CarrieK | March 31, 2010
Title: The Lotus Eaters Author: Tatjana Soli Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: ARC from TLC Book Tours First line: The city teetered in a dream state. Helen Adams is a photojournalist in Vietnam – one of the only women covering actual combat, recon, and rescue assignments. [...]
CarrieK | March 31, 2010
I’m interrupting my normal books and movie blogging schedule to wish Kevin “Happy Anniversary!” We have been married fifteen years today – and we still love each other. Pretty amazing. I would do it again in a heartbeat – and I’m looking forward to fifteen more. I love you! You will now be returned to [...]
CarrieK | March 31, 2010
Whatcha Watchin’? Wednesday is a feature in which I talk about the TV we’re watching, either on DVD or on cable. Feel free to grab the graphic, join in, and play along – just leave a link to your post in the comments. At the height of World War II, France is occupied and all [...]
CarrieK | March 30, 2010
A young woman in a wheelchair, wearing a black nylon poncho spattered with rain, is pushing herself through the morning. You have seen how pianists sometimes bend forward to strike the keys, then lift their hands, draw back to rest, then lean again to strike just as the chord fades. Such is the way this [...]
CarrieK | March 29, 2010
Twitter can be dangerous, in that my book blogging friends are always tweeting about the wonderful books they’re reading, and then I end up putting them on hold at the library, or adding them to my multi-page wish list. But, for once, Twitter is going to help me reduce the unread books on my shelves. [...]
CarrieK | March 29, 2010
In this re-imagined classic family tale, Mr. and Mrs. Fox (George Clooney and Meryl Streep) live a happy home life with their eccentric son Ash (Jason Schwartzman) and visiting nephew Kristopherson. That is until Mr. Fox slips into his sneaky, old ways and plots the greatest heist the animal world has ever seen. When mean [...]
CarrieK | March 29, 2010
An uproarious send-up of politics and the press, Scoop chronicles the misadventures of William Boot (Michael Maloney, Truly, Madly, Deeply) – an innocent, wide-eyed nature columnist thrust into the role of war correspondent. Sent to cover a revolution in the dusty African republic of Ishmaelia, Boot encounters no actual fighting but a veritable army of [...]
CarrieK | March 28, 2010
Well, I was informed by the Sunday Salon police last week that the weekly Sunday Salon post is supposed to be about reading. Fine, fine. I definitely don’t want to get in trouble again, so here’s what I’ve been reading lately. My night-time reading has been especially good. I’m almost done with Maps and Legends: [...]
