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451 Fridays is based on an idea from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In his novel, a group of people (Bradbury calls them Book People) are trying to keep the ideas found in books alive. Instead of actually saving the books, the Book People each “become” a book – memorizing it, word for word, and [...]
I read a lot of historical fiction. I don’t know how it works that way and I don’t even really seek out the genre purposefully but I guess my interest in other countries combined with my love of history makes it only a given that I should try and complete the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge at [...]
I am signing up to do the Winter Reading Challenge hosted at The Royal Reviews. For this one I have to read 6 books. It runs from December 1st, 2009 through February 28th, 2010 which is very exciting to me since it means that I can use books that I am reading right now. I know [...]
Hey! If you signed up for a level of the challenge that required you to read 13 books or more, you’re entitle to substitute some books that you have already read in 2009. Here is the place for those reviews. Please post them here so that we can see what books you might be using [...]
In the spirit of the holidays, Hachette Book Group is offering 3 US and Canadian readers of Linus’s Blanket the opportunity to each win one of the holiday prize packs listed below: Merry Christmas Angels, by Chuck Fischer Miracles, by Karen Kingsbury The Gift of an Ordinary Day, by Katrina Kenison Christmas Memories, by Susan Branch The Paper Bag [...]
Wilkie Collins is one of those authors whom I knew virtually nothing about until recently. I had heard the name of one of his books, The Woman In White, bandied around quite a bit, but it wasn’t until I started blogging and until I had read the book Drood, by Dan Simmons that I was able [...]
Lisa from Lit and Life gave me this award a couple of weeks ago for my eclectic blog and effort with the That’s How I Blog! Radio Show and the accompanying THIB! Twenty Minute Book Club Challenge. Lisa writes a mean review and has recently cooked up the lovely Southern Peanut Soup for the Progressive [...]
I’m not sure if I have mentioned it here (I know that I have mentioned quite a bit on Twitter) , but since July I have been going out to The Bushwick Farmers’ Market (I just realized that there are pictures of me on the website!) to volunteer on Wednesday afternoons. I can’t share a lot [...]
Today the Progressive Dinner Party is shifting over to entrees. So far all of the drinks, appetizers, soups and salads have been wonderful. For a complete list of all the dishes head on over to Book Blog Social Club to get a look at all the goodies. Stuffing is a dish that I am very [...]
There’s a party going on folks! Have you been able to keep up? Take a look at all that we have had so far…and there’s more where this came from! Cocktails & Hor d’oeuvres Book Club Girl – Stilton & Watercress Spread epiBloguer – Creamy Artichoke Dip Angel’s Kisses – Cinnamon Apples eclectic / eccentric [...]