Susan Jane Gilman was raised in Upper West Manhattan in the 1970’s, before it became gentrified. Her family was pretty laid back and “groovy” – her grandmother claimed to be a Communist and her mother signed the whole family up for Transcendental Meditation. Throughout it all, Susie retained an active imagination and developed a sense [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 30, 2009
Mailbox Monday
Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. Head over there if you want to see what everyone else got last week or if you want to join in the fun. I didn’t get tons of books last week, but I’m really excited about the ones I got. (I think I actually [...]
March 29, 2009
Pork Tenderloin with Plum Salsa
When I was on Twitter a week or so ago, Little Brown tweeted a link to this recipe by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, the authors of The Flavor Bible. Since plums are one of my favorite fruits, I printed the recipe. Carl and I tried it the other night and we both thought it [...]
March 27, 2009
Review: Zig-Zagging
Tom Wilson, Jr’s beloved father was the creator of the Ziggy cartoon, so Tom grew up feeling like Ziggy was his younger brother. Tom would sit in the basement with his father and create drawings of his own. Tom attended Miami University and fell in love with Susan, a very spiritual woman. Tom and Susan [...]
March 26, 2009
Review: The Horse Boy
When Rupert Isaacson and his wife Kristen Neff had a baby boy, they were ecstatic. Things seemed to be going along fine until their son, Rowan, was about 2 years old. Kristen is a professor of human development and she noticed that some things weren’t quite right. She did some research and discovered that Rowan [...]
March 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.
The first two new words I came across this week are from The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano.
1. chimerical – “And all the chimerical, fancy detail [...]
March 24, 2009
Giveaway: Into the Beautiful North
I ended up with 2 ARCs of Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea, so I’m giving one away! Please note that since it is an ARC (the book will be published on May 19), the cover looks different than the one above. I haven’t read it yet, but here’s the description:
Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works [...]
March 24, 2009
Review: Eyes of the Storm
Lucius, Phoney and Smiley are returning to The Barrelhaven Tavern, so Smiley and Phoney can work off their debt to Lucius. Gran’ma Ben, Thorn and Fone Bone are staying on the farm and Gran’ma Ben overhears Thorn and Fone discussing the dreams they’ve been having. This makes Gran’ma realize that it’s time to tell Thorn [...]
March 23, 2009
Mailbox Monday
I had another great book week. These are the books I found in my mailbox:
Saturday
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman by Elizabeth Buchanan from Thoughts of Joy
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith from Hachette Books
Tuesday
Sir John Hargrave’s Mischief Maker’s Manual from Grosset & Dunlap
Standing Still by Kelly Simmons from the author
Wednesday
Sway by Zachary Lazar from [...]
