Entries by Your Friendly Goddesses
It’s time to fess up – how big is your pile? You know the one: a stack of books you couldn’t resist picking up but have yet to get read. Do you set rules when your TBR stack gets a little too big or the queue on your e-reader gets too long to even figure [...]
We all have one – or ten. That story that sticks with you and you hang onto the book so long the pages are yellow, the glue is starting to come off the spine and the corners are a bit frayed from being read so many times. So let’s take a look at that [...]
Spring is such a fickle creature. In some part of the US it is hot and feels more like summer. In others, there is still a chance of snow. Where is the fairness in all this? All that aside, it is that wonderful Saturday of the month where we celebrate all things Mt Oly. For [...]
Did you know. . .? Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss was written after his editor dared Seuss to write a book using less than fifty different words? Oz, the fantastic land created by L Frank Baum, was named for a filling cabinet in his office. One was marked “A to N” the other [...]
With all the great new releases that have come out the last few weeks, the Goddesses were curious as to what you are reading now and what made you pick up that particular book? Was it from an author you love? A series you have been following? A new author you wanted to try? [...]
The Goddesses are welcoming spring to Mt Oly, or trying to – Zeus seems to be playing around with the weather in an effort to confuse them. Since the Goddesses are starting to get spring fever, we thought it would be fun to play Title Mashup! Using the following four titles, come up with your [...]
Do you have a favorite style of cover? Have you been drawn to a particular style? If you’ve been curious about how covers come about, there are a couple of videos of how cover artist extraordinaire Jon Paul Ferrara creates his amazing covers from picking talent and costumes, to the photography then adding his magic [...]
Imagine a clean room you have just moved into: there are boxes of books to your left and a wall of brand new bookshelves in front of you just waiting to be filled. How do you go about unpacking your books? Do you put them up by size? Color? Author? Genre? However they happen to [...]
Goddesses! Guest goddesses! Prizes! Valentine’s Day! More prizes! Whew! It’s time to wrap up our anniversary week, so we thought we’d take a little time this Saturday to say thank you for being a part of The Goddess Blogs and our celebration week! For our final celebration day, let’s take a moment to think about [...]
Karen Hawkins and Julia London are doing a joint blog today. Why? We don’t know, but hey, they offered, and we figured what the heck. Besides, they both have releases the final week of this month, which always makes authors ‘play nice.’ At least for a day or two. Whatever you do, keep an eye [...]
“I believe it then to be quite simply true that books have their own very personal feeling about their place on the shelves. They like to be close to suitable companions, and I remember once on coming into my library that I was persistently disturbed by my ‘Jane Eyre’. Going up to it, wondering [...]
It’s time for title mash-up again here on Mt Oly. Word on the street has it that your combinations are so awesome that publishers troll these threads for future title ideas. True story. Okay, maybe not, but we can dream, right? This week, we have four books in the mix and four randomly chosen winners [...]
There are some incredible words out there, some of which are not used often but definitely should be. Serendipity is one. Making fortunate discoveries by accident. Who wouldn’t love a word like that? How about yesternight as a way of saying “last night”? Another beauty is susurrus which is a beautiful word that lyrically [...]
Now that the holidays have ended and our lives are somewhat returning to normal, let’s get back to one of our favorite topics: BOOKS! If you received a bookstore gift card over the holidays, what was the first thing you wanted to buy with it? How many books did you read over the holidays? [...]
From everyone on Mt Oly, we wish you a joyous New Year!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to each and every one of you! The goddesses would like to take this time to thank you for sharing, caring, and being such a lovely part of our lives. WE LOVE YOU AND HOPE YOUR DAY IS THE MERRIEST!
We asked the Goddesses what little bits of holiday wisdom they wanted to share with everyone, here is what they came up with. What bits of holiday wisdom do you have to share with us all as we rush around this weekend? As an early holiday celebration, we are giving away BOOKS! We have [...]
‘Tis the season for holiday movies. Those classics that have become signals that the holiday season is truly upon us. We have older classics such as It’s a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street or White Christmas to more modern films that have engrained themselves into the hearts of people everywhere such as Christmas [...]
We hope your holiday weekend is delightful so far and you have had a plentiful dose of food, family and fun! Let’s have a little holiday fun: 1. Favorite thing you ate at Thanksgiving dinner? 2. Did you don your stretchy pants before or after the meal? 3. What kind of pie or dessert was [...]
