That’s How I Blog! Highlights: Trish, Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’?
Tonight I had my first victim guest on my brand new Blog Talk Radio Show, That’s How I Blog! Thanks so much to Trish from Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’? and to all of the people who listened in the chat room, wrote and called in with questions and made the first show such a great [...]
This Just In! Labor Day, by Joyce Maynard
Kathy from BermudaOnion has to take full responsibility for me venturing downstairs to buy this book. I had sworn off the book store, really! Kathy is going to be a guest on That’s How I Blog! on November 3, and we were trying to figure out a book for the both of us to discuss [...]
End: Read-A-Thon, October 2009
1. Which hour was most daunting for you? Hour 23 was rough! I think I nodded off a few times. 2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? Not really. So much of that is dependent on the person’s taste. I’d have to do [...]
Feed Me Seymour! A Read-A-Thon Mini Challenge
Welcome fellow Read-A-Thoners and Cheerleaders. This one is for you, and you have from 4PM EST – 8PM EST to do it, after which will choose two winners at random; the first winner selected will receive a $15 gift card to Barnes & Noble and second will receive a hardcover copy of The Magicians, by Lev [...]
24 Hour Read-A-Thon: Look at me!
I’m reading! The Carnivore, by Mark Sinnett Where are you reading from today? I’m in NYC and right now I’m kicking things off from the bed. 3 facts about me … I am a lover of historical fiction (I discovered that through blogging, popcorn is my favorite food and I play bocce in a league. [...]
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before, by David Yoo
Albert Kim starts the summer after his sophomore year of high school as someone who has given up on having any kind of social life for the rest of high school. Bad experiences in the past and moving to a new town when he had finally established himself in the social hierarchy of the old [...]
Never Leave The Ball Early: Or My Profile on The Olive Reader
Last week I debated leaving my apartment in the most horrendous weather NYC has seen in quite a few months to go to Harper Perennial‘s Fall Ball. It is hard to go out in cold pouring rain when you are already warm and snuggly inside. I thought about bailing, but then I thought books in [...]
Shelf Discovery Challenge
I picked up this little gem while I was at Harper’s Fall Ball, started skimming through and reading some the selected “book reports” that night and loved it right away. It’s all about exploring some of the older classics of teen literature. I knew that I would want to go back and read some of [...]





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