Review: The Man Who Loved Books too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett

Last week my Teaser Tuesday was from Allison Hoover Bartlett’s new book The Man Who Loved Books Too Much and I got some comments asking how this could be true. How could someone love books too much? Well as Bartlett demonstrates in her new book, if there ever was a person to fit this bill, [...]

Teaser Tuesday, 29 September: Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker

It’s that time of week again for Should Be Reading’s fun meme Teaser Tuesdays. So how does this work: Grab your current book Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! [...]

What Are You Reading Monday, 28 September; and the Week that Was

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. We are entering the first full week of fall. How did this happen? I have kept on track for the second week of finishing up two books. I also started two books, but I’m not that far in to either (including that new one [...]

Starting Monday Off By Sharing an Award

Last week, while still in the Book Blogger Appreciation Week glow from reading all those great posts, I got a note from Book Chick City that she was passing an award on to me, the Who Loves You Baby award. Thank you so much!! If you have somehow not visited her site yet, you should [...]

And We Have Some Winners

My second giveaway on this site has come to a close. First, thanks to all of you who entered and/or posted about this giveaway on Twitter or your blogs. Now, without further ado here are the five winners who will each win a copy of Claire LaZebnik’s book The Smart One and the Pretty One. [...]

Review: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood’s latest The Year of the Flood follows two primary story tellers Toby and Ren. While jumping around in time we learn how Toby and Ren are brought in to the Gardeners, an eco-religious group led by Adam One (who opens up each section with a homily regarding one of the feast days that [...]

Teaser Tuesday, 22 September: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

It’s that time of week again for Should Be Reading’s fun meme Teaser Tuesdays. So how does this work: Grab your current book Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! [...]

Review and Giveaway: The Smart One and the Pretty One by Claire LaZebnik

Sisters. This is certainly a topic that has been explored in too many books to count, and I could spend days and days writing about famous literary character sisters. What is it that draws us to a story of sisters? For me, it might be because I don’t have one (in fact I have no [...]

What Are You Reading Monday, 21 September; And the Week That Was

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. Wow! What a great week last week was for Book Blogger Appreciation Week. I may have finished reading two books, but think I should add another one or two for the amount of great posts I read. Thank you all who worked on arranging [...]

Bailey’s and Books in 50 words …

Today’s BBAW offers the direction: “Tell us and this is really important, in 50 words or less what you love best about your blog! And then in 50 words or less where you want your blog to be by the next BBAW!” What I like about my blog is more personal than specific – it [...]