No sighting of my released book…
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Checked Book Crossing today and their is no sighting of GONE....no pun intended. It is lost somewhere in Starbucks limbo....
Page-turner…Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Finished Escape by Carolyn Jessop last night. Wow what a shocker! It's about the author's escape with her eight children (including a child with severe health problems) from the FLDS. This group practices polygamy and was led by Warren Jeffs at the time. ...
Reading Mish-Mash!
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »What do you read when you don't have any time? Well, I am re-reading Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as well as trying to read Follett's World without End. This novel of the middle ages set around ...
Carl Hiaasen Visit
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Great news! Carol Hiaasen, author of novels for adults and teens, will be visiting Albion College (Albion, Michigan) on April 24, 7:00 p.m. He will be speaking at the Goodrich Chapel and the presentation is free and open to the public. ...
One more thing…
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »If you haven't read To Kill a Mockingbird yet...pick one up at your local branch. There are lots of book discussion sessions left during April. You just read the book and drop into a session. At Bedford, our Film Book ...
Michigan Notable Author Tour
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Well, I can't believe I haven't posted in two weeks....what can I say, life can be complicated....but I have great news...our Bedford Branch of the library system has been chosen to participate in the Michigan Notable Author Tour. The Michigan ...
Not Technically Reading….Viewing?
Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Hi....thought it might be fun to compile a list of great documentaries to watch. We all know about the newest feature films...but MCLS purchases some wonderful nonfiction DVDs. Here's a few to start with: Paper Clips, Through the Fire, 49 ...
Recent Reading?
Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in Recommendations, Uncategorized | No Comments »Hi...I have read two Sue Miller books the past few weeks. She is best known as the author of The Good Mother. I read Lost in the Forest and The Senator's Wife. Both were Sue Miller at her best. The plots ...
Not reading, but listening…
Monday, December 17th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Super busy, like you I'm sure, with holiday prep so there has not been much time for reading. But, I am listening to Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson. If you like a mystery with a lot of humor and recipes ...
Musings about book clubs…
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I started thinking about this today when I read an article by David Carr, a Library Science professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about book groups. I actually belong to four different book clubs. Two are for work so ...