Hiding in the security of all things books, with some movies and tv - occasionally food...
How to Read and Why, by Harold Bloom Non- Fiction, 283 pages ~ Hardcover Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: 2000 I am full of contradictions. And here’s an example. I don’t like people telling me what to do, but I love reading books that tell me what to do and how to do it. Love it! [...]
Foe, by J.M. Coetzee Fiction, 160 pages ~ Trade Paperback Publisher: Penguin Publication Date: January 1988 Foe, by J.M. Coetzee, has been sitting on my book shelf for the longest time. I think I originally bought it for a literature class that I ended up not taking, but I kept the book around because I [...]
CallieOriginally uploaded by NicoleBo Don’t let that innocent face fool you. This girl rules the roost and does whatever to whomever she wants. Whether she’s knocking you over to run out the front door for a stroll or stealing your fried chicken wing and french fries, Callie does it all her way. And you just [...]
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, by Kay Redfield Jamison Memoir, 240 pages ~ Trade Paperback Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: January 1997 Topics: Mental Health, Manic-Depressive Psychosis, Women College Teachers Why I’m Reading I was at a friend’s house for inner and I saw this laying partially read on their table. Friend [...]
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton Fiction, 468 pages ~ Hardcover Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: April 2008 Topics: Women Domestics, Upper Class Families, England Why I’m Reading I’m in two book clubs. My Book Club (that I started three and half years ago) and The Other Book Club (which one of my friends [...]
I have been on vacation in Italy for the past three weeks and it has been a wonderful. I have so loved walking around and exploring, seeing the sights and gently absorbing the culture (i.e. eating great food, drinking home made Italian wine, and going for after dinner walks and my evening gelato). I read [...]
Hurry Down Sunshine, by Michael Greenberg Memoir, 235 pages Publisher: Other Press LLC Publication Date: September 2008 Topics: Sally Greenberg, Manic Depressive Illness in Adolescents, Parents of Mentally Ill Children Why I’m Reading I got lucky and got this as an advanced reading copy over at LT Early Reviewers. That this particular book would come [...]
Non-Fiction Five Reading Challenge I’ve been reading a lot over my vacation. I love that I am having the opportunity to read so much more now that when I am working. I have to find the time to read more when I get back. I have really missed it. I signed up for this challenge [...]
This morning had been a quiet day full of reading. I have done nothing more strenuous than ponder what’s been going on in the life of characters and nap, ten I get up and read and ponder some more. Sweetness In The Belly This morning I finished the last 50 pages of Sweetness in the [...]
The year in review: January: Bel Canto, Ann Patchett The Age of Consent, Geoffrey Wolff The Dive From Clausen’s Pier, Ann Packer An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien The Echo Maker, Richard Powers The Dew Breaker, Edwidge Danticat Water For Elephants, Sara Gruen February: The Hidden Writer, Alexandra Johnson [...]