Waiting on Wednesday: What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman

Waiting on Wednesday (WoW) is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman 9780804137607, Three Rivers Press, Paperback, $14.99, Pub. Date: May 20, 2014 Kristin Newman spent her 20s and 30s dealing with the stresses of her high-pressure job as a television comedy writer, … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman

Waiting on Wednesday: Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick

Waiting on Wednesday (WoW) is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Otherwise Engaged, Ladies of Lantern Street #3 by Amanda Quick 9780399165146, Penguin Putnam, Hardcover, $26.95, Pub. Date: April 22, 2014 Miss Amity Doncaster, world traveler, is accustomed to adventure and risk. Benedict Stanbridge, a man of science and a spy for the … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick

Waiting on Wednesday: The Collector by Nora Roberts

Waiting on Wednesday (WoW) is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine.   The Collector by Nora Roberts 9780399171086, Penguin Putnam, Hardcover, $27.95, Pub. Date: April 15, 2014   When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: The Collector by Nora Roberts

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten “Gateway” Books/Authors In My Reading Journey

The Broke and the Bookish, a brilliant book blog,  hosts a weekly top ten list meme.   I like this meme because I like lists. I like this meme because it reminds me of the Top 5 lists from High Fidelity (by Nick Hornby as a book, starring John Cusak as a movie). And I like this … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten “Gateway” Books/Authors In My Reading Journey

Book Review: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter ISBN: 9780061928123 (Hardcover | Published June 12, 2012 | Harper) I'm in an informal book club with a group of lovely women my friend Jaime (a landscape architect) brought together. We came together to celebrate Jaime's birthday, and in a very natural way throughout the course of the evening, we decided … Continue reading Book Review: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Friday Round-Up

Each week I round-up all the (mostly book-related) articles/blog posts/book reviews/websites/videos that entertained me during the week. Enjoy! Articles Gorgeous carved book landscapes by Guy Laramee. Salvador Dali illustrates Alice in Wonderland. Feeling both betrayed and excited: former librarian and independent bookstore advocate, Nancy Pearl, presents Book Lust Rediscoveries, a series published by Amazon.com (ew.). … Continue reading Friday Round-Up

Virginia Hamilton/Jean Craighead George on winning the Newbery

Thank you to Open Road Integrated Media for encouraging me to share this video of Virginia Hamilton and Jean Craighead George talking about winning the Newbery Medal.http://access.openroadmedia.com/api/getPlayerFrameSource.php?playerId=orimPid0&size=medium&distribution_id=168&distribution_code=&infoStr=&share_url=&embedver=2_0

2012 Sydney Taylor Book Awards

Thanks to Shelf Awareness for making me aware of this! I always like to give a little shout-out to my peeps when they're in the news.The Sydney Taylor Book Award honors new books for children and teens that exemplify the highest literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience. The award memorializes Sydney Taylor, author … Continue reading 2012 Sydney Taylor Book Awards

Waiting on Wednesday: Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

Waiting on Wednesday (WoW) is a weekly meme hosted byBreaking the Spine.My posts about adult literary fiction are here:State of Wonder by Ann PatchettCaleb's Crossing by Geraldine BrooksThe Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey My posts about my guilty pleasure reading (romantic, often paranormal, novels) can be found here:Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here by … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

Spring 2012 Picture Book Highlights: Charlesbridge Publishing

Previously in my capacity as Children's Department Manager for the Odyssey Book Shop, I had the opportunity to look over publisher's catalogues at the new books for each season. Thanks to Edelweiss, I can now look at publisher's catalogues as a blogger!Here are my picks for Charlesbridge Publishing Spring 2012:Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective: The Big … Continue reading Spring 2012 Picture Book Highlights: Charlesbridge Publishing