Upcoming Release: The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews

I have read 76 books so far in 2009. Whew, in the past 25 years I have never kept track of my reading, so as much as I knew I read A LOT I have never counted before. I impress even myself (and I have a VERY high opinion of myself fyi). Why am I mentioning [...]

Where there is no will, there is no power

I have no will power. I tried to trick myself into having some by saying, “Ok you are not allowed to slake your lust for reading until you write a good blog post.” (or 5) So I managed not to read ONE SINGLE BOOK in the past 7 days ( a huge feat for me) but I [...]

Bibliophilic Voyeurism

Something about that title puts my mind firmly in the gutter. It’s entrenched there most of the time anyways, I just can’t help it. But people was I MEANT WAS I am always sneaking peeks at what people are reading. I get a rush when I can read the cover, catch the title on top of [...]

The Matchmaker of Périgord, by Julia Stuart

Title: The Matchmaker of Périgord Author: Julia Stuart Genre: Literary fiction (and I think dabbling in the burgeoning food-lit genre too) Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: August 5th, 2008 Paperback: 318 pages Stand alone or series: stand alone Why did I read this book: I saw it on the end-cap facing out on the new releases [...]

Friday Finds (May 15)

What great books did you hear about or discover this week? Share with us at Friday Finds! Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading!   I will be reading lots this weekend as I only have two plans: Bridal shower in PA (one of my MANY romance related events this year) Going to our [...]

I don’t wear coke bottle glasses but I did get a Large Print book from the library

It was imperative that I get my grubby little mitts on Devilish by Jo Beverly as it was the last book in a series I was reading, but sadly my library did not have it. Then hark! For what did I spy in the online catalog? But the very title which I sought! Just in [...]

Housekeeepeeeng! [Awards and memes]

Time for a little housekeeping around the lusty reading den. I received two bloggie awards and need to pass them along and I was also tagged in a meme [which incidentally is not pronounced Mee mee, like I thought. But it's about me, wouldn't that make sense? Sigh, I'm just gonna add that to the list [...]

Got your STD

Email Subject: Got your STD To Danni: It’s gorgeous! I love the colors, it really pops out on our fridge. To me: It is lovely to get emails entitled “Got your STD.”  I thought it was junk mail for the clap or something!! To Danni: yay getting married and not having to be worried about getting [...]

The Laurentine Spy, by Emily Gee

In honor of the fabulous blog I found this book on I’m using their book review format: Title: The Laurentine Spy Author: Emily Gee Genre: Fantasy with strong romantic elements Publisher: Solaris Release Date: May 5th, 2009 Paperback: 410 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Summary: The Corhonase citadel is a place of virtue [...]

Trivia I learned from books Vol. 4

Every now and then in the 782354 books I read I’ll come across a phrase, word, or noun that seems like I should know what it is, but I don’t. The author slipped it in like it was common knowledge and there are some context clues, but I need to know more! So off to [...]