Today is Tuesday, and that means it's Top Ten day over at The Broke and the Bookish !  Today's topic is Top Ten Books Book Club P...

Here we are...Monday again! I have one son feeling better and heading back to school this morning after two weeks at home...and the other ...

I saw this meme over at Bibliophile By the Sea (one of my favorite book blogs) and thought I'd join in the fun! Saturday Snapshot ...

Half-Broke Horses: A True Life Novel by Jeannette Walls is a difficult book to categorize.   Officially, it is a novel, but in ...

Very busy week and not a great weekend.  We enjoyed a gathering of friends on Saturday evening but spent the rest of the weekend frantical...

OK, we're more than half-way through January now.  I suppose if I plan to join some challenges for 2012, I better get going!  I don'...

Apparently, author Thich Nhat Hanh is a renowned Zen Master who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr....

Today is Tuesday, and that means it's Top Ten day over at The Broke and the Bookish !  Today's topic is Top Ten Books I'd Reco...

Not a typical Monday here.  The kids are off from school today, Jamie is recovering from a stomach virus, and I have a lot of work around ...

  What I liked most about Nicole Krauss’ novel, The History of Love , was the way that two disparate stories slowly came together to form ...

Well, so far the new year is off to a good start for me - I felt good all last week, enjoyed the warm, sunny weather at the end of the wee...

This year, I participated in my first-ever challenge, the Where Are You Reading Challenge hosted by Sheila at Book Journey .  Well, I did...

Well, I finally tallied up my reading for last year...(drumroll)... I read 68 books in 2011 (that's 13 less than I read in 2010 ).  Th...

Happy New Year!!  I hope you have all had an enjoyable holiday week with your families.  We just returned last night from a trip to Oklaho...

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...