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Who hasn’t fallen in love with a character (or three) from a book? Have you every thought about pairing up a character from a certain novel with one from another? Can you imagine Nancy Drew hanging out with Sherlock Holmes on a case or how Louis from Interview with a Vampire would react to Edward [...]
It just so happens that my blog day fell this particular Saturday which also happens to be MY BIRTHDAY! wOOt! While we’re sitting back eating this scrumptious virtual birthday cake (the layers alternate chocolate and vanilla), I thought I’d share some interesting birthday trivia with you: May 22nd is the lest common birth date besides [...]
I know what Ben Affleck likes for breakfast. (I like it, too.) I know when Amanda Bynes first started showing signs of falling off the rails. (Money and stardom does not a happy camper make.) I know why Johnny Depp selected every movie he’s ever been in. (An interesting man, that one.) I know Gwenyth [...]
Though we like to think we don’t judge a book by its cover, you have to admit that a great cover can draw your eye and entice you to at least open the cover and peek between the pages. Each genre has its own “look” and cover art trends evolve over the years. Do you [...]
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 [...]
When I get up in the morning, I have – as many of us do – a routine. Brush teeth, shower, don comfy clothes, feed dog, walk dog, make tea and breakfast, go to work. Now, as I do these things, I realized that I have adopted them because there is something I get from [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This past weekend, I had my first house guest. Thankfully, she was rather forgiving about the boxes still piled about, things not quite being in their proper place yet (ok, so they may actually never make it into a “proper” place but I like to think they will.) but that’s another story. So while she [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
I bought a house. Well, a townhouse, but still the first time I have ever checked “own” on one of those cards that asks whether you rent, own or other. It’s a little scary, but very cool. I can’t help but to think about what Frances Mayes said about moving into a new home in [...]
I have realized that there is only one marketing gimick that works on me. But boy, oh boy, does it work. I am a sitting duck when it comes to free shipping. In the olden days of catalogue shopping it was the shipping that always hung me up. I’d see something I wanted, fill out [...]
“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 [...]
