Review: Everything Sucks by Hannah Friedman

In her memoir Everything Sucks, Hannah Friedman takes the reader through her life from childhood to high school. And what a life it is. Before Hannah even gets to high school, she has collected a world of experience, from living with a rescued monkey (and having quite a few run-ins with her) to living on [...]

Tuesday Teaser, 26 January – Across the Endless River

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, 25 January

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. Wow – the last week of January. How did this happen? My reading for January is going well, but I am still only reading one to two books per week (lately, it’s only one). I have three books on the To Read list this [...]

Review: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

What was New York City like after the Civil War but before the turn of the century? Well let me clarify that question – what was New York City like during said time period for the well-established upper class? It was a world of dinners, theatre, balls and of course customs and proper behavior. Well [...]

Tuesday Teaser, 19 January – High Fidelity

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, 18 January

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. I had hoped to keep up reading two books a week last week, but that didn’t happen because I found my end of week reading moving more towards magazines than books (but at least I cleaned up the magazine rack). Hopefully this week will [...]

Review: Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris

If you regularly read my little blog, or happen to have seen some of my recent posts you might know that I ended 2009 in supernatural style with three books from two different challenges I am in. I had an end goal in mind of reading 50 books. For my last book of the year [...]

Tuesday Teaser, 12 January – Cleopatra’s Daughter

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, 11 January

Thanks to J Kaye’s Book Blog for hosting this weekly meme. Happy Monday! I am feeling quite good about my blogging and reading week even if I did miss out on participating in the Bloggiesta this weekend (I loved it last summer and hope to participate this upcoming June). Congrats to all the participants – [...]

100+ Reading Challenge for 2010 Completed Books List

Here is my list of books read in 2010 so that I can keep a running tally for J. Kaye’s 100+ Reading Challenge. I will note in parenthesis if the book is also counted toward another reading challenge. 1. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (The 2010 TBR Challenge) 2. Everything Sucks by Hannah [...]