One or two of you may have noticed that I haven't been posting much these days. Honestly, I'm not sure why. Nothing particularly tragic or life-altering has occurred; I just seem to have lost interest in reviewing books or meeting challenge requirements. I decided to quit the 12 in 12 challenge at LibraryThing, which was a fairly major decision for ( Read more... )

Ever read a book that all your friends were raving about, only to wonder what on earth they were thinking? I'm having a similar experience with The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.


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My name is Christina, and I am a spine breaker ( Read more... )

I'm often grateful to my book-blogging friends for their recommendations of books to read. I've made some great discoveries through LJ and other sites, and often I'll love a recommended book that I would never have discovered on my own.

That said, sometimes good buzz about a book has the exact opposite effect on me. If everyone is raving about how ( Read more... )

"10 Things I Hate About You," anyone?

Anyway, I haven't had much to post lately because I've been plugging away at Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Don't get me wrong; this book is good, really good. I've enjoyed many of Dickens' novels, but I've never really considered myself a fan. I think this book might change my mind, though --  I'm beginning ( Read more... )

At the risk of sounding horribly braggy (apologies in advance!) or tempting fate, I just have to say: the internet freaking loves me right now! A couple of days ago, I found out that I won the fabulous giveaway at Giraffe Days: $30 in books of my choice from The Book Depository! I have requested Pegasus by Robin McKinley, StarCrossed by Elizabeth C ( Read more... )

I'm not really in a slump, per se; I'm still interested in reading and have a lot of great books lined up for this month. The problem is, that pesky "life" thing keeps getting in the way! I've been monumentally busy lately, and I simply haven't had the time to read.

It probably doesn't help that I'm in the middle of Tim O'Brien's The Things They ( Read more... )

I spent last night taking inventory of the books I own, and I decided to part with about 35 of them. Every once in a while I like to do a book purge -- it clears the mind. :) Then I decided to spend today dusting my bookshelves, which were really getting dirty and gross. I've been taking all my books off the shelves, wiping the shelves down, ( Read more... )

In the course of my internet wanderings the other day, I came across an interesting website called Writing World. It has a ton of articles on each major literary genre with advice on how to write well in that genre. Naturally, I was most interested in the romance section, because I was curious to see what kind of advice would be given for a genre ( Read more... )

I've been even more book-crazy than usual lately. This month I've been acquiring them left, right, and center: Amazon, the library, Paperback Swap...no avenue is safe from my literary gluttony. The problem is, I keep seeing these new books that I really really want! For example, this book actually produced a little screech of glee from me:


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