Bookfoolery

Happy 2015! Christmas in 2014 was, for this family, all about starry-eyed kitties climbing trees (Isabel), untying ribbons on packages...

During the past year, I'd convinced myself that American book covers were finally on the upswing. There have definitely been some new re...

Can't sleep so I decided I might as well quickly type an update.  I'm working diligently on my  Life After Life  review and F2F ...

This was my week.  I kid you not. I can't even begin to tell you what all went haywire and you wouldn't want to hear it, but pa...

Kidding about the bridge.  But, wow.  One day you say you're going to skip your regular post because you're planning to dash out ...

I just had an epiphany, this week.  When I mention books that have "walked in" (aka, arrivals), it never occurs to me to mentio...

I hope you can enlarge this photo to see how the cats have been into everything during our move: I haven't updated our progress on the h...

. . . but I have several excellent excuses. NaNoing, for example. So far, life seems to be occasionally getting in the way of the novel wr...

This is going to be one of those rambling posts because I'm in kind of a bummery mood. I think the heat is getting to me. We'll st...

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Copyright 2011 Philomel Books - YA/WWII 352 pages Lina, a Lithuanian, is 15 years old and looking for...

Photo credit There have been several really interesting articles by authors that have me thinking, lately. Justine Larbalestier's ...

I'm still battling a late-summer slump (yep, it's still freaking hot down here in the underbelly of the nation) but I don't want...

Life After Genius by M. Ann Jacoby Copyright 2008 Grand Central Publishing - Fiction/General 394 pages, incl. reading group guide The fact t...