Month: September 2011

  • 1. Don’t forget to comment on my September giveaway post for your chance to win ON BEAUTY by Zadie Smith or BROETRY by Brian McGackin! Right now only one person has entered… (Torie Michelle, you may end up winning both!) 2. Today I’m over at Writer Unboxed talking about bad/blah books and why I’ve learned to…

  • Please note: My “Reading Reflections” are not reviews. They are simply my thoughts in response to certain passages. … To whomever found my website by searching “i’m addicted to novels again” — congratulations! That makes me so happy. (But ironically, today I am posting about non-fiction.) BOSSYPANTS is really more of a collection of humorous personal…

  • It’s been a strange week for me. My dad and my aunt both underwent significant surgeries, and my boyfriend had a terrifying experience with Clear Air Turbulence on his business trip to South America. Meanwhile I’ve been home alone, wrestling with my thoughts and emotions about it all. Many times I’ve wanted to blog about…

  • Oops! I totally missed August. My bad, y’all. I’m also getting better about borrowing library books, which means that my bookshelves aren’t as strained as they used to be. Giveaways probably won’t be every month anymore. Same rules as usual: Please leave a comment below and let me know which of these 2 books you’re interested…

  • When I was a kid, my parents used to call me Chatterbox. Because I could talk. A LOT. (Still can, still do. Just ask Andy.) Sometimes my rambling was so bad that my dad would say, “If you can’t tell a story in two minutes or less, then I don’t want to hear it.” And…