Mar 8, 2015

Weekend Reads (or not) 3/7/15

So here it is, Saturday night. I'm just going to be honest with you here, I haven't read anything more demanding than Bookmarks magazine in days. I've

Mar 3, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday 3/3/15

http://www.brokeandbookish.com/p/top-ten-tuesday-other-features.html has a list. Today's prompt is Top Ten Books You Would Classify As ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOKS from the past 3 years So, past

Feb 28, 2015

Holland Hall Book Fair Book Haul

Update: My daughter and I braved the wintry conditions to get to the once-a-year book fair at Holland Hall School. I haven't been able to go to this thing for years,

Feb 28, 2015

February 2015 Wrap Up

Just for review, I'll start with the books that were on my February TBR: 1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - Done! I finally

Feb 28, 2015

March 2015 TBR

I know February is only 2 days shorter than a regular month, but it sure feels like it just flies by. It's already time for a March TBR. 1. Nemesis by

Feb 27, 2015

Friday Reads 2/27/15

Friday again! And we are expecting snow, so I plan to have some reading time. Let's see what's on my stack. 1. Among the Janeites by Deborah Yaffe -

Feb 24, 2015

Top Ten Books - Feb. 24

This week's http://www.brokeandbookish.com/p/top-ten-tuesday-other-features.html topic is My Top Ten Favorite Heroines. Here we go! 1. Elizabeth Bennet - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Of

Feb 20, 2015

Friday Reads 2/20/15

Hello Friday! I had a holiday Monday for President's day. Then I had Tuesday off for a snow day. I worked Wednesday and Thursday, and now I have today off because

Feb 15, 2015

Friday Reads (a day late) 2/14/15

Happy Valentine's Day, Reader! Here's what I'm looking at this weekend: Detroit: A Biography by Scott Martelle - This is a nice history of Detroit, Michigan with

Feb 7, 2015

Friday Reads 2/6/15

Man! What a week! I haven't even picked up a book in days! So today's Friday Reads will be quite similar to last week's. But here we

Feb 4, 2015

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Holy smokes, people! This book is amazing. I read it with my library book club, and while I was reading it, I was thinking, "Man, this is a good book." Then