Archive for August, 2008

Excellent Website!

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

I love websites that allow me to share what I’m reading and what I think of books.  For instance, Shelfari. I am obsessed with making my own bookshelves to place on my sidebar.  Well, a friend of mine introduced me to another one.  It’s called Good Reads.  You can list what you have read, what [...]

Humble Pie

Monday, August 18th, 2008

I am all about celebrating.  As a former athlete I understand the euphoria of a win — especially when you defeat an opponent whom you perceive as a “threat.”  But Usain Bolt’s antics completely disgusted me.  How about running the race with all you’ve got? How about not mocking the other runners?  How about being [...]

To the Power of Three by Laura Lippman

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Book Synop:
The three girls have been inseparable best friends since the third grade — Josie, the athletic one; Perri, the brilliant, acerbic drama queen; and Kat, the beauty, who also has brains, grace, and a heart open to all around her. But their last day of high school becomes their final day together after one [...]

The Devil You Know by Mike Carey

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Book Synop:
A violent ghost in a world where spirits are rarely mean-spirited is a clue to a deeper mystery in this engrossing dark fantasy debut from comics-writer Carey. Felix Fix Castor is an itinerant exorcist who (like a certain famous group of Hollywood ghost-evictors) alternates between dispatching spooks and doing stage magic at ungrateful [...]

Do You Ever

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Just let yourself become paralyzed with fear and self-loathing? That’s where I have been living for the past few months.  I’ve been dealing with a lot of personal stuff that feels like my own personal Bermuda Triangle.  I have let everything that brings me joy in my life fall to the wayside…my friends, family, hobbies [...]