December 26, 2009 – 11:05 pm
So here are the books that I found under the tree Christmas morning:
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
Under the Dome by Stephen King
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Women of the Bible by Sue and Lawrence Richards
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
What was your favorite Christmas [...]
October 6, 2009 – 4:42 pm
When I got up this morning I had all the good intentions of working with some of my pre-school clients. I set out for Inverness with my day planned in my head. As I turned onto the main highway towards town I just couldn’t help myself.
The local Dunkin’ Donuts was beckoning to me with their [...]
It’s been awhile since I made my way over to Booking Through Thursday. I found it rather humorous that today, Deb’s prompt is:
Give me the list or take a picture of all the books you have stacked on your bedside table, hidden under the bed or standing in your shelf – the books you [...]
I was in the waiting room of our local health department this morning (waiting to get my Tetanus shot so I can play around in my garden safely ~ ouch) and this is the conversation I overheard between a mother and young son:
Son: Mommy, will you read this book to me?
The son climbed up on [...]
A neighbor of mine recently loaned me this book titled: Boundaries: When to Say Yes/How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life. The book is so good that I had to go out and purchase my own copy (thank goodness for my educator’s discount card!!). I couldn’t very well mark up HER copy [...]
April 24, 2009 – 12:43 am
This is it!!! I first heard about the Big Stone Gap series by reading a comment written over at Thoughts of Joy (one of my favorites places to find books for my ‘To Be Read’ list). I am so glad that I did!! I have really enjoyed this book and have already checked out the [...]
March 12, 2009 – 12:39 pm
So how does this happen??? I am currently reading 5 absolutely enthralling books at one time:
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Invisible No More: The Secret Lives of Women Over Fifty by Renee Fisher, Joyce Kramer and Jean Peelen
The Second Lady by Irving Wallace
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
Betrayal by John Lescroart
Perhaps it is [...]
February 20, 2009 – 11:25 pm
No sooner do I have my ‘To Be Read’ pile down to a manageable stack something uncontrollable happens. I must.must.must. replace one book read with five new ‘To Be Read’ books. It’s just a crazy quirk in my personality….and of course the addictive surge that flows through my veins whenever I touch a book that [...]