Feb 28
Time for our our February monthly recap! Find out which books were favorites and which were duds. We’ll end our wrap up with a a list of books due out this month and a glimpse of our upcoming content. We also want to hear from you so let us know what you read this month and what you look forward to reading in March.
Feb 27
Welcome to a new feature we’ll be adding that is all about judging a book by its cover. I’m probably being a bit of a jerk to add this feature and fully showcasing my inner book snob but sometimes the snark needs an outlet. Plus I’m at home sick again because my house is a putrid petri dish of kindergarten-created germs.
While lying in bed hacking up a lung, I just so happened to stumble across this fabulous book cover. I laughed hysterically which promptly turned to wheezing thanks to my current plague/infection. Here for your viewing pleasure, the next great literary masterpiece for your consideration — available on sale for only 99 cents:
This fantastic cover says it all. This motorcycle-riding brown bear clearly becomes smitten with this beefcake who for some strange reason is standing half-dressed in the moonlight. Does this mystery man typically wander around in the moonlight, without a shirt, looking for adventure and hoping against hope that he will strike the fancy of a biker bear? Does he know that he just so happens to be standing in front of this giant bear of his dreams?
Without looking it up, what do you think this book is about? I admittedly looked at the synopsis and it’s just as good as the cover. You can read the synopsis on Amazon (and snag it for yourself. I kid you not, it gets almost 5 stars)
Feb 26
We had such a good time last year with our March Madness challenge that we are hosting it again this year. We hope you join in. If you want to join, send in your book nomination by March 5th. Here’s how it will work… Read more
Feb 20
Today it is president’s day in the United States and many of us had the day off of work. If you are looking for an appropriate novel to read on this day, I have the perfect book for you: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Read more
Jan 31
Time for our first monthly recap of 2017! Find out which books were favorites and which were duds. We’ll end our wrap up with a a list of books due out this month and a glimpse of our upcoming content. We also want to hear from you so let us know what you read this month and what you look forward to reading in February and the rest of 2017.
Jan 30
There is no such thing as a universally loved book. Each month, we’ll feature a book from Time’s list of the best 100 English language novels of all time. From the nasty to the snarky to the downright absurd, we’ll highlight some of the strange reasons why some people hate these great reads. This month we’ll be taking a look at reviews for The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Jan 27
Never read Infinite Jest? A few of us over at Litsy will be doing a buddy read of Infinite Jest starting Feb 1. What does this mean exactly? We’ll be me making our way through the book very slowly (about 55-70 pages each week) and along the way we’ll be discussing the book, posting quotes and photos, and providing encouragement to each other.
Unfortunately, you have to have Litsy (available as an app for iPhone and Android) to participate but it’s free and addicting once you get the hang of it. The photo above has a rough guideline for what we will be reading each week. Come join us. To join in, find me over at Litsy (I’m JenP) and you’ll see the posts I’ve made about it. Then you’ll just use the hashtag #InfiniteJestBuddyRead to participate in the discussion.
Hope to see you over there. We will start reading Feb 1, but over the next few days I’ll be posting some tips on how to get started and some questions to get us warmed up.
Jan 16
Have you ever noticed how some books seem to drive a wedge between people? You check the reviews and find almost no middle-of-the-road ratings. Instead people either seem to love it or hate it. Well, welcome to the Love it or Hate it post category! Each month, we’ll pick one book to review and two contributors will […]
Jan 10
We have quite a backlog of reviews so to clear the backlog and keep us on track for our regular posts, we’ve decided to do a few mini reviews to share our abbreviated thoughts on some of the books we read last year. Here is our first installment focused on 1001 books. Our next series of mini reviews will be for non-list books. Let us know if any strike your fancy. Read more
Jan 6
2017 is off to a good start for me, at least in terms of books. I’m participating in Litsy’s A to Z challenge (I’m admittedly obsessed with Litsy after finally discovering all the cool things over there) and since I’m mildly compulsive with respect to the order of how I complete challenges, I started off the year with “A.” Thus, The Association of Small Bombs by Mahajan was my first selection of the year.
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