Pre-order Contest for Bran Hambric (US Only)

BUY BEFORE 9/9/09 and WIN!-- (US ONLY) Any person who pre-orders Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse , and sends their e-receipt or scanned rec...

Mailbox Monday - July 27

Well I'm late in posting again but I'm back from camp and when I got back there was a large pile of mail for me to go through! Yippe...

My site is listed in an e-book!

This book review blog is listed as a writer's resource in the recently released 2nd edition of Purple Snowflake Marketing - How to M...

BIP: Blog Post Bingo 2

I didn't do a post about it at the beginning like everyone else but I have been participating in the blog post bingo (2nd edition) for t...

[Guest Post] Travel Guides by Michael Schuermann

Thanks to Callista for giving me the opportunity of addressing you, her readers, in this way. What happened was this: A few days ago, Callis...

Towards Understanding by Lillian Brummet

Stars: **** If you are a frequent visitor here, you may remember that I reviewed (and gave away) a book title Trash Talk by Dave and Lillian...

Fried Chicken & Dogs (by my mom)

This is written by Roxy ( my mom) A little time has gone by and still things are leaving a big impression. I absolutely love working wit...

TV ponderings and an update

It is 10:30 on a Friday night.  the kids are down and the house is quiet except for the background noise of cars on the road and the murmur ...

Regarding Alice Hoffman

Okay so I'm late to the game as per usual and I wasn't even going to say anything but I've seen a few people say they don't ...

Mailbox Monday - July 20

*This is going up automatically since I'm at camp.* I'm writing this on Saturday so I'm reporting the books I got since last wee...

[Guest Review] Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself by Becoming an EMT by Jane Stern

*This review is by Sarah at Puss Reboots* Jane Stern is a contributing editor for Gourmet magazine. She's also a volunteer EMT. She...

Bradley McGogg: The Very Fine Frog by Tim Beiser

Stars: **** Picture Book Ages 2-5 Tundra Books (March 2009) 24 pages 978-0-88776-864-4 Summary: Bradley McGogg makes his home in the bog w...

Going to camp....

Well I'm off to be a leader at Girl Guide Camp today. I'll be back Saturday, July 25th. I go to camp every year. Last year I had a c...

Is your library out of date?

I just heard about a cool blog called Awful Library Books . It features old, outdated, politically incorrect or otherwise wrong books from ...

Mailbox Monday - July 13

I've been forgetting to do my Mailbox Monday posts because I'm usually home on Mondays but lately had to be out every Monday so I...

Do you "fan" companies or people on facebook?

I use facebook mostly for my friends and family which is why I haven't friended any of my book blogging friends. However I do become a f...

The treasures and trials of life abroad

I have one again let it go too long between blogs, and I must say much has transpired since I last wrote.. My dad had a root canal WITH NO...

BIP - #7-#11

Boy have I been slacking. I haven't done a BIP thing since week #6 (Social Media) Here's my attempt to catch up. #7 - Make Your Blog...

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby

Stars: ***1/2 Summary: This is the amazing story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French Elle magazine and the father of two chil...