The months are speeding by, and it’s already summer! As I’m writing this, the weather in southern California has been cool and rainy lately, but it looks like we’re going to have sun today. I shouldn’t complain about the cool weather, because once it gets hot, it will be REALLY hot, and I’ll be wishing […]
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Welcome to Over-Booked, where I share my latest and greatest book acquisitions! I’m linking up with Stacking the Shelves over at Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post at The Caffeinated Book Reviewer. First of all, in case you missed it on Instagram, two weeks ago I did this: That’s the kanji for “book” (Hon), because […]
Today for Armchair BEA, the topic is Novellas & Short Stories. We’re giving some love to those delightful small bites of fiction that can be just as powerful as a long novel. I want to highlight a few short story anthologies that I’ve read recently and loved. Because I love genre fiction, all these collections […]
It’s the end of the year, which means lots of top ten lists! Selecting my top ten favorite books of 2013 is extremely hard, because I read so many amazing books this year. Like many bloggers, I find it nearly impossible to select only ten books that I loved for the entire year! So this […]
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell Genre: Adult Speculative Short Stories Publisher: Knopf Release date: February 12 2013 Source: eARC from publisher Pages: 256 In a word: strange, unearthly, jaw-dropping, and absurd A friend of mine once tried to describe Cirque du Soleil to me (before I had seen it for myself), and […]
January went by so fast! I have to admit that although I read quite a few books this month, I’m still behind with my NetGalley and Edelweiss titles. I will be playing catch-up for the next month or so, I guess. This past month was a fantastic month for reading, though. Just about everything I […]
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, where we all get to share the books we acquired over the past week. I had a busy week, and as a new user of NetGalley and Edelweiss, I have to say this: NetGalley and Edelweiss are DANGEROUS!! What I mean is that it seems to be […]
This Tuesday’s Top Ten theme, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is great picks for Book Clubs, a subject that is near and dear to my heart, since I’ve been in a book club for the past six years. My book club has read some of these, and the others are ones I either […]
The year is almost over, and I finally get to post my top ten favorite books of the year. For the first time, I am participating in “Top Ten Tuesday” created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they come up with a new top ten list and invite other bloggers to participate. I […]