Tag: reading
group name: booklover
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November 07, 2009 10:44 AM EST --
Trying New Things
Linda Bilodeau is the author of Stepping Through Seagrass , The Wine Seekers and The Olive Branch- A Tale of Resistance. She is a student in the MFA program . . .
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November 03, 2009 01:58 PM EST --
The economy is keeping more and more of us at home these days. No extra money for eating out or going to the movies. There are still many things that we can do that is free. The State parks . . .
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September 01, 2007 07:04 AM EDT --
Earlier in the summer, I read several good books, including the latest Delillo novel and another book I reviewed here. Now it seems like I've run into a string of mediocre books that have left . . .
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January 09, 2009 07:51 PM EST --
Last year I made myself what I thought was an attainable New Year's Resolution - to read 100 book in a year. Well, I did not keep track past January but I am pretty sure I didn't make it. . . .
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August 31, 2008 06:00 PM EDT --
This is the third book in Merry Jones' "Zoe Hayes" mystery series. Although I enjoyed the first two books, this one sadly missed the mark.
Zoe and her friend, Susan, were very entertaining . . .
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July 07, 2008 05:32 PM EDT --
What are you reading today in your off-Gather time? What books are you reading this summer?
I think of summer reading as slightly decadent, indulgent reading. In keeping with the sunny weather . . .
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June 24, 2009 05:15 PM EDT --
I feel like I have been reading slower than usual because I have been doing a lot of other projects and sometimes I get bogged down in nonfiction, but I guess that I am doing alright.
(little . . .
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June 12, 2009 12:41 PM EDT --
Oprah's 2009 Summer Reading List is now posted!
25 books you can't put down.
You can even print out a bookmark for the "Books of Summer" that will even include a summer reading calendar if you . . .
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December 29, 2007 10:44 AM EST --
I have set a personal goal of attempting to read 50 books in the next year. Given the nature of my life it's more than an ambitious goal. The first way to accomplish a goal is to break . . .
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April 08, 2008 03:42 PM EDT --
Everybody always asks what your favorite book is. I was curious as to what your least favorite book might be. I don't necessarily mean a book that's badly written, although it could be, but just . . .
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July 11, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
Michael Palmer writes excellent medical thrillers. In this book, he goes outside the lines and tells a more complex, but incredibly gripping story that hooks readers and holds . . .
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November 06, 2007 09:28 AM EST --
I recently received a copy of "Downsizing Your Home With Style: Living Well in a Smaller Space from Bright Ideas Group. Author Lauri Ward gives wonderful tips about how to create a beautiful environment . . .
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August 01, 2006 10:35 AM EDT --
Back in May, I reviewed the book, Gilmore Girls: The Other Side of Summer. Having enjoyed that one, I recently went ahead and purchased the other books that have been written for this series. They follow . . .
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November 01, 2009 09:12 AM EST --
As part of the new year's resolution, I set a goal of reading 50 books in 2009. See my post here: Book reading plan in 2009
I plan to do a summary report every two months. Here are . . .
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October 06, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Do you have problem with too much vulgarity or overly explicit scenes in books? Do you take them in stride?
I usually do not read romances. When I am in the mood to read one, which is rare nowadays, . . .
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December 03, 2007 08:27 AM EST --
"Do you get on a roll , while reading where one book leads to the next, and so on?"
At any given time, I am reading three books. They are as diverse as can be. However, after reading . . .
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March 16, 2006 09:29 PM EST --
What are your earliest memories of books? Do you remember a favorite relative or friend reading to you as a child? Do you remember the joy you felt when you were learning to read or does it . . .
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April 26, 2007 12:09 AM EDT --
Why not spend part of Arbor Day sharing a great tree-centered book with your favorite child(ren)? Trees figure into a multitude of children's books, from the Magic Treehouse series by Mary Osborne . . .
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September 18, 2008 09:03 PM EDT --
"Trust Rock...Break fear upon rock........Go toward fear. Trust fear. Steer toward rock."
These are the words Jack Moon Szeto's Chinese mother taught him before he left China as an . . .
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August 30, 2009 07:34 PM EDT --
Though I am not religious by any means, religion yet has the power to fascinate me. I suspect I have read more about religion than most non-religious people. Some years ago, while trying to learn . . .
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Booklovers
Location: of Wonder, FL
Created: Feb 14, 2006
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