• Ruth’s diary is the new novel by Fiona Robyn, called Thaw. She has decided to blog the novel in its entirety over the next few months, so [...]

  Thaw

  March 1, 2010
• This is so nice! I was just awarded another award. I’m so honored. This one is from Socrates’ Book Reviews. It has been so long since [...]

  Another Award

  February 22, 2010
• Blogger now has pages. So I converted my posts of the books read in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 to pages. Now if you want to see what I read in the [...]

  Change in my blog

  February 19, 2010
• The character “Doll” gives us the definition of a ‘slammerkin’: a loose dress for a loose woman. Then she goes on to say, [...]

  Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue

  February 15, 2010

• My home internet connection is not working. Until it is fixed no reviews will be posted.

  Status update

  February 9, 2010
• When Will There Be Good News? is one of those books that has three or four story lines that seem totally unrelated to each other but bit by bit [...]

  When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson

  February 8, 2010
• SynopsisAbandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and [...]

  Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor

  February 7, 2010
• At approximately 3:43 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23, 1952 a plane fell from the sky and landed in Elizabeth, NJ destroying three houses and a [...]

  Replacement Child by Judy L. Mandel

  January 10, 2010

• This book is about ‘Defect Litigation’. A homeowner can sue the homebuilder if the house has a flaw in it. The homebuilder in this [...]

  Conflicts with Interest by Michael Ruddy

  January 10, 2010
• 47. Starvation Heights ~ Gregg Olsen 46. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind ~ William Kamkwamba 45. The Rape of Nanking ~ Iris Chang 44. The Briar [...]

  Books read in 2009

  December 31, 2009