CarrieK | August 8, 2010
I didn’t do a Sunday Salon or a July wrap-up last week, so here’s both in one post. I’ve had some great reading experiences this past week – including finishing The Help and Red Hook Road on audio and Beautiful Creatures in print. Today, I gave up on The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay [...]
CarrieK | August 7, 2010
Author links: ~ Shannon Hale: How to be a writer’s friend (or spouse) ~ Andi at Estella’s Revenge has an interview with Lucy Knisley, author of the graphic memoir French Milk. ~ Beth Kephart: How do you choose the books you are going to read? Discussion starters: ~ Books Lists Life: The problem with series [...]
CarrieK | July 24, 2010
As a complete biblioholic, I have tried to pass on a love of reading to my kids, with mixed results. My daughter, Natalie, is 13-years-old, and has a “to-read” list almost as long as mine. She loves to read, and in spite of my initial apprehension that she would only read Nancy Drew and Twilight-type [...]
CarrieK | July 14, 2010
Sometime over my weekend of alone time and binge-reading, I completed my 100th book of the year. Since it’s easier to figure out percentages when you’re dealing with an even 100, I thought it would be interesting to record some stats on my reading so far this year: Source: 40% library copies 30% review copies [...]
CarrieK | June 19, 2010
I didn’t like the reader of this audiobook, and so gave up listening to it, but did love one passage enough to look it up to share: The library in summer is the most wonderful thing because there you get books on any subject and read them each for only as long as they hold [...]
CarrieK | June 19, 2010
First of all, I want to highlight an event I am very excited about – Audiobook Week! Jen at Devourer of Books is putting this together for next week, June 21st to 25th, and she has some fantastic ideas for theme posts and some great giveaways going on. If you love audiobooks as much as [...]
CarrieK | June 5, 2010
Author links: ~ Shannon Hale: Morals and values and lessons, oh my! Discussion starters: ~ Insert Suitably Snappy Title Here: Literary mashups – what do you think? ~ Book Chick City: Genre Misconceptions – have you ever been wrong? ~ Becky’s Book Reviews: Imagine a Blog(ger) Without Guilt ~ Truth, Beauty, Freedom & Books: Objective [...]
CarrieK | June 1, 2010
Books finished in May: The Passage by Justin Cronin – 5 stars – my review The New Kid on the Block: Poems by Jack Prelutsky – 3 stars Letter to My Daughter by George Bishop – 4 stars – my review Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy (audiobook) – 3 stars – my review The Heart [...]
