I’ve decided to take part in a new weekly meme, “Traveling Through Tuesday”….. Do you like to read books that set in a certain city, state, or country? Do you ever find a town in a book that just calls your name and you can’t wait to tell someone about it? Just go to “Lori’s Reading Corner” and find out all the details. I don’t necessarily have a favorite…
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MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT…
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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS postis about dust jackets. Do you prefer books with a dust jacket? What do you do with your dust jacket while reading? Leave it on or take it off? (Question courtesy of Kim from Page after Page)**MUSING MONDAYS is hosted by Rebecca atJust One More Page… I am not a fan of dust jackets when I am reading a book. I always take off the jacket and…
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Jen over at Crazy For Books has started something I hope you will be part of… Hey book bloggers! Every day we seem to find another book blog that we start following. In the spirit of the Friday Follow, Jen thought it would be cool to do a Book Blog Hop to give us all bookies a chance to connect and find new blogs that we may be missing out…
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Here’s a fun meme from Storytime with Tonya and Friends called The Friday 56. Rules: * Grab the book nearest you. Right now. * Turn to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence. * Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog. *Post a…
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A Week in Books WWW Wednesdays is hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? What are you currently reading? The Postmistress by Sarah Blake ~ What a great read…beautifully written and thought provoking! Another book that I can’t seem to…
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This is a challenge I am very exicted about…I loved reading these books when I was younger and cannot wait to reread them. You can find out more information, including the 3 options of the challenge, here. I’ve decided to go with option 3. I will come back to this post and indicate when a book is complete. Option 3: The eight central books in the series: Anne of Green…
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MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT…
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A Week in Books WWW Wednesdays is hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? What are you currently reading? Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani ~ The first in a new trilogy featuring the Roncalli and Angelini families. Very good so far…having…
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MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT…
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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about keeping books. Do you keep all the books you ever buy? Just the ones you love? Just collectibles? What do you do with the ones you don’t want to keep?**MUSING MONDAYS is hosted by Rebecca atJust One More Page… I think this is a pivotal question for a lot of book lovers. What am I going to do with my books? Where am I…
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MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT…
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I’ve decided to join some of the reading challenges out there. So far, I have signed up for two: 100+ Reading Challenge hosted at Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge Both of these challenges are hosted at http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/. Head over the her site if you want to join. I’ve made two separate pages to track my reading progress in each challenge. Hope I can make both goals!
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Recently I joined a book club. I have always wanted to be part of a book club and was grateful for the invitation. The group is small right now – only five of us – but we have varied backgrounds and that leads to some great discussions. For our first meeting, we read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. This was a book that I might not…
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What the heck, I figured I read so much, I might as well blog about it. I don’t know if anyone will follow this, but here I hope to post the books I’m reading, the books I want to read, and my thoughts about reading. Here is a little about me and my reading habits. I love reading…it is possibly my absolute favorite thing to do. I can always be…
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