Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should be Reading: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the [...]

The Quickening by Michelle Hoover Available June 29, 2010 224 Pages Published by Other Press Category: Literary Fiction Official site: Michelle Hoover The Quickening is a story told by two women – Enidina, strong and driven to work along side her husband on their farm; and Mary, a delicate woman who takes care of her [...]

There’s been quite a backlash of reaction to The New Yorker‘s “20 Under 40” issue, which selected 20 authors to watch for who are under 40 years of age. But instead of focusing on the unfavorable press, I decided to do a roundup of responses from blogs and other publications that made their own author [...]

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should be Reading: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the [...]

Yes, I have a problem. I purchase more books than I could possibly read, so this week’s Weekly Geeks challenge is an easy one for me: share your habits, tendencies or obsessions when it comes to this book hoarding behavior. To give you an example, I have a separate “to be read” pile that I [...]

Yes! Nick Hornby’s “Stuff I’ve Been Reading” column is back in The Believer magazine as of May 2010. I just finished reading his article within June’s volume and it’s absolutely fantastic. Here’s a sample: Surely we all occasionally buy books because of a daydream we’re having – a little fantasy about the people we might [...]

I love writing lists, so this week’s Weekly Geeks challenge is perfect for me. Is your wish list as big as your TBR pile? Are there any new releases that you are counting down the days for? Share a handful of titles and be sure to share why you want to get your hands on [...]

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should be Reading: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the [...]

This past week has been filled with wonderful events and people at BookExpo America and the Book Blogger Convention. To start off the week, I toured Penguin’s headquarters in NYC. Everyone there was lovely and answered all of our questions about the publishing house. Even more exciting, I met a few fellow book bloggers including [...]

With Summer just around the corner, I’ve been thinking about what to read this season. Here are some links that highlight what’s hot this Summer. The Summer Book Preview at The Wall Street Journal includes recommendations for some of the big reads coming out. There’s also a section called “What are you reading?” and I [...]