Getting a slow start this morning, but I see bright sunshine and two of our four family members are off to school/work, so that's a g...

Years ago, back when I read mostly suspense and thrillers, I read lots and lots of Dean Koontz books; most of them dealt with sc...

Whew, what an exhausting weekend after a busy week!  I drove Jamie and I to see our Lyme doctor in New Jersey (about 90 minutes away) on F...

One of my book groups met this week to discuss The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize fo...

Happy Valentine's Day!  It's Tuesday and that means it's Top Ten day over at The Broke and the Bookish .  Today's very app...

Oh, shoot....is it Monday?  I completely forgot about What Are You Reading Monday this morning!  I jumped right into working on all the st...

Today is Tuesday and that means it's Top Ten day over at The Broke and the Bookish !  Head on over there to check out all the amazing...

Whew, another rollercoaster week here!  The lows?  Both of my sons and I were all very sick last week with a flare-up of our chronic illne...

I just love this video of a bookstore after hours!  A book lover's dream... I kept thinking, "How on earth did they DO this?...

This is one of the strangest winters ever.  That tiny dusting of snow in the photo is all that we've seen in January; yesterday and to...

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 ...