February 9, 2010 – 1:44 pm
According to Galley Cat, Bud Light’s Super Bowl Ad depicting a couple of beer loving boys crashing a book club has offended book clubs, literary bloggers and readers. Personally, I thought it was silly but, hey, it’s the Super Bowl people. In fact, my husband was complaining that a lot of the ads made the [...]
October 26, 2009 – 10:54 am
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In honor of Halloween week, here is Seattle Times pop critic Mark Rahne’s hilarious video tour of Forks, WA which any Twilighter knows is the setting for the Stephenie Meyer’s vampire series. Whaahahahahaa…
I admit it. I am a trade paperback snob. I realized that the other day when I had the option of buying The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in either mass market paperback (MMP) or trade paperback (TPB). Even though the mass market was definitely cheaper, $7.99 vs. $16. 37, I chose the trade paperback. [...]
I cracked up when I read this winning entry from Eric Rice of Sun Prairie, Wis. for worst opening sentence to a novel in the detective category of The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, affectionately known as “It was a dark and stormy night” contest.
“She walked into my office on legs as long as one of those [...]
March 28, 2009 – 10:12 am
This is a great, big epic of a book. I loved author Mark Salzman’s blurb on the back cover “This book has everything: nuns, conjoined twins, civil war, and medicine.” A perfect vacation read. One you can wrap yourself up in and devote yourself to.
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January 17, 2009 – 6:13 pm
If you watch any tv at all, than you have seen the many public service announcements about the upcoming switch from analog to digital television viewing. My husband and I lament every night that with all the cable channels available to us, why is there never anything worth watching (but I digress). Watch this funny [...]
November 13, 2008 – 4:08 pm
Q: Where can men over the age of 60 find younger, sexy women who are interested in them?
A: Try a book store—under fiction.
October 31, 2008 – 5:41 pm
This past week I attended a dress up Halloween Party for seniors where my friend Marsha and her tap group were the entertainment. I marveled at all the clever costumes. My favorite was a distinguished gray haired woman in a lovely black lace evening dress. A sign hung from her back that said “Please help [...]
My husband and I are headed out of town over the long Fourth of July weekend and I’m trying to decide what book I want to read. I’ve been in book limbo since my book club wound it’s season up last month and it’s officially free reading time. Problem is, there are just too many [...]
