On My List: A Heroic New Year ~ A Guest Post by Erin Blakemore

It is my great privilege to have Erin Blakemore visiting here on New Year’s Day to discuss heroic New Year’s Resolutions: On My List: A Heroic New Year One of the benefits of having written a book about literary heroines and kick-ass authors? No excuses. One of the drawbacks of having written a book about literary [...]

Three for Thursday

I really feel that 2011 is one of the most outstanding years to be a reader I’ve ever experienced. Everywhere I turn, there are more books I must read. With rare exceptions, those books released this year that I felt I had to read have not disappointed. I usually write about books I have read, [...]

Sunday Salon ~ Meeting Simon Van Booy

Welcome to Sunday. I hope the day gets off to a bright and beautiful start for you. It’s not often that I post for  the Sunday Salon. This week it’s a must. I was able to do something literary this week beyond reading – I drove to Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA to attend their [...]

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 [...]

Interview with Dana Precious

I had the great good fortune of talking to Dana Precious, the author of Born Under a Lucky Moon earlier this year. It was a new, fun experience for us both. We were both pretty new to the whole Skype experience. On top of talking with someone that far away and seeing them, it was [...]

Columbine Resources

After my  posts last week about Columbine by Dave Cullen, the author stopped by and left some wonderful comments.  In them, he included a link to the book’s video as well as to an interview by Sue Klebold.  I was thrilled with the extra information. I sent Dave an email asking if he had other [...]

My Mom and Robert Hicks

My parents came down for a visit this past weekend. They arrived on Thursday night and left Monday morning. We all enjoyed our time together. I must say that they wore me out. We certainly did a lot more than we would normally do. Since it’s a 12 hour drive from Grand Rapids to our [...]

An Afternoon with Kathleen Grissom

I loved Kathleen Grissom’s debut novel, The Kitchen House.  As soon as I knew she would be in my area, I made plans to see her.  When I told Jaime from Confessions of a Bibliophile about the event, she agreed to come with me.  Saturday was a blogger’s day out for me. We’ve been having [...]

A Conversation with C.W. Gortner

Today, C.W. Gortner will be visiting the Historical Fiction Lovers Book Club on Facebook to discuss The Last Queen, our selection for July.  The Last Queen was one of my Top 10 novels last year.   To participate, simply head over to the Event I set up and join in.  Leave comments or ask questions [...]

Color Me Tired…

I’m sorry I haven’t been a very active blogger for the past week.  Normally I can get a lot done while I’m away from home, but I was just beat the entire time I was in DC.  I didn’t even get that much read while I was gone.  Maybe 150 pages total.  That’s a big [...]