It's Tuesday and that means it's Top Ten day over at The Broke and the Bookish .  Stop by their blog to read all of the great ...

What a rollercoaster week! My older son is finally doing a bit better (he's been incapacitated from his treatment for Lyme disease) a...

At Home with Books hosts Saturday Snapshot . I took this photo last weekend, while camping at Elk Neck State Park in Maryland. Early se...

We enjoyed a wonderful weekend camping at nearby Elk Neck State Park in Maryland - the first time we've had our pop-up camper out of ...

Unusual, unique, bizarre, strange, weird.   When I went to my local library’s book discussion on The Particular Sadness of Lemon...

Happy Monday!  We had a more relaxing weekend than usual, with some of the deadlines (and pressure) for financial aid for college behind ...

At Home with Books hosts Saturday Snapshot .   I took this photo yesterday: The first crocuses!  Spring is on the way. I loved seeing...

I have read quite a few of Chris Bohjalian’s novels.  I absolutely loved The Double Blind and enjoyed Midwives a few months ago.  I tho...

Monday already?  I am soooo tired this morning - I could barely get out of bed.  But here I am, up and alert and ready to go....well, I...

At Home with Books hosts Saturday Snapshot .  I don't usually have time for blogging on weekends, but I wasn't feeling well today s...

February was a little longer than usual this year, but it still seemed to go by quickly.  I am quite happy to say good-bye to February, si...

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?...