Day The Falls Stood Still, by Cathy Marie Buchanan – Book Review

The Day The Falls Stood Still, by Cathy Marie Buchanan

Bess Heath is just seventeen years old at the time her world irrevocably changes.  She leaves the prestigious Loretto Academy at the end of her junior year knowing that she will never return, and in a manner in which she has not been accustomed in her short life.  Gone is the fancy car with her [...]

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All About Books, and Me, and Me & Books.

BBAW Celebrate Books

Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack? Not really.  Maybe some popcorn. Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you? Not horrifying, but don’t mark. How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat [...]

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City of Refuge, by Tom Piazza – Book Review

City of Refuge

SJ Williams and his family have lived in New Orleans all of their lives.  Their roots and ties in the community are very strong.  All that SJ has left of his immediate family is his sister Lucy, who has struggled over the years with drug and alcohol dependency, her son and his nephew, Wesley, and [...]

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Chit Chat! Wherein Margaret of Creative Madness Gets the Third Degree

BBAW Celebrate Books

Book Blogger Appreciation Week, for me, is all about getting to know new blogs and new bloggers, so of course I was really excited at the prospect of participating in an interview exchange.  I chit-chatted with Margaret of  Creative Madness. Margaret just welcomed a new addition into her life (yay, new baby!) and has added [...]

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Spotlight! AKA…A Few of the Blogs I Really, Really Adore.

BBAW Celebrate Books

So you know how some days you wake up and you have a plan?  There are certain things you want to accomplish and you have a list in your head.  Yes? Yes. Well my list this morning was to get up have a little breakfast, finish and post the review that I had half started [...]

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Time of My Life, by Allison Winn Scotch – Book Review

Time of My Life, by Allison Winn Scotch

Time of My Life, by Allison Winn Scotch is Recommended. Jill Westfield should be happy with her life.  She has the home of her dreams, a loving albeit distracted and insanely busy husband, and a beautiful toddler whom she adores. But lately, it’s just not working for her.  Though she chose to give up her [...]

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So My Blog E-Mailed Me…

and asked me why I don’t love it anymore. And I said, “I still love you Linus!” August completely got away from me. I posted a grand total of  4 times in August and now it’s September 7th! How in the world did that happen?!?! Well…have I got a story for you.  Don’t worry, it’s [...]

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