By what consequence am I foretold! -- The Leaves of Fate by George Robert Minkoff . This is the third volume of Minkoff 's In the L...

FINISHED Teresa at Teresa's Reading Corner is hosting the 2012 Audio Book Challenge . Click on the button or the link to go to th...

INCOMPLETE Bev at My Reader's Block is hosting the Vintage Mystery Challenge again in 2012.  This was one of my favorite challen...

Action central was Williams Avenue, an entertainment strip where you could find jazz twenty-four hours a day. -- Jumptown: The Golden Years...

TAKE THE GRAND TOUR January 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013 FINISHED This is my sign up page for the European Reading Challenge . P...

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FINISHED MY BOOKS The Comedians , reviewed here ;  May We Borrow Your Husband? , reviewed here .  ORIGINAL SIGN UP Carri...

When most people think of the origins of jazz, Portland, Oregon, is not the first place that comes to mind. -- from Jim Swenson 's For...

FINISHED Bev at My Reader's Block is hosting the 2012 Mt. TBR Challenge .  I am signing up at the Mr Kilimanjaro level to read ...

Margot at Joyfully Retired hosted one of my favorite challenges in 2011: The Foodie's Reading Challenge !  I am looking forward to th...

As he turned towards the courthouse and drove along Central Park, a figure shot out in front of him.  He slammed on the brakes as the hoode...

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James Beard was the "Dean of American Cuisine."  Before Alice Waters was even born, he was championing regional, seasonal cooki...

FINISHED Julie at My Book Retreat is hosting her first challenge, geared towards reading more nonfiction. To make it more of a challe...

Naomi awoke to mint. -- The Oregon Experiment by Keith Scribner , published by Alfred A. Knopf .  I don't really know what to expect f...

  The ship he meant was the Liverpool Merchant, Captain Saul Thurso, and he had never seen her, though she carried the seeds of all his dre...

He returned to Dimbola to find Catherine in Holland House with Sir John, sipping tepid tea and bemoaning the imperfections in her photograp...

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  When Proust recollected the precise taste sensation of the little scalloped madeleine cakes served at tea by his aunt, it led him into hi...