In The Survivors Club, Ben Sherwood says, “The first rule of this book is that everyone is destined to become a survivor. Like it or not, that’s life.” Throughout the book, he tells incredible stories of ordinary people who have survived under extraordinary circumstances. Some of them are plucked straight from the headlines – the [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 27, 2009
Review, Blog Tour & Giveaway: Drood
On June 8, 1865, Charles Dickens was traveling on a train that was involved in an accident in Staplehurst, England. The only first-class carriage that didn’t jump the track was the one carrying Charles Dickens, his mistress and her mother. After Dickens got the two women to safety, he began to help injured passengers from [...]
February 26, 2009
Review: Coraline
After seeing and enjoying the movie version of Coraline, I decided to read the book. I’ve been wanting to try some of Neil Gaiman’s work and this gave me a good excuse. I will definitely be reading more of his books in the future. I think the book was great and they did a fantastic [...]
February 25, 2009
Wondrous Words Wednesday
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. Feel free to join in the fun. Here are some new words that I’ve discovered recently:
1. spoliation - I found this word in Above the Law by Tim Green. It was used like this, “Except [...]
February 24, 2009
Review: That Went Well
When Terrell Harris’s younger sister was born, it was a difficult birth for her mother. The baby’s brain didn’t receive enough oxygen, so Irene was born brain damaged. The family had Irene tested at the University of Utah and were told that she has an IQ around 57, she will never learn to read and [...]
February 23, 2009
Mailbox Monday
Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia of The Printed Page. Head over there to see what everyone else got last week. I received these books last week:
Tuesday
Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist’s Memoir by Daniel J. Tomasulo from Phenix & Phenix.
Thursday
The Local News by Miriam Gershow from Spiegel & Grau.
Friday
The Strain by Guillermo Del [...]
February 22, 2009
And the Winners are -
My giveaway for 3 copies of the audiobook Little Pink House, by Jeff Benedict, ended at midnight last night. I used random.org to determine the winners, and they are:
shelburns
Karen Haney
Darby Lohrding
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all who entered. A big thank you to Hachette Books for providing the audiobooks for the giveaway. I [...]
February 22, 2009
Weekly Link Round-Up
Here are some blogs and posts I want to highlight this week. (Some of these links are part of a link-sharing group started by Amy of My Friend Amy.)
Discussions
The Literate Housewife did a great post on historical fiction. She reminds us that it is fiction, after all. Some of the comments are great, too.
Reviews
After reading [...]
February 21, 2009
Coraline – the movie
Coraline Jones has just moved to an old house with her parents. She meets a young neighbor, Wybie, and he gives her a doll that he found at his grandmother’s, and it looks remarkably like Coraline. Coraline’s parents are busy and she misses her old friends, so she feels sorry for herself. She discovers an [...]
February 20, 2009
Review: Above the Law
Casey Jordan is a lawyer working at a free legal clinic in Texas that serves Mexican immigrants. A client comes in claiming that her sister and her young niece have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Her brother-in-law died in what has officially been declared a hunting accident, but she suspects there’s more to [...]
