Anne over at My Head Is Full of Book s, a long-time blogging friend, resurrected a fun meme! Play along! My Year in Books Rules? Answer the ...

It's Mardi Gras Day! We used to live in New Orleans, so this is a major holiday at our house, as you may have heard in my video, Celeb...

I have just announced the 10th year of my annual reading challenge, Big Book Summer Challenge , so I guess I should be the first to sign up!...

Crimes Against a Book Club , a novel by Kathy Cooperman, was an unusual choice for my own book group, which usually chooses meaty, issue-d...

Welcome, Booktopians! My mom and I at Booktopia 2018 If you were reading my blog around April and May, you probably got sick of hearing ...

A float in a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, circa 1988 Happy Mardi Gras, ya'll! Today is Mardi Gras day - we used to live ...

I've been tagged by Anne of My Head is Full of Books to complete The Happiness Tag .  Actually, Anne tagged me way back in August (t...

I was quite sick over the holidays, feeling awful physically and more than a little sorry for myself emotionally. I ...