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Moving to New Location! 1 Mar 2009 | 01:54 pm
Hi Everyone! All book-related content and posts have been moved to my new blog, The Evening Reader. If you have linked to this blog or saved it in a feed, please update the location to the following: ...
Reader’s Journal: Isabella Moon 28 Feb 2009 | 10:10 am
Being somewhat new to the thriller genre, I want to say first that I realize I might not be this author’s ideal reader. Authors, of course, don’t really get to choose who their readers are, unless the...
9 for '09 Challenge: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell 26 Feb 2009 | 03:37 am
My first pick for the 9 for ‘09 challenge was in the category Long, which had to be a book longer than the books one usually reads, and for that I chose Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clar...
Ten Random Tunes 02.24.09 25 Feb 2009 | 05:22 am
Still working out player issues. If anyone has suggestions, please leave a comment or contact me at the email address listed in the sidebar. “Purple Haze,” Jimi Hendrix. Experience Hendrix - The Best...
Catching Up 24 Feb 2009 | 04:52 am
Today I am working on my post about Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, which I completed for the 9 for '09 challenge. I'll probably also spend some time looking at a terrific new (to me) blog about books...
Sunday Salon: Favorite Books, vol. 1 23 Feb 2009 | 06:00 am
When I dislike a book, even if I have plenty of reason to do so, I still feel bad about it. Last night I kept thinking about Goldengrove and whether I had been too harsh, but the more I thought about ...
Reader's Journal: Goldengrove 22 Feb 2009 | 11:58 am
I very rarely abandon a book. Sometimes I will set a book down because I am distracted or not in the mood for it, but usually I have every intention of picking it up again. Abandoning a book, for me, ...
Miller Harris Fleur Oriental 21 Feb 2009 | 12:10 pm
Today, for the first time in well over a week, I put on makeup and fixed my hair. Not to say I’ve been a complete slob, in my unemployed state: I shower daily, I wash and brush all the necessary parts...
Reader's Journal: Delicate Edible Birds 20 Feb 2009 | 10:55 am
Several years ago, bookstore shelves suddenly seemed crammed full of story collections about twenty- and thirty-something mini-skirted women who were unable to love, unable to hold down a job, unable ...
TBR List 02.19.09 20 Feb 2009 | 03:57 am
Time for more items from the TBR list, three fiction picks this week. Feel free to comment if you’ve read one of these and want to recommend it (or dissuade me). And, of course, feel free to add to yo...
