Category: Books

In Love and War and Laundry

Alice believes she should always look her best no matter what she is doing. My photo prompt today was “all dressed up and nowhere to go.” This is what Alice decided to do to help […]

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

81 in my 2011 book blogging challenge. This is the last book that I read in 2011. It’s January 8, 2012, and I am finally starting to wrap up 2011. That may be a little […]

The Lady Emily Series by Tasha Alexander

76-80 in my 2011 book blogging challenge. I’ve now read all six of Tasha Alexander’s Lady Emily mysteries, but I’m counting five of them in my 2011 challenge because the sixth one I actually read […]

The Time of Our Lives by Tom Brokaw

75 in my 2011 book blogging challenge. I’ve read several book lately about our current economic crisis, and I probably enjoyed Tom Brokaw’s book more than any of the others. I think Thomas Friedman’s was […]

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

74 in my 2011 book blogging challenge. That’s right. It’s 1/3/12, and I am posting blog entries today for my 2011 book challenge. I’m a little behind. I have several more books that I finished […]

Catching up on Books

I’m going to do a three-for-one book blog with this entry as a way of catching up a little. One way or the other my 2011 book blogging challenge is coming to a close. Originally, […]

That Used to Be Us by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum

70 in my 2011 book blogging challenge. Everyone should read That Used to Be Us. This is basically a book about our current economic crisis, why it happened, what we’re doing wrong in handling it, […]

Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski

69 in my 2011 book blogging challenge. I have mixed feelings about Under the Overpass. It’s an interesting story. I was absorbed in it and didn’t want to put it down. I’m just not sure […]

In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

68 in my 2011 book blogging challenge. I’m a fan of Bill Bryson, and I wasn’t disappointed in this book. In a Sunburned Country is Bryson’s tale of traveling across Australia, looking at the country […]

I Am Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley

67 in my 2011 book blogging challenge. I Am Half Sick of Shadows is just and cute and endearing as all of Alan Bradley’s other books in the Flavia de Luce series. I like this […]