On My Bookshelf...

So, I've been on a mildly trashy contemporary romance novel kick, and I thought I'd admit to it here :-) These books are so quick t...

I stayed up too late finishing this book last night, but it was worth it. I've enjoyed Gish Jen's past novels, Mona in the Promised...

Okay so I got bored with myself and my ToB commentary so I haven't posted in awhile. I also have still been knitting. I didn't like ...

Never Let Me Go has moved on as did Home Land by Sam Lipsyte. The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole and The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova have fal...

History of Love won out over The Time In Between. Today's matchup was: VERONICA by MARY GAITSKILL vs. EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CL...

My book club book for this month was Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. It's a memoir about the year following her husband...

I recently finished four best sellers. Stephen King's CELL, Robert B. Parker's SEA CHANGE and two by Sarh Dunant, THE BIRTH OF VENUS...

For those of you who are intrigued, the Tournament of Books begins tomorrow. Each day of the week you can go to the website and they will ha...

The Accidental by Ali Smith is one of the books from the Tournament of Books. I listened to the audiobook of this. I'm not sure if I wou...

If you click on the Tournament of Books link in the sidebar, you will see the list of judges and a place to download the tournament bracket....

I finished The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde, and I really enjoyed it. If you've read his Thursday Next series, you may find it diffic...

Has anyone tried this? I recommend it as a way of acquiring books you are interested in but don't have time to read at the moment. It...

Just finished 7 Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly. WOW! Talk about nonstop action and adventure. The book is a Sinbad, The Sailor movie from ...

I recently finished two very different books, and enjoyed them both. Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore: I like his writing style a...

I've recently discovered W.E.B.Griffin. He's sort of a political suspense thriller writer like Robert Ludlum. Griffin has two books ...

I thought I would try out the "What should I read next?" website since I'm on vacation and the girls are napping (I'm list...

Well I keep checking, but the Tournament of Books bracket has not been posted yet. Allison has inspired me to try listening to an audio book...

I finally got all of the books I'm currently reading in one place, so now I can tell everyone what I'm reading. I prefer to read on...

I finished White Teeth, Zadie Smith's debut novel, yesterday. It was an amazing book. It reaches back in time to reference the charact...

The link in the previous post is now working. ;-)