The Blue Bookcase hosts a " Literary Blog Hop " for blogs "that primarily feature reviews of literary fiction, classic lit...

One of Portland's many blessings is Forest Park, a swath of green on the city's western flank, covering over 5,100 acres and conta...

Little Spinoza's head flew up and  the horse plunged forward into the small party gathering at the winner's circle.  A woman screa...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! I also have a new GIVEAWAY this week and three winners of last week's giveaway.  Keep readin...

The Palace Council by Stephen L. Carter is not what it looks like it is going to be. It has a cover on it like a typical political thri...

The Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge is hosted by My Reader's Block. The goal is to read mysteries written before 1960. I signed u...

Inside the back gate of Indian Mound Downs, a hot-walking machine creaked round and round. -- Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon, which won...

Philip Roth's The Human Stain packs a wallop like few novels can deliver. The book opens by suggesting an interesting, but modest st...

"He was more than six feet high, was in the prime of life, had small feet for his height, wore coarse, square-toed boots and smoked a...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! I also have a new giveaway this week and three winners of last week's giveaway.  Keep readin...

C. P. Snow (1905 - 1980) was a British author best known for his 11-volume "Strangers and Brother's" series. Published betw...

It is a new year, and time to assess my reading progress for the year just closed and make plans for 2011. This is the third of my quarte...

This is the list of the 114 books I read in 2010, in the order that I read them. For an explanation of my rating system, see here . There...