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Happy Spring, everyone! We’re down to one small snowbank at the end of the driveway, and I can see fresh green shoots from perennials pushing their way through the (very muddy!) ground … I think that “out like a lamb” will apply and we’ll have a gorgeous spring after our tough winter!
Seems like a good [...]
Welcome to Day Three of “The Brightest Moon of the Century Appreciation Week!” What?! You didn’t know that’s what was going on over at She is Too Fond of Books??! Didn’t you wonder what all the balloons, champagne and flowers were about?!?
Here’s the way it’s been playing out:
Tuesday – my review of Christopher Meeks’ novel, [...]
The Brightest Moon of the Century by Christopher Meeks
Paperback: 324 pages
Publisher: White Whisker Books (March 7, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0615249148
Back of the book blurb: Edward needs a place in the universe, but he wants an understanding of women. He stumbles into romance in high school, careens through dorm life in college, whirls into a tornado of love problems [...]
TEASER TUESDAYSis hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading and asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from [...]
TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading and asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” [...]
It’s actually a fairly quiet week, bookish and otherwise, on my calendar this week. That’s a relief, because I can already feel the frenzy of the holiday season around the corner, and it will be nice to relax a bit and catch up on “things” around here! Of course, now that I’ve said that, my [...]
Raise your hand if you’re swearing off the rest of the Halloween candy starting this morning! I’m sending bags of it into the office with my husband (OK, there’s a small stash I’m stowing in our storage freezer … don’t tell the kids!). My healthy attitude will get a boost this morning because I’ll be [...]
Many thanks to Lenore at Presenting Lenore and her husband, Daniel! Daniel is a published illustrator who agreed to create a graphic for her (and me! and all of us!) for the LT Author Challenge. Is that Emmy reading a book written by a LibraryThing Author?!
Here’s the list of books I hope to read and review [...]
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 [...]
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. Find the details here:
A snapshot of what may, or may not, happen in my life this week:
Monday – We were away this weekend, so much of my day will be spent recovering from that [...]
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