Back in September, I signed up for the the Fall Into Reading 2011 Challenge , hosted at Callapidder Days ,my first-ever challenge!  I deci...

I don’t normally read holiday-themed books, but when my online friend Pam said she’d enjoyed Wally Lamb’s Wishin’ and Hopin...

We're done traveling (for a few days), so I wanted to share with you all the books we got for Christmas!  Books are a favorite gift at...

I hope you all enjoyed some wonderful holiday celebrations with your family this past week!  We had a very nice Christmas here.  I've...

I participate in a book group held at a local Unitarian Church.   Though we usually choose our own books, in honor of LGBT Histo...

Fa la la la la!  Holiday time and very busy, like everyone else!  We spent the weekend in Pennsylvania with my family, celebrating an earl...

You may recall that I have joined the Fall Into Reading Challenge hosted over at Callapidder Days .  She is posing a question each week.  ...

Monday...a fresh start to a new week.  Everyone is healthy and in school, so that's an excellent start!!  We spent the weekend worki...

I recently read The Songcatcher by Sharyn McCrumb for my neighborhood book group.   Our discussion this week was interesting be...

We are now in the midst of the busy holiday season!  I haven't even thought much about the holidays yet - other than some online shop...

Wheee!!!  December already and moving quickly toward the end of the year.  End of the year??  How is that possible? November was a busy ...

Thanks to the Fall Into Reading 2011 Challenge , I finally got around to reading a novel my neighbor lent me over a year ago, Mi...

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!  We drove about 8 hours to spend the weekend with my extended family in Rochester, NY....

I'm a little late posting today.  I went to my son's middle school this morning and gave presentations about reading, books, book ...

It's Tuesday, and that means it's Top Ten day over at The Broke and the Bookish .  Head on over there to link to lots of great blo...

I had the TV on this morning while reading my e-mail when I was surprised by a movie trailer for the U.S. version of The Girl with the Drago...

(I just tried to publish this very long post and somehow managed to delete most of it instead!!  Let's try this again...) A bit of a...

  When I heard that Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home by Kim Sunée was a memoir, focused on food, of a woman who gre...

The months just fly by this time of year, now that Halloween is past.  I'm a bit behind in summarizing October, but better late than nev...

You may recall that I have joined the Fall Into Reading Challenge hosted over at Callapidder Days .  She is posing a question each week, an...