BOOKKEEPING: The Reading Status Report Currently Reading: The Laws of Harmony by Judith Ryan Hendricks (via LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers Program) Teaser: “I buy a double espresso from a woman who has a little cart set up right by the entrance every Saturday and head for Heather the Bread Lady’s table, piled with crusty brown loaves that she and her family bake in their wood-burning brick oven. With a loaf of still-warm country French in my […]
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Springtime at the Movies, part two: Where to Watch?
Let’s all go to the lobby…follow the dancing popcorn! Since I already had a movie-review post this week, I thought it might be a good time to join in on the weekly Movie Meme hosted at The Bumbles Blog. It goes up there on Mondays, but as y’all know, I almost never do these things on their appointed day, so here it is on Wednesday. This week’s question: How do you watch movies? Do you […]
TBIF – Thank blog it’s Friday! This week in memes and books (5-22-09)
NEW: Reading Status Report I’ve seen many other book bloggers post weekly and/or monthly recaps of their reading, blogging, and other book-related activity, and have kicked around doing the same. Time to quit dribbling and shoot for the goal! This will be a weekly/biweekly feature, depending on what else is happening. Currently reading: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff, for an upcoming TLC Book Tour Teaser: “The thing about Heber is that I could never […]
A Hometown Story (Weekly Geeks 2009-18): Walking in Memphis – with books
This week’s Geekery comes from Softdrink (Jill) of Fizzy Thoughts: Take us on a literary tour of your hometown! Share your fun literary facts about the town or area where you live. You can talk about famous (or not so famous) authors who live there, novels that have been set in your area, or any other literary facts that you know about where you live. Feel free to embellish with pictures of places and/or authors, […]
TBIF: Thank Blog It’s Friday! This week in memes and books
Musing Mondays, hosted at Just One More Page: “Re-reads” Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about books and reading… Have you ever finished a book, then turned around and immediately re-read it? Why? What book(s)? (question courtesy of MizB) It’s been a while since I’ve re-read anything. There are books that I’ve read two or three or four times, but there’s usually some space – at least a year, sometimes much longer – between readings. I […]
Mark my Book Reviews (Weekly Geeks 2009-16 AND 2009-17)
I didn’t get to last week’s Weekly Geeks assignment, so I’m doing a two-fer this time around – but I’ll go backwards and start with the current theme, courtesy of Bookish Ruth: Do you use bookmarks or just grab whatever is handy to mark your page? Do you collect lots of different bookmarks or do you have a favorite one that you use exclusively? If you’re not someone who uses bookmarks on a regular basis, […]
TBIF: Thank blog it’s Friday! This week in memes and books
Musing Monday, hosted at Just One More Page: “TBR Anxiety” This week’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about your TBR pile… How many books (roughly) are in your TBR pile? Is this in increasing number or does it stay stable? Do you ever experience TBR anxiety in the face of this pile? (question courtesy of Wendy) My TBR “pile” occupies one bookcase which is double-stacked on three of the four shelves, two shelves in a cupboard […]
TBIF: Thank blog it’s Friday! This week in memes and books
Musing Monday, hosted at Just One More Page: “Nonfiction?” Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about reading non-fiction… Do you read non-fiction regularly? Do you read it in a different way or place than you read fiction? (question courtesy of Diane) I try to mix nonfiction into my reading pretty regularly; in fact, I’m currently reading my third consecutive nonfiction book. Most of the nonfiction I read is memoir or biography, and although I don’t really […]
TBIF: Thank blog it’s Friday! This week in memes and books
Musing Monday, hosted at Just One More Page… Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about 2009 favourites… Coming towards the end of April, we’re a third of the way through the way through the year. What’s the favourite book you’ve read so far in 2009? What about your least favourite? (question courtesy of MizB) It’s been a decent reading year so far. My pace hasn’t been too bad – 13 reviews posted to date, which is […]
TBIF – Thank blog it’s Friday! This week in memes and books
Mailbox Monday, hosted at The Printed Page Yes, there have been a few new arrivals on my bookshelves this week! I received for review: Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption, by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton (with Erin Torneo), via Anna Jarzab at The Book Report Network The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway, via LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers Program I received from a friend: The Brightest Moon of the Century, by Christopher Meeks […]
Thursday Book Talk: Taking the lazy way out
This “Book Meme” has been making the rounds, but I stole it from The Boston Bibliophile. Feel free to steal it from me! 1. Hardback, trade paperback or mass market paperback? Trade paperback. I try to make sure any purse I buy is big enough to hold one. 2. Barnes & Noble or Borders? Borders, although I will not turn up my nose at B&N if they’re what’s around. I find Borders to be a […]
TBIF – Thank blog it’s Friday! This week in memes and books
Musing Mondays, hosted at Just One More Page… Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about your to be read list… As a follow up to last week’s question, Joseph asked how you keep track of your TBR list. Do you have a paper list or on your computer? Do you take it with you when you go shopping? How do you decide what gets added to it? By some definitions, I don’t have a “TBR” list. […]
