BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Only a week to go until Christmas! In some ways, this has been my favorite Christmas in a long time, because I ...

 

 

 

 

 

  Who doesn't like getting books for gifts? It's my favorite part of holiday gift giving! I haven't gotten as clever as Christie...

 

 

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS It is Friday, so time to share the first sentence or so of the book you are reading or want to highlight this wee...

 

 

  I love Mailbox Mondays in December because I get to use my snowy mailbox logo! There's never much snow in Portland, so we have to make...

 

 

 

 

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS It's the beginning of December and time for Book Beginnings on Fridays!  Sorry I was MIA last week! Thanksg...

 

Kay Trimberger is a sociologist, professor, and author. She lives and writes in Berkeley, California, which is where she was living when in ...

 

  December 1 means it's time for the Rose City Reader advent calendar of vintage Christmas cards! I love holiday traditions and this is ...

  Exploring Wine Regions is a new series of wine and travel guides launched by author and photographer Michael C. Higgins. He started the s...

  I forgot to post last night because my sister got a new puppy and I was distracted by the cute pictures. She's a little scrappy thing ...

  A splurge of new books! Yes, I think the collective noun for newly-purchased, yet unshelved books should be a splurge – like a murder of c...