For those of us living in the US, our “spring forward” to daylight savings time is this weekend. Given the number of times I’ve written about jet lag on my blog (jet lag recovery in Bath, quiet supper in a garden … Continue reading →
Trish at Love, Laughter, and Insanity is hosting a fun event today — she asked book bloggers to record a day’s activities and share them. I chose Tuesday — which wasn’t really a typical day because it was Bloggiesta, but … Continue reading →
About a week into the six-week New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge, I was desperate to read some books just for fun. I devoured a whole bunch of library books and e-books by authors that I already know and love. This … Continue reading →
Book: Cinder by Marissa Meyer Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Publication date: 2012 Pages: 390 Source: My copy is an ARC, sent by a friend who was done with it. Does anyone else want it? I normally send my books … Continue reading →
There were a variety of posts last week. Two on exercise: Readers’ Workouts April 24 Book Review: Instant Recess by Toni Yancey My Wednesday word was “sere” and I wasn’t the only one surprised that I didn’t know what looks … Continue reading →
My word this week is sere. I found it in Quatrain by Sharon Shinn: He emerged from the darkness of the tunnel into a sere and broken landscape. According to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (1979), there are two definitions with … Continue reading →
Dewey’s Read-a-Thon was very good for my reading last week. Here are the two posts that reported my progress with that: Dewey’s Read-a-Thon All Day! Dewey’s Read-a-Thon Wrap-Up Before the Read-a-Thon, I visited the St. Louis Art Museum and, among … Continue reading →
Wondrous Words Wednesday is hosted by Bermudaonion’s Weblog. Kathy says: “Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading.” My word for the week is minatory. This is from General … Continue reading →
It’s Monday! What Are Your Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. Be sure to check out her post today to see her selections and the list of links to all the other participating bloggers. My … Continue reading →
It’s Monday! What Are Your Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. Be sure to check out her post today to see her selections and the list of links to all the other participating bloggers. I … Continue reading →