TSS ~ Blindfold the Groundhog! I’m Protesting Winter!

Okay, so I’ve had just about enough of this wispy white and cold crap.  I’m not fond of having my breath stolen from my lungs because it’s so cold it’s painful to breathe in at all.  Maybe if I just hibernate for the rest of the winter?  Gah!  I’d still have to go out to [...]

January Wrap-Up

Every month I intend to create a bloggie wrap-up.  I swear to myself I’m gonna do it next month.  Then, the first of the month rolls around and I read Fyrefly’s and DevourerofBook’s, among others, and I say, “Ah CRAP! I forgot to do a wrap-up post!  Dang it!  Okay, I’ll do it next month, [...]

Looking Forward to Fellowship in February!

Oh, I’m soooo looking forward to reading The Fellowship of the Rings next month!  I had started reading it in 2008, a first read, and got sidetracked and never picked it back up again.  The last thing I remember is that they were in the Inn of the Prancing Pony and the Nazgul were about [...]

LOTR Readalong – The Hobbit

I love the fantasy genre, have read Paolini, and am absolutely in love with Katsa and Po in Graceling.  I’ve read all the books in The Chronicles of Narnia, play World of Warcraft, and I rather enjoyed Goblins! An UnderEarth Adventure.  So when I read about the Tolkein Readalong, I decided to Crash the Unexpected Party. [...]

Friday Fill-Ins ~ The LOST Bionic Invisible Blogger!

1. Wouldn’t it be easy _to sneak into the vault at the bank and help myself *sigh* if only I had the power of invisibility_.  2. _Gentlemen, we can rebuild her. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic blogger. The Kool-Aid Mom will be that blogger.  She will be_ better [...]

BTT ~ Dune Thief’s Daughters

Jackie says, “I love books with complicated plots and unexpected endings. What is your favourite book with a fantastic twist at the end?” So, today’s question is in two parts. 1. Do YOU like books with complicated plots and unexpected endings? 2. What book with a surprise ending is your favorite? Or your least favorite? [...]

The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine

Title:  The Blue Notebook Author:  James A. Levine Paperback: 210 pages (ARC) Published:  2009 ISBN:  9780385528719 Acquired:  won through LibraryThing’s ER March 2009 batch Challenges:  The ARC Reading Challenge 2010, New Author Challenge 2010, POC Reading Challenge The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine is a fictional novel told from the point of view of Batuk Ramasdeen, [...]

A-Z Wednesday ~ Kissin’ Frogs

Welcome to A-Z Wednesday!! A-Z Wednesday is hosted by Vicki at Reading At The Beach To join, here’s all you have to do: Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week. Post: 1~ a photo of the book 2~ title and synopsis 3~ link(amazon, barnes and [...]

She Is Too Fond of Books ~ The Kool-Aid Flavor of the Week

This week’s Flavor of the Week award goes to Dawn at She Is Too Fond of Books A week or so ago, Dawn posted about Kiva.org, a micro-lending organization that hooks up people like you and me, with people overseas to help alleviate poverty and to provide them with self-sufficiancy. The presentation I attended last [...]

TSS ~ Oh, the Book Gluttony!

This weekend, my local library held their first book sale since before Thanksgiving, which meant I had gone TWO WHOLE MONTHS without being able to peruse, pet, and purchase previously loved (some more lightly than others) books.  I LOVE the library sales!  If I could, I’d just pack them all up and take them home.  As it [...]

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