Welcome to Planet Books! Here, you will find book reviews of the books I read, author blog tours, book giveaways and rambling thoughts. You will find the occasional boast about something I may have baked recently and YouTube videos of favorite songs.
My name is Karen, I’m in my early thirties and I’m just moved back to the DC area after living in Okinawa, Japan for the last four years with Hubby and Rocky, our Cocker Spaniel. I love to read and hear about what you are reading too. I hope you’ll check out past posts, get to know me a little better, add some books to your TBR (To Be Read) list and leave a note here and there with your thoughts.
Hi there, I would love to join your book club. Do you only meet virtually or do you meet in person ever? Have you picked a book for February yet?
thanks!
Hey Jen! We are an bi-monthly on-line book club. Our next vote will be at the end of February for our March/April book. The January/February title is “My War…Killing Time In Iraq” by Colby Buzzell. It won the Blooker Award in 2007 (blogs turned to books) and I am almost done with it and have really enjoyed it. It is an eye-opening read about being an infantry soldier in the Army and Buzzell’s year deployment in Iraq a few years ago (kinda crazy that we can say a few years ago since this thing has been going on for so long now).
Please read through my posts to get to know me (my name is Karen) a little bit and share any thoughts you may have on what you are currently reading. I hope you enjoy yourself here at Planet Books and have a great weekend!
-K
Hi Karen! Can I join your book club? I’m Jules
Cheers!
Jules~
Sure! Planet Books is an online book club only and we read a book together every two months. This way everyone, including me, has time to get to other books on our TBR (To Be Read) shelf. The book that we will discussing via this web site for March/April is Karen Russell’s “St. Lucy’s Home For Girls Raised By Wolves”. It is a collection of short stories. I will be posting discussion questions in the last week of April so be sure to check back here.
Planet Books will also post a voting poll in the last week of April for the next book for May/June. There will be four books to vote from that have not been decided on yet.
I hope you will take the time to check out the posts in this blog and get to know me and our faithful readers a bit better.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will stay a while!
~Karen
Hi Karen! I’m glad you appreciated my pic of Maurice reading. It totally goes against my nature, but I am a complete sucker for animal photo shoots. What’s that that Rocky’s reading? Maurice enjoys the classics – The Little Prince and Betty Crocker’s tiny book of pies. Betty Crocker might be stretching the definition of “the classics” a bit, but whatever.
Hi Jill! Rocky has a book of Aesop’s Fables there. he’s such a great little model and takes great direction. Thanks for checking him out.
~K
Hi Karen-
If you’d like to be a stop on my blog tour,
tell me how many hits a day Planet Books gets and
what genres and ready-to-upload content
you accept.
Thanks,
Stephanie Barko
Literary Publicist
Austin
“Authors indigenous to the American West”
http://www.authorsassistant.com/Barko.htm
http://www.theauthorsassistant.blogspot.com
Walk awhile upon my journey
And steal a place in my heart.
With your eyes,
Upon these words,
You, kindred spirit,
Can touch my soul.
Chris Roe
“ In Search of Silence” by Chris Roe. A personal journey in search of spiritual peace.
A collection of 45 poems available from http://www.silentflightpublications.co.uk
A selection of the poems from “ In Search of Silence”
Eternal Journey
As the crimson flame of life
Breaks slowly
Above the horizon,
The white frosted meadows,
With trees and hedgerows
Of sculptured ice,
Speak loudly
Of your presence.
Once more
Upon this journey,
As another day begins,
Without effort
Or intrusion,
Through the peace
And tranquillity
Of your silent voice,
The moment becomes eternal,
And the journey begins again.
Immortal Spirit
Beside me once more,
In peaceful silence,
Softer than a feather
Cast adrift upon the breeze,
In memories,
Your spirit,
Immortal,
Returns.
Further work from this collection of poems can be seen at
http://www.silentflightpublications.co.uk
Hey.. I am giving you a bloggy award! Check out the post here:
http://bookchatterandotherstuff.blogspot.com/2008/09/and-band-plays-on.html
I’m sure you have gotten it before so do not feel obligated to share the love!
Ti, thank you so much for this!! I have never won a blog award before so I am extremely flattered. Thank you!!
XOXO-K
Your new blog layout is stunning and crisp!
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Pam
PS: I need to read more!
Hi Karen,
You have a good idea for a blog. I also like to read and share info. So here’s the info sharing part — did you know there is a free online book/dvd/cd swapping website? I heard about it on the news earlier in the week. I wrote about it on my blog, or you can find them on the internet. They are called Paperbackswap. Take care, Anita
I was about to ask where overseas you are, but figured I’d check this page out first. I spent the majority of my youth on “the rock”. I really miss the place. Kampaii! =)