“Hate” is a strong word, but that’s what this week’s Ten on Tuesday asked for – “10 Songs You Hate.” It was hard to narrow it down, to be honest. Tall Paul did some online searches for “worst songs,” and they reminded us both about a lot of songs that we couldn’t stand. Since I’m in my mid-forties, I’ve been listening to pop music for long enough to have heard a lot of crap – […]
You have to love the blogiverse – I’m having the anniversary, but the gifts are for you! (It’s kind of like hobbits and birthdays.) I hope you’ll join me in celebrating two years of blogging with a little giveaway. I have three slightly-used ARCs (Advance Reader’s Copies, for you non-book-blogging folks) that need new homes, but if none of them appeals to you, perhaps you’d like a $20 Amazon.com e-gift certificate? You don’t have to […]
In a recent comment about some links in one of my Saturday Reviews, Lenore said… “Gosh I didn’t even know there was such a thing as Mommy blogs. I am very focused in my blog reading on book blogs I guess.” I’m definitely less focused. My interests are pretty wide-ranging, and so is my blog reading. On the Internet, I’m a bit of a wanderer, but I find that I have two communities that feel […]
Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel Marie Phillips (author’s blog) Back Bay Books, 2008 (paperback) (ISBN 0316067636 / 9780316067638) Fiction, 320 pages First Sentence: One morning, when Artemis was out walking the dogs, she saw a tree where no tree should be. Book description: Being immortal isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Life’s hard for a Greek god in the 21st century: nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn’t respect you, […]
New to my Google Reader Book, Line, and Sinker and its older sibling, Curly Wurly Gurly Kathfucious says…, a new venture from Kazoofus’ KathyHowe Flibbertigibbet Linus’s Blanket Several new additions via the new review-collection site Paperback Frenzy: Life in the Stupid Lane Dog Ear Diary Write for a Reader Stephanie’s Written Word Bloggin’ ’bout Books Across the Blogiverse Appreciating the opportunity, and the choice, to be an American Speaking of choices: These reflections on […]
Musing Monday, hosted at Just One More Page Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about new authors… What is your policy when it comes to new authors? Do you feel comfortable purchasing a book or do you prefer to borrow new authors from the library? How often do you ‘try out’ a new author? (Here’s a new addition to the TBIF Gallery; my plan is to participate whenever the question grabs me, as this one did.) […]
The Uncommon Reader: A NovellaAlan BennettPicador, 2008 (Paperback) (ISBN 0312427646 / 9780312427641)Fiction, 128 pages First sentence: At Windsor it was the evening of the state banquet and as the president of France took his place beside Her Majesty, the royal family formed up behind and the procession slowly moved off and through into the Waterloo Chamber. Book description: When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to […]
The “which comes first – books or movies” post a couple of weeks ago kicked up some decent discussion, and that sent me back to the topic, looking at it from a slightly different angle this time. …As I mentioned in the original post, my stepchildren’s mother has a rule that the kids cannot see a movie based on a book unless they have read the book first, and it’s a rule that she wants […]
Although I haven’t actively participated in the Blog Improvement Project tasks lately, I’m joining in for #5, the first of two during what Kim has designated as “Social Media Month:” “…Social Media Month is going to be about educating each other about social media. Our first project is the much-anticipated Social Media Carnival! The task is simple: write a post about one social media tool that you currently use. If you don’t currently use any […]
Please welcome author and book-blog-community-builder Susan Helene Gottfried to The 3 R’s! Susan and I originally connected years ago on BookCrossing, but lost touch until I re-discovered her through her blog, West of Mars: The Meet and Greet. I had the opportunity to read and review her first collection of fiction about the band ShapeShifter, The Demo Tapes: Year One, last week (all of which was originally published on her blog). Today, she shares some […]
Bulletin Board **** Current Events Department: It’s BIRTHDAY MONTH! Sunshine is throwing the big party for all the March babies over at …and the pursuit of happiness. If this is your month, be sure to stop by and let her know! (I already have my button over in the sidebar.) And if you’re not fortunate enough to have been born during March, you’re not being left out of the fun – she has an “unbirthday” […]
Tuesday Thingers: Questions for LibraryThing users, hosted at Wendi’s Book Corner This week’s question: Were you aware of the LT Early Reviewers Program? Have you received any books from the program? If you have, how have you liked the book(s)? Any other thoughts on the LTER program? My Answer: Great timing for this question, since Febrary LTER recipients were notified this week, and the March list is on its way! I opened my LibraryThing account […]
