Giveaway: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (pssst . . . it’s SIGNED!)

Edited to add:  This giveaway is now closed and you may find the winner on the announcement post.  Miss this giveaway?  Find out if I have any other current giveaways.

I’m thrilled to give away a signed copy of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (check out my book review), 2009’s Newbery Award winner and all [...]

On Book Borrowing: Do You Lend Out? I’ve Got Questions!

Last week I was thinking about the power of book ownership and wondered why it is I like to own books when I rarely reread them.  The support that I got in the comments was fantastic and I loved to see that there are others like me that just like to look at their books [...]

Bloggiesta Wrap-Up: In Which We Pat Ourselves on Our Backs and a Few Win Books!

Sorry folks that I didn’t post the Bloggiesta wrap up sooner!  I think I went into a self-induced comatose state after it was over and then had a bit of a staycation.  But I promised that I wouldn’t post anything on my blog until I got this post done, thus the lack of posts for [...]

Unite or Die, How Thirteen States Became a Nation by Jacqueline Jules, Illustrated by Jef Czekaj

Unite or Die, How Thirteen States Became a Nation by Jacqueline Jules and illustrated by Jef Czekaj is a perfect book to sit down with this holiday weekend with your kids and learn exactly how the constitution was created.  And trust me, perhaps my own recollection of history is rusty but as an adult I [...]

Why Do I Own Books When I Rarely Reread?

It’s not very often that I reread a book.  I’m really trying to think of which books I’ve reread recently and I can’t think of a single one.  I’m not the type who has a particular book that they love so much that they read it once a year.
I have begun to reread some books [...]