Monthly Archives: May 2010
Things on my mind as I prepare for New York City
I’m just three days away from making the trip to New York City for the Book Blogger Convention, and do you think I’ve even started to think about the journey, my clothes or — more importantly — what books I’m bringing?! Well, … Continue reading
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Where I am
So work has been crazy and my sister is graduating from college (main commencement was last night; her smaller commencement for her journalism program is today) and we’re having parties for her, then going out on a boat Sunday to … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Somebody Everybody Listens To’ by Suzanne Supplee
For Retta Lee Jones, the town of Starling, Tennessee has never been big enough to house her dreams. Fresh from high school graduation and sweating over a stove at a low-end diner job, Retta’s been talking about leaving town and heading to … Continue reading
Filed under 3-star reads, book reviews
S’mores cupcakes? Put a little teddy in it
While I’ve stalled out a bit on my whole “learning to cook” plans, I definitely have not given up on the baking side of things. Riding high off the success of our macaroons, I sauntered back into the kitchen to … Continue reading
Filed under food & drink, recipes
Cleaning out my closet, Polly Pocket edition
In an effort to make the house less cluttered and way more liveable, my family and I have been on a rampage to destroy clutter any and everywhere we find it — just in time to get new furniture, do … Continue reading
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If I had to run away with a book character . . .
. . . Well, I’d have a hard time choosing. But I have a feeling I’d narrow it down somewhere in the vicinity of the one man who stole my heart so completely, I’ve struggled to even wrap my mind … Continue reading
Filed under book talk, crushes & drooling
Book review: ‘On Folly Beach’ by Karen White
Emmy Hamilton arrives in Folly Beach, South Carolina with a heavy heart. Her beloved husband, Ben, has been killed while fighting in Afghanistan; her mother, though compassionate, can barely stand for the grief of it all. Devastated at having to … Continue reading
Filed under 4-star reads, book reviews
