Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Good morning friends, and happy spring! I can write those words with some conviction today, sitting at the kitchen table watching my little dogs busily sniffing round in the back yard, discovering all the secret scents which have been hiding beneath the snow.
Spring brings cleaning to mind, and so during today’s salon, I think I’ll tidy up [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2008 | 12 Comments »
“What if you wrote what you’d seen, the way people write about war? What if you wrote about what you were seeing about women and children, even though maybe it was hopelessly uncool and wasn’t the big male world?” Meg Wolizter, referring to her new book “The Ten Year Nap.”
The “hopelessly uncool” subject matter referred [...]
Posted in book love, booking through thursday on March 27, 2008 | 9 Comments »
This weeks Booking Through Thursday asks…
While acknowleding that we can’t judge books by their covers, how much does the design of a book affect your reading enjoyment? Hardcover v. softcover? Trade paperback v. mass market paperback? Font? Illustrations? Etc…
the ravenous reader has a deep appreciation for the tactile qualities of her books, and she loves the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2008 | 14 Comments »
“Do you suppose you might bring me that paperback book sitting on the living room table?” I ask ever so sweetly, just as my husband starts off to watch his favorite program.
He looks pointedly at the book I’m holding open in front of me - Little Face, a rather disturbing psyhcological thriller by Sophie Hannah.
“Aren’t [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Good afternoon, everyone! I feel a bit like the Mad Hatter today, getting ready for Alice’s tea party - “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date!” Easter Sunday is such a busy day for church musicians, with extra service music to prepare and rehearse…and we had some glorious music today! Heralds of trumpets, peals [...]
Posted in bookish on March 19, 2008 | 10 Comments »
“Oh, you’re reading!” Stephanie, our bright young waitress exclaimed as she stopped by the shady table where we were happily ensconced in our respective books. “I should have brought my own book in today, things have been so slow.”
Ahh, I thought happily. Another ravenous reader!
“She never goes anywhere without a book,” my husband said, casting [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »
This ravenous reader is so pleased this morning - while reading the latest issue of BiblioBuffet, she came across some lovely comments about -Bookstack!
Lauren, the editor of this delightul on line literary journal, had some awfully nice things to say about my little corner of the universe. (blushes)
I am a fond and regular reader of [...]
Posted in Giveaways, Sunday Salon on March 16, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Oh - hello there! You startled me! I didn’t expect anyone else to be awake in the wee hours of a Sunday morning. Did you, as I did, fall into the clutches of such a captivating book that you simply couldn’t close your eyes and sleep? That’s why I’m still awake, curled up in the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It seems I’ve been tagged for a meme by Litlove, and I must say, her timing is perfect. I’ve just finished The Gathering and am definitely in the mood for thoughts of a positive nature. And what could be considered more positive than reflecting on ”kind things?”
1. List five kind things I do for myself.
~Reading, of course, particularly that extra hour I awake every [...]
Posted in A Curious Singularity on March 13, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I daresay most of us who are Americans can trace our ancestry to a brave group of souls who decide to journey from their homes and strike out for life in some New World. Alice Munroe has identified this group in her own heritage, and based her latest collection of short stories around their experience. In The View [...]
