The Smart One by Ellen Meister
Publisher: Avon A (August 5, 2008 )
Paperback: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 0061129623
ISBN-13: 978-0061129629
Have you ever read a contemporary novel and so connected with one of the characters that you could imagine him/her as a friend? That’s the way I feel about Bev, the main character in Ellen Meister’s The Smart One. Bev [...]
Last week during the weekly Tuesday Thingers question, the Boston Bibliophile asked us who our LibraryThing authors are. What is a LibraryThing author? Simply put, “an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.”
I wasn’t even sure how to find out the answer to this question (I learn more about LT each week with these questions!), but it’s [...]
Each Monday the New York Times runs a column called “Metropolitan Diary”, comprised of reader-submitted vignettes about life in New York. These short pieces are usually humorous, and often include mention of tourists, cab rides and people-watching in Central Park.
This Monday, August 25, two items caught my eye, as they mention bookstores and libraries. I [...]
The following Spotlight on Bookstores post is written by Lori at Lori’s Reading Corner. Lori is a prolific reader, who reviews about 3-4 books a week on her blog, which also features book giveaways, weekly memes and reading challenge updates. She is a LibraryThing Early Reviewer, a chapter leader for PaperBackSwap, and a member of [...]
Earlier in the week I posted about time travel in books, and introduced it with a reference to the WABAC machine in Mr. Peabody’s Improbable History. Several people commented that they enjoyed the reminder of innocent Saturday mornings spent watching cartoons; several others said that they weren’t familiar with Mr. Peabody and his friends.
Whether you’d like a blast from [...]
Courtesy of the Boston Bibliophile, here’s this week’s Tuesday Thingers … Today’s topic: LibraryThing authors. Who are your LibraryThing authors? What books of theirs do you have? Do you ever comment on an author’s LT page? Have you received any comments from an author on your LT account?
There are only two LT authors that I’ve [...]
There’s still time to join us in planning “the week ahead”, and to enter to win a Page-A-Day Book Lover’s Calendar. I picked up the calendar from our local bookstore, so I’m ready to send it out to the winner at the end of September. Find the details here.
A snapshot of what may, or may [...]
Who remembers the WABAC Machine? This was from Peabody’s Improbable History, a show-within-a show during the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons of the 1960s (disclaimer: I watched the re-runs!). Peabody would set the WABAC machine to a date in the past, and give unsuspecting viewers a history lesson! For a blast from the past, read the Wikipedia article [...]
I know you’ve been waiting for it, thanks for your patience! I was away for the night last night – a great “girls’ night out” with great friends from out-of-state. After relaxing with a few cocktails at the Marriott Long Wharf, we had a late dinner at Villa Francesca in Boston’s North End, then walked [...]
Months and Seasons by Christopher Meeks
Publisher: White Whisker Books (April 7, 2008 )
Paperback: 172 pages
ISBN-10: 0615188702
ISBN-13: 978-0615188706
I connected with Christopher Meeks when he responded to a post I wrote about the difficulty my book group has had discussing short stories; he wrote an excellent guest post which offered several suggestions on how to approach a [...]
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