Cotillion by Georgette Heyer Didn't know there was a "witty YA romance set in the Regency era" genre? Well, you do now.
The Host by Stephanie Meyer Meyer became a household name this year, with her Twilight series soaring to new heights of popularity. In what I think her best work to date, she redefines the genre of romantic SF.
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What books would you recommend to someone who wanted to be cheered up? I'm not talking about self-help titles, but easy, gentle reads that might lift you up a bit when you need it. They shouldn't be graphic. They can be fiction or nonfiction. They can range from "older child/YA" on up. They can have spiritual overtones, but shouldn't be ( Read more... )

Recently I read the fantastic and funny Hit and Run, fourth in Block's series about Keller the hit man. However, those of you who have just tuned in may not yet know of my love for Block. So, instead, I am writing a this post in praise of this mystery writer and his several series.

My old friend zzbottom introduced me to Burglars Can't Be Choosers a ( Read more... )

As of the end of the year (January first, 2009) I will be changing from a five-star system to a letter grade system ( Read more... )

So, I was torn over whether to read Breaking Dawn, the triumphant and monstrously huge conclusion to Stephanie Meyer's Twilight epic. Then, I heard from omnia_mutantur about a long, hilariously funny recap that would tell me all I needed to know, without the pain, trauma, and disappointment of having to read another 500 pages of teen vampire angst and whining ( Read more... )

Today was my bookswap. It was a lovely time and there were tons of books and people. teratomarty, mrpet, and L were all super helpful in keeping things running smoothly. trouble4hire provided cheezy biscuits and a marvelous sense of calm (and not just to me!) tsuj went out of her way to drop off the hardcover books at More Than Words after we were done. And everyone who was ( Read more... )

The Color of Magic. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Erotica Vampirica. Chicken Licken. 501 Spanish Verbs. Then She Found Me. What to Expect When You're Expecting. In Defense of Food. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. A Scanner Darkly. You: On a Diet. Wildly Foxtrot. The Amber Spyglass. Running with Scissors. Smoke and Mirrors.

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The subtitle of this book is "The Health Drink Sweeping America." It is the only book on kombucha easily available through my library system. Of course, I had to check it out, and I read it in just a few hours. The book consists of an introduction, which describes how the two authors got involved with kombucha, thirty pages of testimonials by ( Read more... )

For starters, I wanted to mention that I bought and am now reading Tristan Taormino's new book on open relationships, Opening Up. Nobody that I know seems to have read this book yet and I was dying to know how it was and the library didn't have it. So, I bought the bullet - I don't usually buy books new unless I've already read them and ( Read more... )