Hardcover Releases American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt, by Daniel Rasmussen – January 1, 2011 The Water Wars, by Cameron Stracher – January 1, 2011 Nocturne, by Syrie James – January 4, 2011 The Girl Who Became A Beatle, by Greg Taylor – January 4, 2011 Three Seconds, by Anders Roslund, [...]
Planet Green’s Conviction Kitchen
Conviction Kitchen airs Friday nights (that’s tonight) at 10PM EST on Planet Green. Planet Green is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on cable television. Just the fact that they have The Fabulous Beekman Boys goes a long way toward endearing them to me, but now I have discovered that they also have Marc [...]
Bones, Vamps & Other TV Scamps (2)
My tv after the last Season 6 episode of Bones! Bones Ack. I have read things around the net, and this is just one of them, that have me mad about this show. The idea that Hannah and Brennan are showing “a positive friendship between strong women” is just nonsensical. I should really stop reading these [...]
Revolution, by Jennifer Donnelly – Book Review
Though I have been hearing folks rave about Jennifer Donnelly the past six months or more, this is not the first time that I have heard of her. I came close to reading her young adult novel A Northern Light, based on the real life tragedy of Grace Brown and Chester Gillette. I would still [...]
Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys – Book Review
Antoinette Cosway has taken some hard knocks in life. Her father is dead and she lives on a deteriorating plantation with a mother who is most likely suffering from severe depression and just a few remaining servants, one of whom may be be a voodoo priestess. Mother and child are despised on the island, and [...]
My Top Ten Reading & Blogging Resolutions – 2011
I’m not even sure if this will end up being a real post that I pay attention to – I know how I can be about resolving to do things – but I have definitely been chewing on some things in my mind about what I want my reading and blogging to look like this [...]
BOOK CLUB Picks & Giveaway For The Last Brother, by Nathacha Appanah
Last year (which was really just last month), Jen (Devourer of Books) and I announced our joint BOOK CLUB. On January 25th we will be discussing the first selection, A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear, by Atiq Rahimi, here on this blog with 10 readers who won a copy of the book from either [...]
The Poison Tree: A Novel, by Erin Kelly – Book Review
Karen Clarke is on edge and trying to keep a grip on a life that is quickly unraveling. Rex Capel, the father of her daughter Alice, has just come home from prison where he served ten years for murder. After his release, Karen is determined that they have the best possible chance at a normal [...]
January 2011 Reading List [TSS]
January has typically been one of my best reading months. The family has gone home the resolutions have been made, and I am all focused and committed. At the beginning of the year, I am all about trying to find a couple of hours each day where I can focus on my book. Like most [...]
Book Club Pick – Revolution, by Jennifer Donnelly
Don’t you just love it when your book club decides to read something that you have wanted to read for a while, but you haven’t managed to get around to reading it yet? I am so excited that I am being “forced” to read Revolution, by Jennifer Donnelly. I have heard so much about this [...]
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