Hiding in the security of all things books, with some movies and tv - occasionally food...
Anyone who has glimpsed A Christmas Carol: A Pop-Up Book, by Charles Fischer & Bruce Foster knows that it is a delight. I was on my way out when this package arrived, so I took the box with me to meet a friend at Starbucks, and I had barely gotten it out of the box [...]
I have been following Top Ten Tuesdays over at The Broke and the Bookish for quite some time now. I love the themed lists they offer, and love even more pondering the answers different bloggers have. Exploring themed literature is something that I have been taken with these last months, so I was finally able [...]
Can we just agree that it is so wonderful that no one expects me to post links in a timely manner? I have been starring things of interest for months. Just take from it what you can, and yes I know that is has already been seen and discussed. :) Earlier this fall, I was [...]
Last month, anyone who commented on one of my Harrowing Historicals posts was automatically entered to win one of two prize packs. Drum roll please for the winners… Amy from Just Book Reading won what I call, Prize Pack the Larger, and will receive all the lovely items below: Ask the Queens: Advice Card Deck, [...]
Happy Sunday everyone! One holiday down and one to go. It’s amazing how much these holidays are anticipated (or dreaded!) and then just like that, they are gone. I spent a wonderful day hanging out with my family. I love that we all got up around the same time and basically just ate all day. [...]
I have been taking a look around at some of the Best Of lists as they start to make their appearance. It’s always an interesting time of year because in spite of the plethora of books that are published each year, the sames ones show up on the lists over and over again. I decided [...]
As you know, just a few short days a go I was going on and on about what to read next. I was in one of those moods when I had no idea what I was in the mood for. A short trip to the mailbox, and a review copy sent by Harper Perennial ended [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope all of my celebrating American readers have a wonderful day spent with family and friends! I am fortunate enough that some of my family is nearby, so it’s easy for me to pop up and celebrate with them and not really have much of a plan but to relax, play a [...]
I first heard about Laura Lippman when Trish from Hey Lady read What The Dead Know, and loved it so much that she started the Laura Lippman Reading Challenge. Since then I have read countless reviews on book blogs full of veritable plaudits on Lippman’s work. I love a good mystery and I am always [...]
Jen (Devourer of Books) and I decided to take on the legendary Sherlock Holmes for our next podcast exploring the classics, What’s Old Is New. The plan is to read up on some Holmes to get an idea of what makes him a literary figure that stands the test of time, if in fact we [...]