Who is Too Fond of Books?

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The Week Ahead: September 22 – 28, 2008

Yay!  You found me!  I moved SheIsTooFondOfBooks to a self-hosted site over the weekend, and left breadcrumbs for everyone to find me … I’m glad you’re here!  I’ll be busy updating links and putting the finishing touches on the new site this week.  It looks much like the old site, but I’ll have a bit [...]

Book Review and Giveaway: *Eat Me* by Kenny Shopsin

Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin by Kenny Shopsin
Publisher: Knopf (September 23, 2008 )
Hardcover: 288 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0307264930

Publisher’s synopsis: “Pancakes are a luxury, like smoking marijuana or having sex.  That’s why I came up with the names Ho Cakes and Slutty Cakes.  These are extra decadent, but in a way, every pancake is [...]

*She is too fond of books* is moving …

… to a self-hosted domain.  My blog will look essentially the same once the change is complete, but I may be “unavailable” for a few days.  Think of it like I’m busy unpacking and hanging pictures in my new place, and I’ll get back with you as soon as I can!

Right now your shortcuts or [...]

Winner of my BBAW giveaway — Kathleen McCleary’s *House & Home* package

The entries in this contest were so fun to read!  Here’s a sampling of the answers to “Home is ….”

wherever you’re happiest
where my kids are
where my fiance is
where you can always feel like you and where memories are made
full of cats
where my family is

There are 44 other submissions, find them here.   And if you haven’t [...]

Re-cap of Book Blogger Appreciation Week (from where I sit!)

Each day this week, Amy has asked us to write about a specific topic; I’ve been in bed since Tuesday afternoon (one of those crazy New England sinus infections stemming from weather in the 80s one day and the 60s the next.  TMI, I know, sorry about that … It beats “the dog ate my [...]

Winner of *Matrimony* giveaway

As usual, I used random.org to select one winner from the 35 comments that were left on the post.

Here are your random numbers:

28

Timestamp: 2008-09-16 11:24:51 UTC

Shonda is the lucky winner of the paperback of Matrimony, personally inscribed by the author, book-group-friendly Joshua Henkin.  Joshua, thanks for your generosity!  Shonda, please send me your [...]

Guest Post and Spotlight on Bookstores by Kathleen McCleary, author of *House & Home*

In an interview on the Voice website, Kathleen McCleary indicates that Coffee@home, Ellen Flanagan’s coffee-and-home-funishings shop in the novel House & Home, is based on a local independent coffee shop in Virginia.  I wondered if “Hole in the Wall Books”, a setting in the novel,  had roots in a real bookstore.  Kathleen offered to write a guest [...]

From the archives: Interview with My Friend Amy from BBAW 2008

From the archives: This post originally ran during BBAW 08, as part of the book blogger interview swap that My Friend Amy organized.  A week after BBAW I moved to a self-hosted site; I thought all my posts migrated with me, but Amy’s interview slipped through the cracks!  Since we’re getting ready for BBAW [...]

Book Review: *House & Home* by Kathleen McCleary (and giveaway!)

House & Home by Kathleen McCleary
Publisher: Voice (July 1, 2008 )
Hardcover: 272 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1401340735

In creating Ellen Flanagan, the protagonist in House & Home, author Kathleen McCleary introduces readers to a woman that you’ll want to sit down and read more about.  Ellen is a creative hard-working woman who puts a bit (sometimes more than a [...]

The Week Ahead: September 15 – 21, 2008

I’m posting my Week Ahead a day earlier than usual this week – it’s going to be a busy week!  There’s a lot happening here and on other book blogs in conjunction with Book Blogger Appreciation Week … check out this partial listing of what’s going on in my little corner of the world:

Monday 9/15 – I’m [...]