Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link your British-themed … Continue reading →
The first British Isles Friday blog hop worked great last week! We had many participants with a variety of posts from book reviews to TV show commentary to trip photos — including a description of tea with the Queen! Check … Continue reading →
Regency novels always provide new words. Authors are usually good about making it clear what the meaning is from context so you don’t have to figure it out, as in this passage from An Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverley, about … Continue reading →
I never seem to have as much to say about fiction as I do about nonfiction, so I’m going to provide short reviews of novels waiting on my To Be Reviewed stack. I finished The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro … Continue reading →
Good morning! Time: // 8:30 am (not bad for the day after Dewey’s Read-a-Thon!) The scene: // A sunny fall day in a town whose baseball team is 2 up in the NLCS. Go Cards! Listening to: // My Sunday … Continue reading →
In case you missed it, I had a piece published on Huff/Post50 over the weekend! Check out A Librarian’s Tips for Healthy Holiday Parties. Please click, comment if you want, and share! And thanks to the many people who have … Continue reading →