From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Audiobook Review: Death in the Clouds, by Agatha Christie

April 30, 2009 Books and Reading

A woman dies in her seat in an airplane en route to London from Paris. If not for Hercule Poirot’s quick eyes, her death may have been attributed to a wasp sting. Luckily, though, Poirot spots a half-hidden venom-tipped dart, and accident turns into murder. A search of the plane reveals a South American blowgun. [...]

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Review: The Murder Stone (A Rule Against Murder), by Louise Penny

April 29, 2009 Books and Reading

In Louise Penny’s latest Inspector Armand Gamache mystery, The Murder Stone (A Rule Against Murder in the U.S.), Gamache and his wife Reine-Marie are on holiday at Manoir Bellechasse, a luxury Québec chateau at which they stay annually. This year, though, they find themselves sharing the chateau with the wealthy Finney family, who have come [...]

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Review: The Essential Earthman, by Henry Mitchell

April 28, 2009 Books and Reading

The Essential Earthman, by Henry Mitchell, is one of my favorite books – it’s one I re-read frequently, and at least once between January and May. It’s also a book I’ll never lend, even though at heart I’m really a book lender. But while I might not lend it, I’ve been known to purchase it [...]

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TSS Another Big Book Giveaways List

April 26, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Here’s this week’s list of book giveaways I’ve come across recently. Last week’s list was so long, I thought it might be better if I organized the list a little so you can quickly scan through and focus on the specific genres you like! I must confess, I’ve been finding this post a little addictive [...]

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What’s Up Saturday: April 25, 2009

April 25, 2009 Books and Reading

Saturday seems like a perfect day for doing a “What’s up around here” post, and today it’s even more perfect, given that it’s 27 ºC (80.6 ºF) and just gorgeous outside. Well, it would be perfect, except that I’m working on the third deadline of the week, which must be completed for tomorrow.
But there’s nothing [...]

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I’m a Zombie Chicken!

April 24, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I’ve been wanting to say that for over 24 hours now. I discovered late on Wednesday night that Cathy at Kittling Books had awarded me this wonderful little blog award, as well as the 2009 Friendly Blogger Award, and I was very excited.
I mean, how many times do I ever get to say, I’m [...]

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More Library Decadence

April 22, 2009 Books and Reading

After my recent Library Loot post, I really didn’t think I could have that many more hold requests at the library coming in. I haven’t had a chance to read ANY of the books from that batch, with the exception of an audiobook, a BBC Radio Production of Agatha Christie’s The Caribbean Mystery (it helped [...]

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Letting Go …

April 21, 2009 Books and Reading

Yesterday my husband cleared out a small room we’ve been using for storage – we’ve decided to turn it into a mini-fitness room. The treadmill and exercise bike fit in there perfectly, and we’ll mount a couple of those portable DVD players to the wall so that we can watch movies while we exercise (or [...]

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TSS: Book Giveaways

April 19, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

Here are the great book giveaways I’ve discovered this past week; my goal is to unearth all sorts of different book giveaways, including not only those sponsored by the major publishers we book bloggers all know and love, but also giveaways sponsored by authors themselves as well as those by generous book bloggers offering up [...]

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An Embarrassment of Library Riches

April 17, 2009 Books and Reading

It must be some sort of Murphy’s Law applicable to bibliophiles, I think. Work-wise it’s been quiet around here, which is why I’ve been able to keep up with all my reading even through all the renovations around here, instead of being stuck at my desk pounding on deadline after deadline. I always have a [...]

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