I have to admit that I'm really impressed.  The quality of these shirts alone makes them a great choice.  The stitching is accurate and sturdy.  The material is made of 100% preshrunk cotton.  This is not a flimsy t-shirt, but rather thick and should wear well.  Best of all, the t-shirt I reviewed is absolutely awesome.  The front spells out 'BACON' using the periodic table of elements!  You just don't get much cooler than a bacon shirt! I love bacon and these bacon t-shirts are fat free!! [read more]

The voyage was uneventful until the 14th April . There were ice reports during the day of the 14thalong the intended route of the Titanic. Captain Smith had taken the southern Track as was normal practice for the time of year but did not slow the ship down on receiving these Ice warnings The Titanic, although a floating palace, did not have advanced warning systems that we have today. Marconi wireless was a major advance in communications but in its infancy on board ship still being tested ... [read more]

Yesterday I took the plunge. All ittook was a burning desire to listen to the Gourds, a definite lack of the Gourdson my iTunes, a Visa debit card, and…oh, I don’t know…a dose of free spirit.Yes. As of 24 hours ago, I am officially a Spotify subscriber. (For the curious, Iam not a “Premium” subscriber, but onlyan “Unlimited” subscriber.) The monthly fee for the serves is $4.99, which isjust about $60 per annum to stream unlimited music…and more music than you can find on iTunes most of the t ... [read more]

Title: In Too Deep [read more]

Chicago wins a bid to be the host of the World's Fair in 1892, the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America. The city's top architects immediately swing into gear to make this a fair to remember. Paris had hosted a world's fair a few years earlier and everyone said that it couldn't be beaten. So of course Chicago feels like they have to "out-Eiffel Eiffel." At the same time, charming psychopath Dr. H.H. Holmes sets up a pharmacy/hotel/restaurant in the city. Women and childr ... [read more]

Country music superstar Sara Evans has once again teamed up with award-winning inspirational fiction author Rachel Hauck for the final installment of their Songbird series. Introducing a few new characters into the cast of well-crafted familiars, Love Lifted Me moves the troubled Benson family into a new setting that tests their faith and resolve. [read more]

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s featured book is Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare … Continue reading → [read more]

First line: "What star is that, Mama?" [read more]

Kellyann Zuzolo is touring March 5 – 23 with her paranormal romance book, The Genie Ignites (Book One of the Zubis Chronicles). Bethany O’Brien is a 21st-century woman with a career, ambition and bills. She has no recollection of how she once felt about a nearly 4,000-year-old genie named Zubis who suddenly invades her world, but [...] [read more]

  Cinder - Marissa Meyers (publisher) [read more]

Lisa Unger takes readers back to the sleepy (but surprisingly crime-filled) streets of The Hollows, a small town just outside New York City, in her latest book Darkness, My Old Friend. [read more]

The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney, narrated by Dan Stevens Published in audio by Penguin Audio, published in print by Putnam Books, both imprints of Penguin Synopsis: From the publisher: Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he’d been hired [...] [read more]

I think I'm in a reading rut. I haven't finished a book since last week and that was an audiobook. It's not that I'm not reading good books, it's just that I can't concentrate. Ever have that happen? [read more]

 Just about two years ago I read Susan Hill’s novella The Man In the Picture. I had some issues with the novella format, and though the story was creepy, I wanted more detail and resolution in the plot. The soon to be released The Woman In Black  is based on a novella  by Susan Hill and this trailer [...] Related posts: Man in the Picture, by Susan Hill – Book Review [read more]

The Priest and the Peaches by Larry Peterson [read more]

There but for the by Ali Smith Published by: Knopf Doubleday Published on: September 13, 2011 Page Count: 256 Genre: Literary Fiction My Reading Format: Audiobook sent to me via the Solid Gold Reviewer Program organized by Audiobook Jukebox Audiobook Published by: Highbridge Audio Narrator: Anne Flosnik Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Available Formats: [...] [read more]

