Review: Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh

by Carol4 Comments
I am so glad this wasn't the first Marsh I had read, because I probably wouldn't pick up another. As it is, I'm just going to assume this is not one of her better offerings and that I'll like others as much as I did Overture to Death. Spinsters in Jeopardy starts off promisingly enough. Inspector Alleyn, his wife, and their son are heading to the French Riviera, for Alleyn it's business, but he brought his family along to make it into a vacation too. On the train in, he and his wife see a shocking scene through the window in a château they pass. It looks as if a woman has been killed. And it just so happens that the murder, if that's what it was, took place at the Chateau of the Silver Goat, among the very people Alleyn wants to investigate. From there it's all downhill into a melodramatic view of the leisure life of the rich and famous....
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BBAW: Blogger Interview

by Carol19 Comments
I "met" the lovely Grace a few weeks ago, thanks to being paired up for the BBAW interviews. Thanks to her blog, Books Like Breathing, I've added several romances to my to-read pile. Grace was kind enough to answer a few questions for me. I have to say that I'm impressed with her daring to follow her dream. 1. Tell me a little about yourself and your blog. This should be easy. My name is Grace, obviously. I am 26 years old. I was a librarian and currently spend most of my time baking cupcakes (starting my own business). I’m hoping to open a storefront in the sometime in this lifetime future. 2. Where is your favorite place to read? How about the oddest place you've ever read a book? I have this awesome orange comfy chair that I’ve been reading in since I was a baby. I swear there is nothing on earth as amazing as my ugly, orange comfy chair. I can’t even...
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BBAW: Giveaway!

by Carol18 Comments
In honor of Book  Blogger Appreciation Week, I'm having a giveaway open to all book bloggers. This giveaway is international, as long as the Book Depository ships to you you can enter. The prize is a book of your choice, up to $20, from the Book Depository. To enter, just fill out the form below by the end of the day on September 16. I'll announce the winner on the 17th. All personal information will be deleted following the end of the contest. Giveaway Closed...
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BBAW: Community, Part 1

by Carol13 Comments
Today kicks off Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW for short), a week devoted to celebrating the book blogging community. I like how the event’s website puts it. BBAW was created “to recognize the hard work and contribution of book bloggers to the promotion and preservation of a literate culture actively engaged in discussing books, authors, and a lifestyle of reading.” Today we are encouraged to highlight a couple of bloggers that have made book blogging a unique experience for us. I have a couple of wonderful ladies to mention. Tif, from Tif Talks Books, first got me interested in fairy tales and other folk stories through her Fairy Tale Friday posts in 2010. I've fallen in love with them, leading to my own weekly posts, and I really have her to thank. The second is Blodeuedd from Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell. I enjoy the conversational tone of her reviews, they make me smile. Also, she first introduced me to the Monday Morning...
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Monday Morning

by Carol16 Comments
We had a great time this weekend. Saturday we had a community carnival at our church and went to the races at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. Maybe I'll post pictures somewhere later this week. Sunday my mom and I went to see The Help at the theater, which was really good. I got a few books this week. Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia of  A Girl and Her Books and is being hosted by Leah of Amused by Books this month. India Black and the Widow of Windsor by Carol K. Carr (Thanks to the author and her publicist) Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (from Crown) Jacob T. Marley by R. William Bennett (from Smith Publicity via NetGalley) Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen (purchased. currently free for Kindle) I didn't have a very good reading week this past week.  The only books I finished was Witch Bell by Joan Lennon. Here's my list of posts...
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