ARC coverThis is an ARC that comes out in August 2011 from Viking Press and was lucky enough to come along with me to the beach. I started this book the very last day and was hooked, which was good. The last day on Sanibel our flight left at 9:00 at … [Read more...]

I returned from the beach late Thursday night to rather chilly temperatures in southern Indiana, but thankfully, no snow. And though it’s cold, spring has sprung nonetheless with many things in bloom and the beginning sprinkling of a very pale green … [Read more...]

The Lacuna is another book that won a spot in my suitcase headed for the beach the past two weeks. How can you go wrong with Barbara Kingsolver, and The Lacuna did not disappoint. I felt like this book is probably the most literary of Kingsolver’s … [Read more...]

Last night I dreamt that the ocean swelled up out of its ranks and came pouring into an apartment which through some inexplicable dream twist, my mother was renting in Philadelphia. It filled the city streets below and swept away cars like in the … [Read more...]

Several months into blogging about books, I woke up this morning thinking about the nature of a book review. What should a book review do? What should a book review be? The first book reviews most of us write are in elementary school, and were … [Read more...]

Okay, so saying Q & A is “lite” is relative. It’s 318 pages, and that might not be light for a lot of folks. But my frame of reference is A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (1488 pages), A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (624 pages) and Sacred Games by … [Read more...]

This week's literary blog hop from The Blue Bookcase comes from Debbie Nance at Readerbuzz, a great blog to check out.  If you want to join in the blog hop, go to The Blue Bookcase, grab the button and hop along.  The question to consider for this … [Read more...]

This week’s Top Ten from The Broke and the Bookish asks for the top ten book characters you’d like to have as family members. I’m putting my own spin on this one and going with five characters I’d love to welcome into the fold, and five characters … [Read more...]

This week turned into one of those that sneaks up on you in its hecticness. I wasn’t thinking it would be that bad, but then suddenly you turn around and it’s Sunday. In my reading life this week, I finished The Swimming Pool by Holly LeCraw. In my … [Read more...]