Menagerie by Sharon Montrose is one of those quirky little books that you can't help but pick up and look through. Montrose is a sought after photographer of - you guessed it - animals. [read more]

This day in 1722 the novel The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe was published. As with all great novels there is a great story behind it. Scarlet Woman Moll Flanders keyhole paper sculpture red by ScathinglyBrilliant Great price on this book in paper or elec­tronic for­mat through the Man of la Book Affil­i­ate [...] [read more]

Outside the Lines: A Novel by Amy Hatvany [read more]

Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos Where I stopped: Page 110 Having read and loved Marisa de los Santos’ first two novels, I eagerly anticipated grabbing Falling Together. While the plot was slow-moving and cumbersome at times — even … Continue reading → [read more]

“You’ve stumbled out of The Darkness just to find yourself wandering through Artificial Light.” (quote from book trailer)Crystal Connor left readers wondering more and more about her main character, Artemisia (AKA The Alchemist), at the end of the The Darkness (first book in The Spectrum Trilogy). What exactly is she capable of? How far will she go in her pursuit of “divine knowledge?”  These questions and many more are addressed in the highly anticipated sequel, Artificial Light (January 20 ... [read more]

Marissa Bennett is going home. She's just been through an emotionally devastating divorce so she's headed to the small Ohio college town she once couldn't wait to leave and where she is the new YA librarian. She arrives home in the middle of one of the town's many parades, literally right in the middle. Having taken a wrong turn, she is now a part of the parade until the sheriff waves her off the route and chastizes her. Worse than the embarrassment, it turns out that the sheriff is Conn ... [read more]

Mickey has grown up all over the world because of his parents’ work for a charitable organization.  As he enters high school, they decide they need to settle down so he can attend high school in one place.  Unfortunately tragedy strikes, and Mickey ends up in the care of his uncle Myron Bolitar. When Mickey [...] [read more]

Today I welcome author Morgan Mandel, whose latest is FOREVER YOUNG, BLESSING OR CURSE. [read more]

"A Family Man" by V. S. Pritchett (1980, 22 pages) [read more]

Well no one guessed what this image was. Some people got part marks for the power-line in the background. But no one guessed a statue! I suspected when I cropped this part of the Digger's leg (wrapped in puttees) that people might guess a palm or coconut palm. It does look something like a palm taken out of context. This statue of a Digger (Oz lingo for an Aussie Soldier) is atop the war memorial in a tiny little town called Bonny Doon. I guess he is suitable for an Australia Day post for t ... [read more]

Read Aloud Thursday is hosted at Hope is the Word. I forgot to add that last week! [read more]

It didn't occur to me to want to read John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress until last year when I finally read Little Women. The March sisters play-act Christian's pilgrimage from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City, and they attempt to shoulder the burdens life deals them with Christian as their model. Only whilst reading Little Women did I fully realize what an impact The Pilgrim's Progress has had on western literature. [read more]

Mary felt a chill for her sister.  ‘How easily a woman falls,’ she whispered.  ‘How narrow a path she must tread.’ Mrs Gardiner instantly felt a pang for talking so forthrightly to a young woman.  ‘Well,’ she said awkwardly.  ‘Yes, to be sure, but Mary, remember, that goodness is in part chosen.  Lydia was given [...] [read more]

Homer The Cat by Reeve Lindbergh, Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf (Candlewick Press, $15.99, 32 pages) Any child that lives with an indoor cat is likely to both love and identify with this story of Homer the cat.   Homer’s a contented feline…  Although … Continue reading → [read more]

Experience a closer relationship with your Savior in the pages of Mornings with Jesus 2012. Each page of this all-new devotional begins with a Scripture quote, followed by an uplifting devotion that demonstrates how Jesus’ life and teachings apply today. With humor, humility and grace, the seven writers share insights and reflections that you can relate to. You’ll also find “faith steps” that you can practice throughout your day, to help you carry the words of Jesus with you and make them re ... [read more]

