I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed Sea Trails: Poems and 1977 Passage Notes by Pris Campbell, a unique book chronicling the author’s sa...

As I may have mentioned once or twice here before, I love road trips, and I love reading books about road trips.  Reading a road trip book w...

The Eden Diet by Dr. Rita Hancock is not actually a diet book at all. It’s more of a whole and healthy approach to eating and food for Ch...

I'm still on hiatus from this blog, but I wanted to let you know that I am still tracking the books I read at Goodreads and would be ha...

I know I just announced my leave of absence last week, but I had to write about the remarkable book I just finished. Thanks to Kim at Page...

I've written this post in my head more than a dozen times in the past few days, but that isn't making it any easier. I've decide...

I absolutely loved Jonathan Tropper’s novel, The Book of Joe – and the TV show adapted from it, October Road – so I was excited to hear he...

I'm running a little late this morning because I had to cook breakfast for 8 ravenous boys (my younger son turned 12 last week). Wow, 1...

I had to make a slight adjustment to this weekly feature since I never had a chance to write on Saturday (we've had house guests...and a...

My mother read The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal by Lily Koppel for a book group discussion and ...

TEN FOR TUESDAY I'm finally getting around to making my best of 2009 list! This was a really great year for reading for me; it was hard...

Still busy, busy, busy! My Dad and his wife are visiting, my son’s 12 th birthday is Wednesday, then my mom and her husband arrive on Fri...

It's been a few weeks since I've been able to participate in Quote It Saturday because of the holidays, so I'm glad to be comin...

Where to begin? Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table , a scrumptious memoir by Sara Roahen, is one of my favorite books...

I really enjoyed Rebecca Wells’ Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and its sequel and prequel, so I was excited when the audio version ...

I'm still struggling to catch up on all of my backlogged reviews after a busy holiday season, but I took a few minutes today to look bac...

Happy New Year! 2010?? It sounds like some sort of sci fi novel! We had a very busy holiday season (hence the hiatus from blogging), plus s...

Whew, what an exhausting, busy week I had last week! We spent this past weekend celebrating Christmas with my family in Connecticut, so las...

It's a bit late for my Monday posting. I'm not going to have much time for blogging for awhile - we have holiday celebrations in Co...

Time again for my favorite weekly feature, Quote It Saturday, started by That Chick That Reads . I've chosen a short quote for today, j...