Lady Q at Let Them Read Books is the December host of Mailbox Monday. I have high hopes that Santa will bring books this week! But last ...

Margot at Joyfully Retired is hosting a challenge for 2011 that I am very excited about: The Foodie's Reading Challenge ! I love re...

Cathy at Kittling: Books is featuring Rose City Reader in her entertaining Scene of the Blog event this week. Thanks, Cathy! Scene of ...

Now, most writers are brought to a standstill after rereading two year's work -- even one year's work, merely half a year's w...

Lady Q at Let Them Read Books is the December host of Mailbox Monday. Several books came into my house last week, many through my mail s...

It was the summer of 1998 that my neighbor Coleman Silk -- who, before retiring two years earlier, had been a classics professor at nearb...

The Blue Bookcase has started a " Literary Blog Hop " for blogs "that primarily feature reviews of literary fiction, class...

"As he struggled to his feet, fastening his belt, he saw Liana Taillefer stand up, pale and terrifying, unconcerned by her dishev...

Lady Q at Let Them Read Books is the December host of Mailbox Monday. Just when I was despairing of having no books to list in Mailbox M...

This challenge pits winners of the English Man Booker Prize against winners of the Scottish James Tait Black Memorial Prize in a British Ve...

The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch is a novel about an aging theater icon who retires to the North Sea coast of England. It is a wonderfu...

The Blue Bookcase has started a " Literary Blog Hop " for blogs "that primarily feature reviews of literary fiction, class...

Time to start my blog advent calendar!

"For Dumas, the history of France was a rich source of material.  His was an extraordinary trick: he'd leave the frame alone bu...

  Knitting and Sundries is hosting Mailbox Monday in November. Thanks Julie! Nothing came for me in the mail last week, but I did pick...