Thanks so much to Jennifer O. over at Lit Endeavors for giving me the Stylish Blog Award. What great company to be in, and check out some of the other blogs she picked here, as well as her great blog.I always think finding blogs to pass the award … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday
May 4, 2011 By 2 Comments
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Young Adult Book Review: Mistress of the Storm
May 4, 2011 By 3 Comments
Do you ever get in a reading slump? Find yourself picking up books and about halfway through deciding that you really can’t finish them? Or being really excited about a book, only to find it dismally disappointing? That’s where I’ve been the last … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: Sitting at the bar
May 3, 2011 By 3 Comments
Here you can see the tap for my favorite beer,Three Floyd's Alpha KingI've written about one of my favorite Madison hang-outs, the 605 Grille, before. If you follow this blog, you know I spend quite a bit of time there. One of my favorite things … [Read more...]
Sentimentality in fiction, or why I can’t finish A Discovery of Witches
May 1, 2011 By 5 Comments
This week’s literary blog hop from The Blue Bookcase asks folks to discuss their views on sentimentality in literature. It’s kind of like an essay prompt for a graduate English seminar, which is cool. But potentially time consuming, so I was going to … [Read more...]
Blog In Place: A new blog for those who love place (round two)
April 30, 2011 By 4 Comments
I was going to start this new blog hop last week, but there were some gliches and bugs to work out. Here's hoping second time's the charm!Those of you familiar with my blog may know that on Monday’s I like to write about my beautiful hometown of … [Read more...]
Coming Soon: Blog In Place Blog Hop
April 29, 2011 By 3 Comments
Happy weekend, bloggers! It's been a busy week, and so I've been neglecting to post much, but wanted to let everyone know that the final kinks are being worked out of my new blog hop, Blog In Place, and it will make its debut this Sunday. This new … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
April 26, 2011 By 7 Comments
I’ve been mulling around in my head exactly what to say about this book for the last couple of days. I find that sometimes when a book leaves me mulling it’s a good thing, and sometimes, not so much. It all depends on the mulling, really, doesn’t it? … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday Shakespeare Blog Hop
April 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Laurie, over at What She Read, has a hop that closes today (you just have time to join in) celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday. What She Read is a great book blog that also asks its readers to think about doing more than just reading, and that's a … [Read more...]
Blog Hop: Can you just not get enough?
April 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Oh, the blog hop at Crazy-for-Books.com. Everyone else is doing it...shouldn't you?This week's question, "If you find a book you love, do you hunt down other books by the same author?"I have to say, in the past, yes, this was where most of my … [Read more...]
