On Tuesday my family returned home after vacationing in Upper Wisconsin. It was a very interesting trip. I mentioned earlier that we were bringing our cats up as well, and were a little weary about it. First, I should note that both Winkie and Zorro have their back claws. Winkie pranced in with no problem, […]
As Jon Bon Jovi says “We’re half-way there…” which is exactly were we are in the calender year. To celebrate that here is a fun rundown, of my stats thus far. Number of Books Read 25 Number of Books Bought 10 Number of Books from Library 2 Fiction/Non-Fiction Ratio 100% Male/Female Authors 15 female/ 5 […]
Reading Slump. The two most dreaded words a bookworm could utter. Unfortunately, I must express that — sort of. I’m reading a really good book right now, Stephen King’s newest Mr. Mercedes, but as it always tends to do, life has gotten in the way and prohibited me from reading the full amount I would […]
Last week I read a blog post written by Kimba The Caffinated Reader on review burn out and mixing it up. While I have not gone through review burn out I think it would be grand to try something new. The post made me reexamine all the book reviews I have prepped and personalize/tailor them […]
Last week via an email I became aware of an awesome new program for book lovers, Shelf Pleasure. I could rattle on about what a neat concept this idea is but I typically become incoherent so instead, below is the information provided to me. ** First Show Airing April 16th! *** Read the press release *** Shelf […]
The only book that comes close to my ardent love of Pride and Prejudice is Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind. I’ve devoured it over and over again since I was thirteen and have religiously watched the movie every single year since I was ten. I guess you can say I lost my Gone with […]
Cris Mazza is the author of over 17 books, including Various Men Who Knew Us as Girls, Waterbaby, Trickle-Down Timeline, and Is It Sexual Harassment Yet? Her first novel, How to Leave a Country, won the PEN/Nelson Algren Award for book-length fiction. Mazza has co-edited three anthologies, including Men Undressed: Women Writers on the […]
Author: Peter Danish Publisher: Pegasus Books Publication Date: February 24, 2014 Source: Book Tour The Tenor is a sweeping tale of historical fiction in the style of Ann Patchett’s “Bel Canto” and De Burniere’s “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.” It swiftly moves from Pino Vaggi’s youth in pre-war Italy, to his coming of age as a soldier in […]
A quick post before my departure to Wisconsin. I’m going on another week long trip to our lake house. I checked the weather and Illinois is experiencing a heatwave compared to upper Wisconsin! Sadly we have heard that compared to past years there is very little wildlife due to the lack of food and cold […]
While I never announced it, I was away on another family vacation and returned on Friday. We drove to Jacksonville, Florida to visit my brother and his wife – always a good time, with great food, weather and awesome company how can you do wrong? My parents and I then headed on to Savanna with […]