Happy Monday - hard to believe it's almost December already! I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your fami...

In May 2009, I posted a top ten list of Authors I Can't Believe I've Never Read .  One of those was Toni Morrison.  I rectified that...

Happy Monday!  I can't believe it's mid-November already, and the holiday season starts next week - yikes!  Things will get really...

The trend continues as yet another book is adapted for the big screen.  This one is a classic:  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.  It's b...

In February 2009, I posted a review of a unique memoir, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.  I really enjoyed this fun...

Happy Monday!  Another busy week here.  Last week of the marking period for the kids, so they had a lot of work to do, my husband is trave...

Yeah!!!  One of my all-time favorite novels, The Help , is being made into a movie, to be released in August 2011.  This update provides ...

I didn't read nearly as many books in October as I did in September, but that's a good thing - I tore through a bunch of book last m...

Eeek!  November already?  How on earth did that happen?  From here on out, time seems to go double-speed through January.  Back to Octobe...

I just read this novel for my neighborhood book group, and everyone enjoyed it. It's considered a Canadian classic (though I'd ne...

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish .  Today's seasonal topic is Top Ten Books To Read for Halloween.  This was ...

Another Monday after another very busy week.  Soccer, school functions, and house guests this weekend.  My mom and her husband were visiti...

Rough Monday morning today.  I attended an all-day medical conference yesterday on my chronic illness along with two friends.  It was won...

Before I discovered book groups and broadened my reading horizons, I read almost exclusively mysteries and suspense novels. I don't o...

I'm running a little late on this after a busy week and a weekend away.  September was a good reading month, in part because it was a ro...

Another Monday morning.  We had a wonderful weekend, camping with good friends.  The weather was absolutely perfect - I love fall! We ha...

My long-time readers may remember that I used to do a weekly meme, Ten for Tuesday, with a top ten list each week (you can check out my pas...

I had never heard of this author, Susan Rebecca White, before but picked up A Soft Place to Land on the Buy 1, get 1 Free table at Borders ...

As usual, I'm a bit late on this since Banned Book Week officially ended yesterday, but it still feels like the same week to me until ...

My neighborhood book group read The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff for our 100th book and met at a restaurant last week to celebrate and di...