Thanks for joining me for the first Mailbox Monday of 2013! MM was created by Marcia , who graciously hosted it for a long, long time...

2013 European Reading Challenge January 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014 THIS IS THE PAGE TO LIST YOUR REVIEWS. IF YOU HAVE FINISHED...

This is the list of the 94 books I read in 2012, in the order that I read them, with links to the 52 reviews I wrote. 2012 was the fi...

One of my blog New Year's resolutions is to abandon a couple of my routine posts and concentrate more on reviews. The biggest "t...

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the s...

My book rating system is pretty little loosey goosey.  I don't include star ratings on my reviews, only on my annual list of books r...

Authors tend to be readers, so it is natural for them to create characters who like to read.  It is always interesting to me to read ...

See's trademark buttercream tastes great for a very good reason. Sugar, cream, and other ingredients are caramelized at 248°F in Paul...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! MM was created by Marcia , who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it...

John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was a long, slow slog through a lexicon of Cold War spy jargon. The sequel, The Honourabl...

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the s...

Because Christmas is tomorrow, I am putting my Teaser Tuesday post up today. For half an hour I sat with straining ears.  The suddenly...

There is just enough time today to make my favorite Christmas cookie -- Candied Ginger Cardamom Bars. This is the one I love to eat Chri...

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial...

Iris Murdoch ’s 1987 novel, The Book and the Brotherhood , is subtitled “A Story about Love and Friendship and Marxism,” which pretty m...

Brunetti and Cataldo, as often happened in the city, had never been introduced to one another, although Brunetti knew the general outline ...

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! MM was created by Marcia , who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it...

  Audrey Braun’s first thriller, A Small Fortune , was an unputdownable race through the jungles of Mexico to the the high-finance world ...