Literary Feasts: Drood, by Dan Simmons ~ 2
Beth did a wonderful post on making your own buttons. I am debuting my very rudimentary attempt here. Thanks Beth! I love reading about food in books. I like to cook and I love to eat even more. So on Friday’s I’ll be sharing the culinary delights that I have come across in my reading. [...]
Sweetsmoke, by David Fuller – Book Review
Sweetsmoke, by David Fuller Publisher: Hyperion Publication Date: August 26, 2008 Format: Hardcover, 320 Pages Sweetsmoke by David Fuller has been all over the place and has gotten such great reviews that I wanted to try it for myself. Originally my copy came from the library, but it turned out to be a book that [...]
Literary Feasts: Drood, by Dan Simmons
I love reading about food in books. I like to cook and I love to eat even more. So on Friday’s I’ll be sharing the culinary delights that I have come across in my reading. What better way to start off the weekend than thinking about good food in a good book. “Dolby, whom a [...]
Booking Through Thursday: Author Biographies
Suggested by Simon Thomas: Have you ever been put off an author’s books after reading a biography of them? Or the reverse – a biography has made you love an author more? As specifically related to biographies- that's an easy question to answer simply because I don't read very many biographies, and the ones I have [...]
Gratuitous Kitty Post 2.0
I want to post something every day, just to preserve the habit. But I don’t have anything today. So I give you the sweetest kitty in the world. Mercado. He love to give nose rubs and head butts and the occasional lick for good measure. He also lets you hold him like a baby. He’s [...]
Book Review Blog Carnival, #10
Book Review Blog Carnival is up at Inkweaver Review. Reviews from 22 different reviewers are included in this batch. I’m hosting carnival No. 11, and that really makes me happy because 11 is one of my favorite numbers! Check back here, Linus’s Blanket, on Feb. 15th for another Book Review Blog Carnival. And please remember [...]
Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories, by Lauren Groff – Book Review
Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories, by Lauren Groff Publisher: Voice Books Publication Date: January 27, 2009 Format: Hardcover, 320 pages “…she watched, holding her breath, as each person reached for his own small bird, and made it disappear behind the veil. For a long time, at least fifteen minutes, there were the wet sounds [...]
Health & Fitness Read It, Live It, Blog It Reading Challenge
Anysia at Booklorn is running the Health and Fitness Read It, Live It, Blog It Challenge and I had decided awhile back that I was going to join her. Anysia does her updates on Friday, but I have decided to do my updates on Sunday because I think of my week in Monday to Sunday- [...]
Weekly Geeks: 2009-04 ~ Passions
This week’s Weekly Geek is inspired by Dewey’s Knit-a-Long, a mini challenge of Dewey’s Reading Challenge. Dewey had other passions besides reading and blogging. Knitting was one of them. This made me think, what are the Weekly Geek’s other passions? Passion seems like such a big word and a strong one too. When I think [...]
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