SBG daily ~ The Ripple Effect of Greatness

This week I’ll be posting about topics inspired by reading Something Beyond Greatness by Judy Rodgers and Gayatri Naraine.  Today, I’d like to focus on how we get inspired to acts of kindness by watching others giving of themselves. In chapter 9, “The Ripple Effect of Greatness,” the authors discuss how acts of kindness are [...]

Something Beyond Greatness by Judy Rodgers and Gayatri Naraine

Title:  Something Beyond Greatness:  Conversations With a Man of Science and a Woman of God Authors:  Judy Rodgers and Gayatri Naraine Paperback:  122 pages ISBN:  9780757307812 Pull up a chair and prepare to be inspired as the Something Beyond Greatness TLC Book Tour pulls in for a stop In the Shadow of Mt. TBR First [...]

TSS ~ Birthdays are Challenging for a Jane Austen Spaz!

K, so I started doing a Jane-a-thon last year, fully intent on reading all Jane Austen’s books, straight through, in order of publication.  I made it through Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, and Mansfield Park with no trouble…. then came Emma, and I hit a wall.  She was so dense and droning and hard [...]

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Title:  Water for Elephants Author:  Sara Gruen Paperback:  335 pages ISBN:  9781565125605 …[Camel] comes to a stop in front of a stock car.  “Joe!  Hey, Joe!” A head appears in the doorway. “I got a First of May here.  Fresh from the crate.  Think you can use him?” The figure steps forward onto the ramp.  [...]

Friday Fill-Ins ~ If We Get Dee-vorced, Is We Still Cousins?

Graphic courtesy of Tonya! And…here we go! 1. She had a great uncle who was married to his half-cousin who was the daughter of her uncle who was the brother of her mother until they were divorced, and now the entrance to the family reunions are guarded by a metal detector. 2. My left hip is by my side, [...]

Joining the Bloggie World to Congratulate Devourer Of Books!

     After much anticipation… Daniel Alexander Karsbaek has finally arrived!!! He was born at 5:20AM this morning, weighed in at 7lbs 8oz, is 21.5 inches long… and he’s absolutely beautiful, as you can see above! Everything went smoothly and mother and baby are both doing wonderfully. Please join me in congratulating Jen and Brian [...]

BTT ~ The Best Place After the Womb!

Now that summer is here (in the northern hemisphere, anyway), what is the most “Summery” book you can think of? The one that captures the essence of summer for you? (I’m not asking for you to list your ideal “beach reading,” you understand, but the book that you can read at any time of year [...]

Viral Video Wednesday and 19th Wife Winner!

Happy hump day everyone   First thing’s first:  As promised, today’s the day I announced the winner of The 19th Wife giveaway.  Despite her misgivings at being the first entrant, because Mr. Random Number doesn’t like the number 1, rhapsodyinbooks is our winner!  Congrats to ya!  If you’ll send me your address, I’ll be happy [...]

LibraryThing’s Full of Beans…

Okay, I love LibraryThing.  It was my inspiration to start blogging in the first place.  Well, not technically, since I had already been blogging for a year or so before that, but it was the inspiration for THIS blog, which is the only one I do now and I enjoy it much more than what [...]

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Title:  The Last Lecture Author:  Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow Hardcover:  207 pages ISBN:  9781401323257 Brick walls are there for a reason.  They give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Grab your box of Kleenex because you’re gonna cry, most of the time they’ll be tears of laughter, but some of them will [...]