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On booking through Thursday and winter reading:
Today’s Booking Through Thursday:
The northern hemisphere, at least, is socked in by winter right now… So, on a cold, wintry day, when you want nothing more than to curl up with a good book on the couch … what kind of reading do you want to do?
There’s something about [...]

On end of the year best-of lists, a retrospective look at the highlights of 2009, YA books, new discoveries, dark magic, and a whole lot of good reading:
I’m sure you’ve never heard me say this before, but I love end-of-the-year best-of lists.  I love the ones published by newspapers and magazines and especially those published [...]

On saying goodbye to sunshine, beaches, warm weather, and fruity alcoholic drinks with umbrellas in them:

I’m back! Actually, I’ve been back for a few days now, but jag lag demanded my attention, and then work did. Then I just had to reacclimatize to life here on the mainland where I don’t wake up to [...]

On missing diamonds, oddball characters, comparisons, and how to become a fan:
I almost can’t believe this time last year was the first time I’d ever heard of Wilkie Collins. What’s even more surprising is that I wasn’t the only one who hadn’t heard of Collins or read any of his books.  In his day, Collins [...]

On missing out, get-well medicine, and being pleasantly overwhelmed:
Unbelievably, I managed to miss TWO bookish events this weekend.  The first was Book Expo America (BEA) which was in New York city and ends today.  I knew weeks ahead of time that I wouldn’t be able to attend this event.  Work, and the fact that [...]

On being sucked in by Dan Simmons… again:

I was a good girl this three-day weekend, and finished two whole books.  So I rewarded myself by adding a very special tome to my “currently reading” list: Drood by Dan Simmons.  As luck would have it, I found a paperback copy of this book on Powells.com a [...]

On uncommon readers, confessions, people who write for money, and the depths to which I’ll plumb in order to get caught up:
Folks, I am seriously behind in my book reviews.  This is a bit of a new occurance for me since I’m usually such a slow reader that, if I’m not caught up with writing [...]