Catherine Grace Cline was six years old, and her sister Martha Ann was four, when their mother drowned. Their daddy is the preacher at the Baptist church in their small Georgia town. When their father is busy, Gloria Jean, a neighbor and old friend of their mother’s watches the girls. Catherine Grace loves Gloria Jean [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 30, 2009
Review: Finger Lickin’ Fifteen
Stephanie Plum is a bond enforcement officer for her cousin Vinnie. While she’s at the office one day, her sidekick, Lula, comes in claiming to have witnessed a murder. It turns out that she saw celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle being killed. The murderers find out that Lula was a witness, so they’re after her now. [...]
July 29, 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. (Don’t forget to leave a link in your comment if you’re participating.)
All of my words this week come from American Lion by Jon Meacham.
1. obsequious – “In personal [...]
July 28, 2009
Review, Blog Tour & Giveaway: American Lion
American Lion by Jon Meacham is a biography of our seventh President, Andrew Jackson. Jackson made a name for himself as a military leader at the Battle of New Orleans. In 1824, he won the most popular votes in the Presidential election, but no one won the electoral vote, and Congress named John Quincy Adams [...]
July 27, 2009
Mailbox Monday
A big thanks to Marcia of The Printed Page for hosting this fun meme. Check out her blog to see what everyone else got last week or to play along. I had a pretty winning week. This is what I found in my mailbox last week:
Monday
An autographed copy of Undercover by Beth Kephart was [...]
July 25, 2009
Review: The Unit
Dorrit is being checked into the Second Reserve Bank Unit for biological material. Everyone is sent to a unit like this after they reach a certain age (50 for women, 60 for men) if they’re considered “dispensable.” Dispensable means no one needs them and they aren’t in careers that are considered necessary for society. At [...]
July 24, 2009
Local Flavor
Carl and I are in the lowcountry of South Carolina for a short vacation. We took the scenic route to Savannah yesterday to attend a Moth event. We passed this restaurant in Bluffton, South Carolina, and I asked Carl to turn around so I could get a picture. I’m sure this is a fine eating [...]
July 24, 2009
Blog Improvement Project: Blog Post Bingo
The latest Blog Improvement Project assignment is Blog Post Bingo Round 2. The goal of this assignment was to do as many of these 12 types of blog posts:
A Link Post
A Short Post
A List Post
An Opinion Post
A Poll or Question Post
A How-To Post
A Long Post
A Review Post
A Definition Post
A Personal Post
A Resource Post
Free Space
Once again, [...]
July 23, 2009
Review: The Impostor’s Daughter
When Laurie Sandell was a young girl, she idolized her father. As she grew older, she began to realize that he’s different from other fathers and she suspected that a lot of what he was saying wasn’t true. After college, Laurie discovered that her father had obtained credit under her name and done some other [...]
