January has been overwhelming me as a reader.  I'm reviewing books again, plus I agreed to critique a book for a friend (more on that in a minute) plus a long biography for a book club, plus trying to fit in books I actually want to read that Charlie and I are both reading.  So, I'm going back on my plans and I'm going to be a little more laid back ( Read more... )

http://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/243892

Hopefully that link works.  I'll work on a better way to list the books I read in 2013 before next January, but this should link to a page of the books I read in 2012 on Goodreads, if you're interested.

For those of you interested in children's/YA literature, I highly recommend following the Battle of the Kids' Books. They take sixteen of the best books of last year, bracket them in alphabetical order, and get authors to decide each match. This year, I decided I wanted to read all of the books being discussed, and it's a lot of fun. I still ( Read more... )

The inspiration for the book reviews post was actually the fact that the ALA awards were announced today. And then I forgot to mention that ( Read more... )

Hey look! A post that's not whining! (Yay for an honest-to-goodness napping child ( Read more... )

I am really going to try to post more frequently, I promise.

Here's a meme from mi_er. She gave me the letter C. If you'd like me to give you a letter, let me know in the comments! But feel free to comment even if you don't want a letter of your own ( Read more... )