Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
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Each week, Booking Through Thursday asks a book related question. This week, the question is: What were your favorite books from 2008? I don’t usually do lists of favorites, because my taste in books changes so often, and I read so quickly, that sometimes, I don’t even remember to list or review. But since you [...]
Nights in Rodanthe Nicholas Sparks Get it from Amazon. When it comes to Nicholas Sparks novels, I generally prefer the movies. It’s not that he’s a bad writer, particularly – people seem to love his work – but I can’t quite grasp all the fuss. His stories tend to be on the sad side, he [...]
On Teaser Tuesdays readers are asked to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between 7 and 12 lines. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way [...]
Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas John Baxter Get it at Amazon John Baxter has long been one of my favorite essayists, and not just because he writes about life as an ex-pat living in Paris. In his most recent offering, An Immoveable Feast, (and yes, the title is a reference to a certain Hemingway publication) [...]
The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
