This is my last round of State of the Blog posts.  I've used these quarterly blog assessment posts to keep track of the progress I...

  Striding through the gray trudge of pedestrians along Michigan Avenue, Jake puzzled over why the U.S. attorney general had asked...

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...