On My Shelves Satori, by Don Winslow Wishlist The Complaints, by Ian Rankin The Altar of the Bones: A Novel, by Philip Carter The Tiger’s Wife: A Novel, by Téa Obreht
On My Shelves: New Book Releases – February 27 – March 5, 2011
On My Shelves Dark Mirror: A Novel, by M.J. Putney – I read Dark Mirror a few weeks ago and I found it to be very enjoyable. It’s the first in a series, but even though you can see that there can be more to the story, it works very well by itself. I Am [...]
Lovers and Friends – Using Wooing Techniques From One To Find The Other
Friendship and finding and keeping friends is a very interesting thing, especially if you live in a medium sized to large city. In the small town where my mother was raised, it wasn’t so much of a problem as there wasn’t much variety of activity nor very many places to hang out. The community spaces [...]
Current Reads – February 15, 2011
February has been a pretty chaotic month for me, so steady progress in my reading had been pretty much gone until tonight. I have been restless and flitting between a bunch of books that are good, but a little too real or too down for the mood that I have been in. The last couple [...]
Wishlist: February 2011
In typical avid reader style, my eyes are bigger than my stomach and though my stacks are stuffed to the gills with books I want to read, there are still more that have managed to catch my attention. Are you planning on reading any of these? Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution, by [...]
On My Shelves: New Book Releases – February 16 to 28, 2011
Hardcover Releases And I Shall Have Some Peace Here: Trading in the Fast Lane for My Own Dirt Road, by Margaret Roach – February 23, 2011 Paperback Releases The Girl Who Fell From The Sky, by Heidi Durrow – February 16, 2011
In Need Of A Bit of Heroine Love?
February is the month for lovers, but strict interpretations of love need not apply. This month Erin Blakemore, the author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder has rounded up an inspired group of bloggers and authors to tell you all about the heroines that have captured their hearts. Do you [...]
The House on The Strand, by Daphne Du Maurier – Book Review
Dick Young has always had an uneven relationship with scientist friend, Magnus Lane – he basically does what Magnus says, no matter how much he might grumble. So when when Magnus offers him the use of his house in the English countryside and wants him to take a strange potion, Dick is quick to try [...]
A Discovery of Witches: A Novel, by Deborah Harkness – Book Review
Diana Bishop is a witch, though after frightening experiences with magic and the premature death of her parents, she has sworn off the use of her power, determining to live completely as a human being. Picking the most innocuous course of study available to her, Diana becomes a respected historian whose specialty is the study [...]
Jacket Copy Fatigue
In a perverse turn of events, I have grown weary of the jacket copy and blurbs on books. I started reading back cover copy the other day in my search for some new books, and rejected every single thing. Every thing seemed “meh”. Every thing seemed like something I had read before, and while surely [...]
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