Our Everchanging World Of Reading & Books

A few interesting conversations are going on around the country right now about reading and books.  With the shift being made over at the L.A. Times in the book review department the question is being posed, “Is the printed book review losing the popularity contest to on-line book reviews such as blogs and on-line professional publications?” 
Are our [...]

Today’s Favorite Song

Both Keeping The House and Ellen Baker’s guest post talk of war and sons and husbands going off to report for duty.  These topics have reminded of one of my favorite songs.  It’s by the amazing Belinda Carlisle and it’s called Summer Rain.  The lyric tells a story of a woman seeing her lover off as he [...]

Guest Post ~ Author of Keeping The House, Ellen Baker

I have had so much fun reading KEEPING THE HOUSE and corresponding with author, Ellen Baker, on our interview and receiving her guest post for Planet Books.  At the end of the week we will learn whom she will be sending a signed copy of her breakthrough novel to.  Ellen has been so generous and that is even more [...]

Guest Post ~ Author of House & Home, Kathleen McCleary

Earlier this month I had the great pleasure of reading House & Home by Kathleen McCleary.  I absolutely loved it and reviewed it HERE.  Kathleen is now a Washingtonian (D.C. that is) but she left her heart in Oregon which is where this novel derived from.  I asked Kathleen if she would kindly write a guest post about [...]

And The Winner Is…

… Lori Barnes!! 

Lori, you have won a copy of the Planet Books July/August book club selection, THE GREAT MANby Kate Christensen.  We will be discussing this book on this blog during the last week of August.  Lori, I will e-mail you today to get your information. 
Everyone, thank you so much for submitting your name for this [...]

Sunday Salon ~ July 27, 2008

                                   
This weekend has been a busy one.  I did finish an ARC I had requested from author Anisha Lakhani called SCHOOLED that I will be reviewing this week.  It was fun, enjoyable and a great read.  We will also be graced with guest posts from authors Ellen Baker of KEEPING THE HOUSE and Kathleen McCleary [...]

Richard & Judy’s Book Club

A while back I had read and reviewed the book MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL by Dorothy Koomson.  I was just looking around The Net and discovered this little video from a popular British show called Richard & Judy.  They have a book club called the Richard & Judy Book Club and this summer, one of the books [...]

Today’s Favorite Song

Want to know a secret?  I am a loyal fan of Perez Hilton.com and I check in daily for my celebrity gossip/junk fix.  This morning, as I was scrolling through to see what happened while I was asleep, I came across a video that blew me away.  It is from the (show?) PBS Soundstage and [...]

Interview With Author Ellen Baker

Author Ellen Baker of the newly released paperback Keeping The House ever so graciously accepted my Q&A request and kindly took time out of her busy schedule to answer a dozen questions about her book and writing.  Ellen is currently promoting her novel, Keeping The House with the help of a book tour.  Her event [...]

Giveaway ~ The Great Man by Kate Christensen

           This Giveaway Has Concluded!
              
Today I had the pleasure of hanging out with Planet Books member and fellow Okinawa resident Nicole (lostinbooks) and she generously offered me her finished copy of the July/August Book Club title, The Great Man in case I knew anyone who wanted to read it.  If you have been meaning to pick up [...]