Maintaining...

I was particularly touched today by Amanda's blog at The Zen Leaf.   It has admittedly been an area of worry and concern for me that I have recently started this blog, but have not done a stellar job of keeping up with it (it is never far from my mind...it's just that I happen to be the...

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My First Blog Award - Thank you!

I opened my email today and guess what I found? I've been awarded a Best Books Blog Award by Dierdra at A Storybook World.  A sincere thank you! It is exciting to get your very first (but hopefully not last) blog award! And its even more exciting to know that someone is out there reading what...

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Teaser Tuesday - 3/15/11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:-Grab your current read -Open to a random page -Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share...

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The Slap - Tsiolkas

The Slap (Christos Tsiolkas) is billed as the story of a group of friends and family who, while enjoying a barbecue one summer, are forced into a difficult situation. During yet another squabble brought on by one of the family's children, one of the fathers (but not that child's father) reacts shortly...

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Teaser Tuesday - 3/8/11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what...

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Book Beginnings - 3/4/11

How to participate: Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you're reading. Then, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based ...

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Welfare Brat - Childers

  In Welfare Brat, Mary Childers (pronounced "Chillders" according to her absent father, but "Child-ers" by her scorned mother) tells of growing up in an American-Irish family, one of seven children,  on welfare, struggling to survive in the Bronx during the racially tense 1960's. With an...

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