Girls Uncovered: New Research on What America's Sexual Culture Does to Young Women [read more]

Title: Me and You Author: Niccolo Ammahiti Pages: 192 Pub: 2012; Grove  Genre: Literary Fiction; Novella  Etc: via Netgalley [read more]

Most of the media experiences (not just books, although mainly books) that really struck me this year have a couple things in common. I learned something about myself, particularly through their confluence. They’re all about being an outsider, working on … Continue reading → [read more]

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Why I picked it: Stewart O'Nan is the one author who is recommended over and over when we talk with authors for the Manic Mommies Book Club.  I hadn't read any of his work yet but jumped at the chance with his new novel. [read more]

The Artist (official movie site) [read more]

The Love of Her Life by Harriet Evans Publisher: Downtown Press Ratings: Source: Borrowed Synopsis: Thirty-year-old Kate Miller fled London two years ago when her life fell apart spectacularly. Living in New York with her mother and stepfather and working half-heartedly as a literary agent, Kate must return to London when her father, a famous [...] [read more]

 Once again, even though I'm not a cat person, my family has provided me with the perfect picture for Cat Thursday. Cat Thursday is hosted by Michelle of The True Book Addict. [read more]

What Smokin' Seventeen is about: Stephanie Plum once again bumbles her way through apprehensions of bond skips while Lula and Grandma yuck it up as the comic relief. She's still torn between boring Joe (IMHO) and that mouth-watering Ranger! More cars are sacrificed and someone wants her dead! [read more]

Here are the top five vote-getters so far in historical fiction from the 2011 All-the-Best-Books Compilation. You can see all 91 titles in this genre that have received votes or review any of the other genres by downloading the full ABBC spreadsheet via Blogging for a Good Book at Williamsburg Regional Library. Tied for fourth [...] [read more]

Rating: 4.5/5 I got this book: from the library I read this in: Dutch (De verborgen taal van bloemen), the original language is English Number of pages: 384 First published: 2011 Genre: contemporary fiction . This was a nice and quick read about a quite unpleasant girl although I did warm to a little after a [...] [read more]

Tout Sweet: A Memoir by Karen Wheeler, 320 pages. Available in paperback, Kindle, Nook, and ebook from Sourcebooks. Blogger and fashion editor Karen Wheeler has written an entertaining account of her spontaneous decision to move from London to the French... [read more]

Michelle and I are pleased to announce the acquisition of the Book Blogger Convention by Reed Exhibitions (the folks who run Book Expo America (BEA))! As many know, I have been organizing and running the Book Blogger Convention together with Michelle (and with the help of other bloggers) for two years now. It has been [...] [read more]

Digging Up The Past: Genesis 3-11 by Kay Arthur & Janna Arndt [read more]

Wilson Chaney, a Harvard professor, comes to Carlotta Carlyle for help finding a blackmailer.  Turns out that he had an affair with a student, who has since died in a fire.  He wants Carlotta to retrieve some letters that he wrote to her and protect his marriage and his reputation.  But as Carlotta starts tracking the victim, the last few weeks of the girl's life, and the probable blackmailer, she discovers there is much more at stake than one Harvard professor's reputation.  Wilson Chaney i ... [read more]

Pazuzu's Girl By: Rachel Coles ISBN:  9781936564361 Expected Publication:  February 10, 2012 by JournalStone Available format:  Hardcover, paperback, ebook [read more]

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. [read more]

I got a new webcam for my birthday and wanted to try it out! I'll be linking to the other Nestie's vlogs as they post them and if any of my blog followers want to play alone, leave a link and I'll post yours too! [read more]

Genre: Chick Lit Main characters: Poppy Wyatt, Sam Roxton Time and place: present day London First sentence: “Perspective.” Verdict: Four and a half stars. Summary: Poppy Wyatt is engaged to be married and blissfully happy. Her fiance, Magnus Tavish, is “a tall, handsome university lecturer who’s written a book and even been on the TV“, [...] [read more]