Guest Post by Author Linda Gillard – Interview with Author Gillian Philip

Yesterday, I presented a guest review by author Linda Gillard. She told us about the intriguing Young Adult book Crossing the Line by Gillian Philip. Today, Ms. Gillard comes back on board to interview Gillian Philip about this book. If you happen upon this interview first, I think you’ll be intrigued enough to go back [...]

Guest Post by Author Linda Gillard – Review of YA Book “Crossing the Line” by Gillian Philip

I am fortunate to be able to feature another guest post by Linda Gillard, whose talent and sense of humor are always evident in her posts. Linda is, of course, the award-winning U.K. romance novelist whose novel Star-Gazing (see my review here) is the loveliest book I’ve read in ages, and she has two others [...]

September 28, 1938 – “Homer in the Gloamin”

Charles Leo “Gabby” Hartnett (December 20, 1900 – December 20, 1972) was an National Major League Baseball catcher and manager who played nearly his entire career with the Chicago Cubs. He is widely considered to have been the greatest National League catcher in the first half of the 20th century. “Homer in the Gloamin’” refers [...]

Sunday Salon – Review of The Color of Water, by James McBride

The Color of Water is an absorbing and moving memoir about the author’s coming of age as a mixed race man with a black father and a Jewish mother who admitted only to having “light” skin. The book is also “A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother.” Ruth Shilsky McBride converted to Christianity after [...]

September 26 – Birthday in the Blogosphere

I hope everyone will take a moment to head over to the blog “Find Your Next Book Here” and wish Jenners a Happy Birthday! In any event, you can help yourself to some virtual cake… …except of course if you are on Game On Diet! in which case you can help yourself to some virtual [...]

A Few of My Favorite Dogs

What with everyone talking about their favorite blogs during Book Bloggers Appreciation Week, I thought I’d mention a few of my favorite dogs. On blogs. Booking with Bingo features editorial guidance from Ms. M. Check out these feet. Then we have Raven at Caribou’s Mom. Check out this cute nose. And now we come to [...]

Review of “The Glass Palace” by Amitav Ghosh

What a very rewarding book this proved to be! This book elicited pints of tears from me, but I should let readers know that any story that involves a family saga, or a pet (or worse yet: both!) will do this to me. In fact, I have even been known to cry over commercials – [...]

Review of the YA book “The Maze Runner” by James Dashner

The Maze Runner is an engrossing tale of survival for young adults. It will bring to mind aspects of The Lord of the Flies, Ender’s Game, and the dystopic worlds created by China Mieville, Suzanne Collins and others that test the mettle of the participants in a fight for their lives. The story follows a [...]

Review of “Mortal Friends” by Jane Stanton Hitchcock

I thought this book was a total waste of time. So the first question of course, is why did I react that way? And next: why did I read it? A summary of the plot should provide you with an answer to the first question. The protagonist is a 43-year-old divorced owner of an antiques [...]

BBAW Book Giveaway Winners!

Here are the winners of our contest for Book Blogger Appreciation Week. (I will be emailing each of you for your address. If I don’t hear back within 72 hours, I will draw again.) Book #1: Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan Winner: BrownGirl Book #2: Water Ghosts by Shawna Yang Ryan Winner: [...]