In a bit of serendipity my blog piece this week mimics Blythe’s blog in asking the question of nature or nurture. Except mine is not about readers but readers who exercise. Once you have developed a…
I am a flip-flop girl. Despite the warnings I’ve seen and heard about the dangers of wearing them, I can’t help but be skeptical. They can’t possibly be as bad as those stiletto heels I see…
For this month’s TBR Challenge read, I decided to hit the virtual TBR pile. It’s not as large as the dead tree one, but it still exists. I’m glad I decided to pick something from the…
Confession: We scheduled our family vacation around the release of Harry Potter. We were originally going to leave later and come back later, placing us in the wilds of Montana on July 15. “We can’t do that,” my…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EC2tmFVNNE&feature=relmfu Honestly, what exactly can one say about the end of an era? I didn’t grow up with Harry Potter, so I don’t feel it as keenly as others do, but the last movie certainly marks…
It All Ends. An end of an era. The end of childhood. I’m pretty sure everyone in the industrialized world knows that the final Harry Potter movie came out on Friday (in the U.S.). This is…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BynJmKpzJEw A few weeks ago, tabloids and celeb gossip sites exploded with the story about a 51-year-old actor (not likely someone you would recognize or know) marrying a 16-year old girl. I, for one, was pretty…
You know, the veil between publishing and authors and readers is pretty much kaput these days. And, frankly, I kind of miss it. I miss the days when I didn’t know anything about authors and just…