Tucson was fabulous, in a number of different ways. Other Jill (the blogger known as Rhapsody in Books, but who I call Other Jill, because, well, I’m Jill. Ergo, she’s Other Jill) was kind enough to host Alyce and I … Continue reading
Tonight I’m going to my very first in-person book club meeting. Yay! With total strangers. Eep. Despite the choice of book for this month (more on that in a minute), I have high hopes, mainly because I’m just so excited … Continue reading
It’s been two weeks since I attended the LA Times Festival of Books, which means you’ve already read about it from Florinda and Trish (who was a total over-achiever and posted right after she got home!) and Leah and Mark and … Continue reading
The final panel I attended at the Festival of Books wasn’t a panel. It was a conversation. Or maybe an interview…I forget the official title. Anyways, it was Jane Smiley talking to S.E. Hinton. And I was going to do … Continue reading
The Festival of Books continued… On Sunday, I actually had tickets for two different panels at 11:00. One was entitled Borderlines, the other About Reading. When I realized that the moderator for Borderlines was Veronique de Turenne (the same moderator … Continue reading
More on the Festival of Books… While I was more interested in the authors on the previous panel, the final panel for Saturday ended up stealing the show (at least for Saturday…my favorite-est panel was actually on Sunday). I cannot … Continue reading
The second panel I attended at the Festival of Books was Window on the World. The authors on this panel were Lisa See (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love), Jonathan Rabb (Rosa), Vanina Marsot (Foreign Tongue) and … Continue reading
So yes, like a total dork I took notes at all of the panels I attended at the Festival of Books. This is because I am so not an auditory learner, and I tend to forget things as soon as … Continue reading
If you have read any of these blogs (Tracy at Shelf Life, Trish at Hey, Lady, Whatcha Readin’?, Lisa at Books on the Brain, Amy at My Friend Amy, Ti at Book Chatter and other stuff, Natasha at Maw Books … Continue reading
Who By Fire Diana Spechler September 2008 344 pages This is the last time (maybe) I’m going to gloat about being at the Book Group Expo. But before I talk about Who By Fire I need to talk about one … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
