A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
For Mari’s Sherlock Holmes reading challenge, I’ve read the first two books (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, of course) so far. I honestly can’t remember if I’ve read any Sherlock Holmes books before. I...
View ArticleBoard Book of the Week: Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton
Books can be hard to talk about. And children’s books — especially ones with less than 20 pages — can be particularly tough, at least for me, so far. But I think I found a way to make this work. I...
View ArticleMini-reviews: Mysteries
Warning: Some of these reviews contain spoilers. Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear (March 2013, Harper), 352 pages I loved the color and spices of India that infused this novel, the...
View ArticleBest of Reading for 2013
I’m borrowing shamelessly from Trish at Love, Laughter & Insanity (who got it from Jamie of The Perpetual Page Turner) so I didn’t have to come up with the questions, too. Just the answers will be...
View ArticleRandom on a Monday
In the past week, I preordered a book for the first time ever. Something Other Than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidently Found It by Jennifer Fulwiler of Conversion Diary I’m...
View Article‘Living simply isn’t actually an option these days …’
“‘At first,'” … “‘it was more a matter of what I didn’t want. Well before I finished college, it had become clear to me that the standard deal — a modicum of luxury, in exchange for one’s free time and...
View ArticleThe Catch by Taylor Stevens
I LOVED The Informationist. I read and loved The Innocent. And The Doll. So it’s no surprise, really, that Taylor Stevens’s latest, The Catch, was another winner for me. For one thing, I love the...
View ArticleBooks that have had the most impact on me
Back in December, when the current meme of Top Ten Most Influential books was going around Facebook for the first time, I made a list but never got around to sharing it. I was just tagged (this time it...
View ArticlePicture books in our hands
I experienced something new last week: The online library system said I couldn’t reserve any more books because I’d reached my (25-book) limit. (That reminds me … I wasn’t quite able to reserve all I’d...
View ArticleCome Rain or Come Shine by Jan Karon
Come Rain or Come Shine by Jan Karon, Mitford book 13 (GP Putnam’s Sons, September 2015), 304 pages This installment in the beloved series is set at Meadowgate. Father Tim and Cynthia are settled in...
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