What Are You Reading Monday, 30 November

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. Hello and Happy Monday – I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Given all the festivities, it was quiet on the reading front, but I did at least finish a book, and am chipping away at hitting 50 books by the end of [...]

Review: The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel by Maureen Lindley

I had really high hopes for The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel: A Novel by Maureen Lindley, it has some of my favorite elements – historical fiction, set in Asia and offering a glimpse into a piece of Asian life. But my feelings for this book are lukewarm. It’s not that it wasn’t well written, [...]

What Are You Reading Monday, 23 November

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. Happy Thanksgiving Week! Last week I finished up one book. If you remember, my next book up was going to be Fallen by Lauren Kate, but I got a message from J Kaye about doing a read-along/twitter chat. So we are going to do [...]

Mailbox Monday, 23 November

My mailbox isn’t always super active like some bloggers out there, but I love seeing the postings from blogs I follow with their Mailbox Mondays, hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page, so when my bookshelf gets a new addition, I am going to participate in this weekly meme. Last week I continued with my [...]

Tuesday Teaser, 17 November – The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel

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! [...]

100 and Counting

Five months ago on Saturday, this little blog was born and now I find myself writing my 100th post. In these five months there has been a Bloggiesta, an appreciation week for book bloggers, lots of contests and challenges – all sorts of opportunities to connect and share through reading and beyond. These past five [...]

What Are You Reading Monday, 16 November

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. Well, except for The Postmistress, I am all caught up on review books. My book reading however suffered a little this week. Not that I wasn’t reading – in preparation for the holidays I was trying to do a little cleaning up of my [...]

Review: Benny & Shrimp by Katarina Mazetti

As I started Katarina Mazetti’s Benny & Shrimp I couldn’t believe the book I had been seeing people Tweet and post about this summer started in a graveyard. It made me laugh as another book I had recently read and reviewed (Her Fearful Symmetry) also had elements of a love story set in a cemetery, [...]

Tuesday Teaser, 10 November – The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel

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, 9 November

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. So last Monday I posted about not finishing any books, being behind on reviews and being in a general book blogging slump. Even just writing that made me feel better, and maybe even did the trick. Last week I finished up two books (neither [...]