Hiding in the security of all things books, with some movies and tv - occasionally food...
Just a reminder that I will be interviewing Meg of Write Meg! tonight on Blog Talk Radio show, That’s How I Blog!, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time. You can listen live or to the archived version later on. If you listen live you can join the conversation in chat room, which is usually just as lively [...]
Irene and Lily are best friends. Lily grows up the adored child of older parents while Irene’s family life is less than ideal or stable. Trouble with boys leads the girls to be separated when Lily’s stricter parents send her to school at a convent, while Irene continues to attend the same school that both [...]
Kathleen from Boarding in My Forties surprised me with this award a couple of weeks ago, and she had such lovely things to say: Nicole at Linus’ Blanket – Nicole reads, comments, interviews other bloggers and does podcasts, does giveaways, etc etc. She is an inspiration when it comes to blogging…AND she lives above a bookstore! [...]
At 32, Jiselle McKnight has been a bridesmaid no less than six times, so when her co-worker, a sexy airline pilot, starts to woo her and wants to marry her, she is more than happy to overlook a few things to become the next Mrs. Mark Dorn. Doubts plague her relationship before she even gets [...]
One of the great things about the holidays is the way that we take the time out from busy lives and schedules to celebrate and appreciate our family and friends. Dinner parties are a time honored way of sharing good food with good friends. I am so pleased to present the complete collection of the [...]
There is a new host for this challenge in 2010. Beth at Beth Fish Reads will be hosting What’s In A Name 3 Challenge with a few changes. Here’s how it works: Between January 1 and December 31, 2010, read one book in each of the following categories: A book with a food in the title: A book [...]
C.B. James at Rady When You Are, CB is hosting the Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge. He writes: The Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge is based on a simple idea–read a book, see a movie based on the book, include both in your review. Whether yours is a book blog or a [...]
February 1, 2010 – January 31, 2011 Definition of a Chunkster: A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonfiction) … A chunkster should be a challenge. If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more … The average large type book is [...]
Jen and Swapna are jointly hosting The Debutante Ball Challenge. You can join in an read Deb books from 2010 or you can join to read the past Deb boor, or you can do both. I am signing up for both, but at low levels because my self imposed rule of challenges is to use books [...]
Audiobooks have become my latest addiction and I acquire them with almost the same frightening speed that I require my other books. Given entire year (January -December, 2010) I should be able to complete the Audio Book Challenge at the Obsessed Level by listening to 20 books. Challenge Guidelines: 1. Anyone can join. You don’t need [...]