Archive for August, 2009

Sunday Salon: Ship-shape

I realize that I’m actually writing this on Monday evening. I’m either slightly late for yesterday, or really early for the 30th, but either way I was mulling this over yesterday, but never manage to post it. My reading this week has been a leisurely revisiting of one of my favorite books, Maiden Voyage, by [...]

In Progress: Animals In Translation by Temple Grandin

My birthday was last Monday (the 17th), and, as usual, I received a book from my aunt in Connecticut. In recent years she’s been sending more non-fiction than fiction, but I’m not sure that’s intentional. In any case, she knows that there is no drug rehab equivalent for bibliophiles, and really, as addictions go, reading [...]

Review: Life’s A Beach by Clare Cook

I picked up Clare Cook’s novel Life’s a Beach because I was in the mood for a book to give me a jolt of laughter the way thoroughbreds get a jolt of energy and nutrients when given horse supplements. I was not disappointed. Ginger is a fun-loving, woman a bit older than I am (specifically, [...]

Review: The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

When I saw The Wednesday Sisters on the “new in paperback” table at Barnes and Noble, I had to read the back cover. I did so, and took it home, along with about twelve other books. In my defense – not that one needs to DEFEND book buying – I had spent almost an entire [...]

Review: The Missing Keys to Thriving in Any Real Estate Market by Eddie Godshalk, MBA

The Missing Keys to Thriving in Any Real Estate Market: How to Create Wealth in Any Community Using Street Analysis Technology Eddie Godshalk, MBA Get it at Amazon If you’ve never working in any aspect of the real estate market, you may not think Eddie Godshalk’s book, The Missing Keys to Thriving in Any Real [...]

Review: A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi

A Circle of Souls Preetham Grandhi Get it at Amazon >> When Preetham Grandhi contacted me via this blog, asking if I’d consider reviewing his new novel, A Circle of Souls, I immediately stopped surfing websites for Myrtle beach vacation rentals and jumped at the chance. I was in the mood for a thriller, I [...]

Review: Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl by Susan McCorkindale

Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl Susan McCorkindale Get it from Amazon >> I picked up Susan McCorkindale’s humorous memoir on a whim, largely because the blurb on the back cover mentioned something about living miles away from any Starbucks. As someone who has had that experience, and who considers “roughing it” to be a [...]

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