Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen. ...she was furious at the way she fell in love with small things that turned out to be meaningless. -The Night Guest ... Read More...
From Scratch: Inside the Food Network
A bit of backstory: in the early 2000s when my husband was traveling a great deal for work, we would talk at the end of the day. Several trips in a row, when we spoke, he said he had either grabbed something to eat on the way to the hotel or had room service (which he hates). I noticed that every time the television was on in the background so I finally asked, “What is so good ... Read More...
The Night Guest
Ruth is a widow who lives alone and is awakened late one night by the sound of a tiger in her living room. As improbable as it sounds she is convinced, to the point of calling her grown son and describing the incident to him. Even after falling back asleep and waking to a normal morning, she wonders if it actually happened. It is this delicate interplay between reality and ... Read More...
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
After an absence of 14 years Bridget Jones is back in Helen Fielding’s newest novel, Mad About the Boy. The novel is set in present day meaning that while the whole gang is back, they’ve all got steady jobs now and are discussing Botox and fillers to fight off aging. Yes, the flighty and funny Bridget Jones is now entering her fifties and, hold on to your hat, she has ... Read More...
Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-A-Thon: Evening Hours
Kind of no point in saying it's hour 17 (even though it is) of Dewey's Readathon, because I started 4 hours late. However, now is when I'll really come into my own. At least that's what my 27-year-old self would say. At my age, I'll do my best but will probably crash by 2am. Here's what's happened so far: Readathon Stat Tracker Pages Read: 418 Hours Read: 8.5 I ... Read More...
Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-A-Thon
I'm way behind at this point but won't make excuses. I'm a first timer who heard about this from my blogging friend Shannon at River City Reading. The read-a-thon started at 5am PST but if you know me even remotely, you know I barely acknowledge 5am much less read at that hour. So now I'm up and going. I'm 100 pages into my first book Lexicon which I've wanted to read for some ... Read More...
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