The LA Times Festival of Books, Part 2: In Which I Meet Awesome Book Bloggers

If you had told me a year ago that I would be willing to shell out a couple hundred bucks and book a flight to go down to the LA Times Festival of Books with the intention of meeting people that I only “knew” online, I would have told you that you were crazy!  Not [...]

New York Times Bestsellers – May 3rd

The New York Times Bestseller List
May 3rd, 2009
Hardcover Fiction

FIRST FAMILY, by David Baldacci. Former Secret Service agents, now P.I.’s, search for a child abducted from a party at Camp David.
TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT, by Alexander McCall Smith.  The 10th novel in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
LOITERING WITH INTENT, by Stuart Woods. [...]

Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias B. Freese

Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias B. Freese is a collection of short stories that has been languishing in my book pile for far too long and I was determined to read it during Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon.  I have heard a lot of mixed reviews for this one, from people really loving it [...]