Who is Too Fond of Books?

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Mailbox Monday: December 28, 2009

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page; you can look over at her site to find links to other readers’ mailboxes.

My sister lives WAY UP in Maine, and we are able to get together with her and her family only a few times each year.  Yesterday we met for a fun post-Christmas [...]

Mailbox Monday: December 14, 2009

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page; you can look over at her site to find links to other readers’ mailboxes.

I’ve had four books come into my hands this week, and none of those were via the mailbox

Three of these were all added to my library on Wednesday of last [...]

Mailbox Monday: a little of this, a little of that …

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page; you can look over at her site to find links to other readers’ mailboxes.

A fun variety of books and accessories came into the house last week:

I won a bookmark in a random drawing at Jeane’s DogEar Diary.  This is two-sided, the picture of the bat [...]

Mailbox Monday: September 28, 2009

How do you like my new mailbox?  Well, I wish it were my mailbox, but it is my photo; I captured it when we were down the Cape this summer.  And, since I took the pic in the late afternoon, and got this ugly shadow, I think I’ll have to go back next summer to [...]

Book Review: *The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society* by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback; 1st Thus. edition (May 5, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0385341004

Back-of-the-book blurb: January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins [...]

Mailbox Monday: vacation treasure!

Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Marcia at the Printed Page.

We’re on vacation, but, as you know, a reader never rests!  We’re always on the lookout for bookish treasures – new stores to explore, books of local interest to discover, and simply the excuse that since we’re on vacation it’s OK to treat [...]

Mailbox Monday: The tome of your life!

Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Marcia at the Printed Page.

Today I’m sharing a new doorstop book that I picked up to bring on vacation.  Our neighborhood book group chose Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset to read over the summer; we’ll discuss it at our next meeting in September.

Here’s the publisher’s description of [...]

Mailbox Monday: May 18, 2009

 

Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Marcia at the Printed Page.  Here’s a look at the books that have come into my house this week:

 

I received Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea.  I’m really looking forward to reading this, especially since I hope to meet the author at Book Expo America later this [...]

Mailbox Monday: May 11, 2009

 

 

Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Marcia at the Printed Page.  This is a peek at the books that have come into my house this week, and the various ways they’ve arrived:

My neighbor, Debbie, and I had a yard sale to raise money for our Breast Cancer 3-Day walk.  All the neighbors donated [...]

Mailbox Monday: April 13, 2009

Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Marcia at the Printed Page; you can hop over there to see what other readers have added to their bookshelves this past week.

Remember that gift card I won from Florinda?  I knew it wouldn’t gather any dust around here!  I ordered and received The Guernsey Literary and Potato [...]