Game Night

by CarolNo Comments
Last weekend we went to the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. We played a few games in the exhibition hall that seemed pretty fun. We haven't picked any of them up yet, but probably will, eventually. Ninja Versus Ninja Your Ninjas must defend the honor of their dojo against a rival dojo. Victory hinges on eliminating Ninjas and skillfully venturing into the opponent's dojo. But how far do your Ninjas dare to go... and will they return? I crushed David at this, but it was cute, quick and fun. Amber could play this one easily, too. Amuse Amaze Race to spell your way through the maze. Use and pick up letters tiles as you go. Block opponents and thwart their moves. Collect the target cards. If you're hedged in, use your gardener card to cut through. This one would be for me. I love word games and this one looks like a lot of fun. I may actually be able to get people to play...
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Booking Through Thursday

by Carol8 Comments
Suggested by Callista83: Do you read celebrity memoirs? Which ones have you read or do you want to read? Which nonexistent celebrity memoirs would you like to see? I don't read celebrity memoirs often. I've only read two in the last two years, Born Standing Up by Steve Martin and Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox, which I reviewed earlier this week. I didn't love either of them. As far as which ones I would like to read, Anglina Jolie's Notes from My Travels might be interesting. I don't know if Jim Henson ever wrote a memoir, but his would be one I'd love to have. What about you? Join in at Booking through Thursday....
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Audiobook Giveaway: The Juror by George Dawes Green

by Carol23 Comments
The Juror by George Dawes Green Annie Laird is Juror 224. A sculptor with a career going nowhere. A single mother struggling to raise a son. A good citizen who has been summoned to what looks like a rountine tour of civic duty. But the trial she is called to serve on is no ordinary trial. It is a mob trial, whose outcome has been meticulously orchestrated by a man of insidious power and deadly precision. A man who lives by the teachings of Lao Tsu...whose magnetism is irresistible...whose mind is as brilliant as it is twisted. He is know to some as the Teacher, and he's set his sights on Annie Laird. Pulled into the most chilling depths of the criminal underworld, Annie will be seduced by double-edged promises, stalked by the spector of terror, then, finally, driven to a shocking decision by the most basic motivation a woman can know. The Juror is a tour de force of crime and obsession, evil...
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Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox

by Carol10 Comments
Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox Description: The same sharp intelligence and self-deprecating wit that made Michael J. Fox a star in the Family Ties TV series and Back to the Future make this a lot punchier than the usual up-from-illness celebrity memoir. Yes, he begins with the first symptoms of Parkinson's disease, the incurable illness that led to his retirement from Spin City(and acting) in 2000. And yes, he assures us he is a better, happier person now than he was before he was diagnosed. In Fox's case, you actually might believe it, because he then cheerfully exposes the insecurities and self-indulgences of his pre-Parkinson's life in a manner that makes them not glamorous but wincingly ordinary and of course very funny. ("As for the question, 'Does it bother you that maybe she just wants to sleep with you because you're a celebrity?' My answer to that one was, 'Ah...nope.'") With a working-class Canadian background, Fox has an unusually detached perspective on the...
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Teaser Tuesday

by Carol6 Comments
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 have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you've given. Please avoid spoilers! My teaser: They went to a dance club in Covent Garden where the band played really good covers of U2 and the Police and AC/DC and they danced with punkish teenagers from the East End, and Greg glowered from a solitary spot at the bar because the lead singer wouldn't let him sit in. When they stumbled out onto the street, they found that the tube had long since stopped running, so Addison called the Connaught and had it send a couple of cars. -pg. 170, The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along....
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