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I have fall/winter envy. I didn't realize how much I was going to miss it when I moved to a tropical place. Oh well, someday I will return to a four season climate. Until then I'll have to make due. I think tonight I'll go home and crank that a/c way down and make some hot spiced wine. I...

I would like to suggest Redwall by Brian Jacques. One of our favorites for both male and female.

I read this book in one sitting. It was a fun way to spend my Labor Day. Bummer is that book two isn't out yet. Has anyone else read this book?

I actually remember the old "See Dick. See Jane. Dick and Jane are friends." I learned how to read with those books. I also learned English at the same time. I came to the US at age 6 and entered the 1st grade speaking only German. Thank God for Dick and Jane. I can't say it was a...

That is so important. When you are reading to a young child you are creating a love of, and a hunger for, stories. Don't fall into the trap of turning reading aloud time into phonics drills and so forth. I honestly think that's what's turning kids off from reading is that schools are skipping...

I'm just getting into Drood. I'm excited to hear that it might have some surprises for me. I'm loving the whole underbelly of old London and the deep dark catacomb atmosphere.:D

I recently read Rachel's Children by Jonathon Kozol. Written in the 1980's so the information was dated but it also seems like the more things change the more they stay the same. It's about homeless people living in shelters and homeless hotels, how they got there and what is keeping them...

I'll preface this by saying I'm not the most intellectual person in the world but I think evil does exist. Take a Charles Manson or a Jeffrey Dahmer. I concede to the arguement that mental illness tipped the scales for those two examples. We can always analize their lives and look into...

We watch alot of BBC around our house. I have to put in a word for Top Gear. I'm not even a car junkie and I love this show. I also enjoy How Clean Is Your House. No matter how sloppy the house is this show makes me feel like I'm doing fine, sort of like a journey of domestic schadenfreude.:D

I guess I'm feeling wishy-washy about this. I would never condone book burnings and nonsense like that or even having a some sort of "naughty book" scarlet letter put on it. But I do want to know what my 12 year old is being exposed to, not so I can run from the room wailing but so I can be...

I remember getting a hold of an Agatha Christie. Once I read one I plundered the local library until I had read all that they had. I also remember reading a book called "Down A Dark Hall" that I really enjoyed. I just loved it. It had a nice creep factor. I looked it up on Amazon and it's...

I've caught some of this series. It amazes me how people live sometimes. I have to say, I lead an exceptionally sheltered and boring life and this series makes me very thankful for it. The world that these folks inhabit is so very different from mine. The level of violence that becomes...

I have liked Christopher Buckley's Thank You For Smoking. Attempted murder by nicotine patch had me rolling. I also laughed alot during Marley and Me. I hold this book responsible for the fact that I now own a labrador retriever. A law suite is pending. (Although I guess the author will...

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Yes, its very short but I thought I would mention it. It sits on my shelf burning for October to arrive.:)

That's exactly the kind of day for a Miss Read. And they are really fast reads so a rainy afternoon is all you need. I'm going to add The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. A beautiful book even though it does have sad parts. And I'm so suggestible that all through this book I kept...

Today I am irritated by people who monopolize the bank tellers time by telling them about their life saga's. Newsflash, when the teller asks you how you are they don't really want all the gory details! Or even more irritating, making them balance their flippin' check books for them. Learn...

I just got done reading An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor. Really, really enjoyed it. It definitely makes you reach for the Earl Grey and crumpets.:) A recently licensed doctor moves to a country village to learn the ropes from the current GP. Lots of charming characters and silly...

Dang it! I just read that book too. I'll have to try and catch the next installment. Thanks for the heads up. BTW, who is Poirot? David Suchet?

I agree! This is now officially on my October / Halloween-ie TBR list. The month of October we binge on spooky movies and books at our house. I think we enjoy October even more then December and Christmas. Oops, no reason to have the Dracula sequel unless we have the original, I guess...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Is this going to be a series, like Moby Dick and Zombies or Oliver Twist and Zombies? That could be fun.:D) In Cold Blood - Capote The Belgariad Vol.1 - Eddings The Capote and Eddings were used so they were half price.