Booking Through Thursday: Coupling

“Name a favorite literary couple and tell me why they are a favorite. If you cannot choose just one, that is okay too. Name as many as you like–sometimes narrowing down a list can be extremely difficult and painful. Or maybe that’s just me.” I’m probably not thinking of tons of great couples, but the …

Teaser Tuesdays: “Larry and the Meaning of Life” by Janet Tashjian

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can …

Booking Through Thursday: What’s Sitting on Your Shelf?

From Booking Through Thursday What tomes are waiting patiently on your shelves? Oh my. So very many. Mostly fiction, a lot of classics and older, obscure books. I also have a bookshelf of memoirs in which I’ve hardly made a dent. There are several factors to blame for my current state. First, I had a …

Teaser Tuesdays: “Vote for Larry” by Janet Tashjian

From Teaser Tuesdays TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: – Grab your current read. – Let the book fall open to a random page. – Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. – You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your …

Thoughts on “My Most Excellent Year” by Steve Kluger

Last night I finished My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, & Fenway Park by Steve Kluger. It was, indeed, a novel of all those things, and so much more. The Short Three teens share their ninth grade year through diary entries, emails, and instant messages. Read it if you enjoy realistic …