The Sunday Salon 14 March

Sunday 14 March, 2010 By 6 Comments

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It seems like just yesterday I was trying to decide which college suited me best and now I find myself helping my oldest son on his college search. How did the decades pass me without my knowing? I keep saying it, yet it is the truth, life is too short. Enjoy the moment you are in, do not worry about the past, leave it behind where it belongs. While you are at it, stop fretting about the future, doing so robs you of the joys of the moment, I learned that one the difficult way.

If anyone has any suggestions for small colleges/universities in the Midwest/East (IN, OH, MI, PA, NY, VA), I would be interested in learning about them, since I did not grow up in this area.

This past week twelve reviews went up:

Today I am planning to read:
  • Captivity by Deborah Noyes
  • An Unfinished Score by Elise Blackwell

Happy Reading and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

All are welcome to join The Sunday Salon.

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What Are You Reading Mondays?

Monday 30 November, 2009 By 10 Comments


I adore this meme, which was created by J. Kaye at J. Kaye’s Book Blog . It is the perfect way for me to begin the week by helping me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs.

I Read:

  • Perfect Timing by Jill Mansell (448 pages)- Review
  • Love Finds You In Lonesome Prairie, Montana by Tricia Goyer and Ocienna Fleiss (348 pages)- Review
  • Sometimes We’re Real Same-Same by Mattox Roesch (317 pages)- Review
  • No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer (364 pages)- Review

This Week I am hoping to read:

  • Blue Bells of Scotland by Laura Vosika (366 pages)
  • Pearl Girls: Encountering Grit, Experiencing Grace by Margaret McSweeney (192 pages)- Review 12/5
  • Saving Sammy by Beth Alison Maloney (260 pages) – Review 12/7
  • The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman (325 pages) – 12/9
  • Rain Dance by Joy DeKok (337 pages) – Review 12/10
  • A Jolly Good Fellow by Stephen V. Masse (220 pages) – Review 12/12

Check back next Monday to see how well, or not so well, I accomplish my reading goals.

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The Sunday Salon

Sunday 22 November, 2009 By 3 Comments

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This past week four reviews went up:

I am hoping to read:

  • To read Perfect Timing by Jill Mansell (431 pages), review posted (hopefully) this week.
  • To begin No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer (364 pages) review (hopefully) posted this week.

Happy Reading and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

All are welcome to join The Sunday Salon.

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2010 100+ Reading Challenge

Saturday 21 November, 2009 By 6 Comments

In 2010 I am hoping to keep far better records of the books I read, as I completely lost track in 2009, granted I still have a little over a month to try and recall all I red, but honestly I just do not have the energy. I shall be trying a new method to keep track of all the books I read during the new year.

The challenge runs from 1 January 2010 until 31 December 2010. Anyone may join and any genres are allowed. For more information about the challenge or to sign up, visit J Kaye’s Book Blog.

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100+ Book Challenge

Friday 2 January, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I am an avid reader and I cannot resist a book challenge so I of course needed to add more.
I found a lovely challenge to read 100+ books in 2009. How could I resist?

Sign-up can be at anytime.

My Book List- a work in progress

1. Persian Girls by Nahid Rachlin
2. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
3. Things I Have Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi
4. Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat
5. In The Land of Invisible Women by Qanta A. Ahmed
6. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell
7. Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
8. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
9. The Virgin Queen’s Daughter by Ella March Chase
10.The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
11.Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
12.Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
13.The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
14. The Tent by Margsret Atwood
15. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
16. Quicksand (Eve Duncan) by Iris Johansen
17. Vanish by Tom Pawlik
18. Sunflower Serenade by Tricia Goyer
19. Fossil Hunter by John B. Olson
20. Not On Our Watch by Don Cheadle and John Pendergast
21. Daniel X by James Patterson
22. My Hands Came Away Red by Lisa McKay
23. Prisoner of Tehran by Maria Nemat
24. Careless In Red by Elizabeth George
25. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
26. Royal Blood by Rona Sharon
27. Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama
28. The Seamstress by Frances De Pontes Peebles
29. 10-10-10 by Suzy Welch
30. The Ultimate Gift by Rene Gutteridge
31. Winter In Madrid by C.J. Sansom
32. Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
33. A World I Never Made by James LePore
34. The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
35. The Killing Tree by Rachel Keener
36. Mojo Mom by Amy Tiemann
37. Life Sentences by Laura Lippman
38. The Inferno by Dante
39. The Sonnets Poems of Love by William Shakespeare
40. Wiser Than Serpents by Susan May Warren
41. Sands of Time by Susan May Warren
42. In Sheep’s Clothing by Susan May Warren
43. Notes From the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
44. Pigs Have Wings by P.G. Wodehouse
45. Summer Moonshine by P.G. Wodehouse
46. Triptych by Karin Slaughter
47. Lipstick Jihad by Azedeh Moaveni
48. Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
49. The Heretics Daughter by Kathleen Kent
50. The Siege by Steven White
51. Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke
52. In the Moon of Red Ponies James Lee Burke
53. Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown
54. The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr
55. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
56. Run For Your Life by James Patterson
57. The Keepsake by Tess Gerritesen *TBR
58. Cross Country by James Patterson *TBR
59. BoneMan’s Daughter by Ted Dekker *TBR
60. Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer *TBR
61. The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist *TBR
62. Nefertiti by Michelle Moran *TBR
63. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon *TBR
64. The White Queen: A Novel by Philippa Gregory *TBR
65. The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan *TBR
66. The Heretic Queen: A Novel by Michelle Moran *TBR
67. Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran *TBR
68. Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham *TBR
69. The Sari Shop Widow by Shobhan Bantwal *TBR
70. Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel by Audrey Niffenegger *TBR
71. The Swan Maiden by Jules Watson *TBR
72. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown *TBR
73. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali *TBR
74. The Book of Night Women by Marlon James *TBR

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