Welcome to day 3 of this wonderful challenge.  Check out the entire party here. Today is the day to list our top 10 favorite reads for 2013.  I am one step ahead.  I did it yesterday, and I will be linking to it.  Check out my top 12! Oh, and be sure to enter the giveaway, too.  And come back […]

Day 2 of  this reading challenge.  I have not finished reading yet, but I am reading.  So here’s  hoping that will continue. Teaser Challenge   Today’s challenge is easy! Find a random page in the book you are reading, and post 2 “teaser” sentences! Easier said than done.  I have several books I am reading, but I’ll go with the […]

Dana from Danasquare and Juliababyjen’s Reading Room are hosting a read-a-thon!  It is called the End of the Year 2013 Reading Cram, and will run from Dec. 9-22nd! If you are anything like me you have a huge stack (or even bookcases) full of books you haven’t read. Did you have a goal for how many books you wanted to read during […]

Well, I have decided to join in this last reading challenge.  Maybe–just maybe–I can get some of my TBR pile read.  So I’m going to commit.  Read on for more information. Why should you participate? 1. To chisel off some of your TBR pile. 2. Do all the fun challenges and win some prizes. 3. Encourage others to read like […]

In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For […]

Making Toast: A Family Story by Roger Rosenblatt My rating: 2 of 5 stars Well, this book was a bit of a disappointment to me. I actually chose it for my “fun read,” and I regretted that choice once I began reading it. I am so glad I was not ever asked to review this. The author may be a […]

I honestly never seem to grow tired of learning about the Tudors in English history.  And I think their popularity does seem to last throughout the ages.  On this date in 1565, widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, married her second cousin, Lord Darnley Henry Stuart.  If you know anything of her tumultuous reign, suspicions of murder, rumored affair, treasonous accusations, […]

For anyone who has known me for a while, it might come as a shock to realize there was a point in my life where I was obese.  At my heaviest, I was 205 pounds (10 pounds less than when I was pregnant).  I have struggled with weight almost my entire life.  My first diet was Weight Watchers when I […]

I remember this White House scandal even if many have chosen to forget it.  I will be honest.  While President Clinton did some wonderful things for this country, I was never a fan, and I never voted for him.  On this date in 1998, Monica Lewinsky (his paramour) was granted immunity so that she could testify to her relationship with […]

I have always been somewhat of fan of Alexander Hamilton (even though he was killed in a duel–not his most brilliant moment) mainly because of his political and financial views.  I sometimes wish he were still here with us so he could solve today’s crises.  On this date in 1788, Alexander Hamilton said the following words at the New York […]