I’m really excited to get to meet the new bloggers and connect with “old bloggers” who also could not make it to the BEA conference this year. My name is Jennifer. Here are some pertinent and not so [...]

What the Hell, Here’s a Teaser

Audiobook Week 2011

While I’m on the subject of audiobooks (you did see my 2011 Audie Award picks, didn’t you?), I wanted to let you all know that the fabtabulous Jen from Devourer of Books is once again hosting Audiobook Week this year. Will I be participating? Hell to the yeah!  It is going to be difficult to [...]

Literate Housewife’s 2011 Audie Award Picks

Last year at this time I didn’t know an Audi from an Audie. What a difference a year can make. While one may be a sweet ride, the Audie Awards, which are sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association, offer up the best audio reads of the year. I couldn’t be more excited about the events [...]

#333 ~ Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice by Anne Stuart Published by: Harlequin Published on: September 2008 Page Count: 384 Genre: Romance My Reading Format: Audiobook given to me as a gift Audiobook Published by: Tantor Media Narrator: Xe Sands Audiobook Length: 8 hours, 29 minutes Available Formats: eBook, audiobook Note: There’s a lot of spice in this novel. [...]

#332 ~ The Kitchen Daughter

The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry Published by: Simon and Schuster Published on: April 2011 Page Count: 272 Genre: fiction My Reading Format: Hardcover review copy sent to me by the publisher for me to participate in the author’s book tour. Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook Today it is my great pleasure to be Jael McHenry’s [...]

#331 ~ Heads You Lose

Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward Published by: Putnam Published on: April 2011 Page Count: 320 Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: ARC sent to me by the publisher for consideration Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook My Review Twitter is an amazing thing. People were laughing their tweets off over Heads You Lose [...]

Place Matters, A Guest Post from Kelly O’Connor McNees

Last spring, I had the good fortune to read an ARC of The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott as part of an online book club held by Trish from Hey Lady, Whatcha Readin’?.  I jumped at the chance to take part because I loved Little Women while I was growing up and the novel’s [...]