Interview With Laura Brodie, Author of THE WIDOW'S SEASON
My home computer is still non-functional, but I'm plugging along with posts here and there.  My dear friend Serena is letting me use her computer this weekend so I can pre-schedule some posts for next week while I'm on vacation, so expect more book reviews in the near future. In the meantime, I hope you'll check out my latest author int

Mid-Week Randomness
This week seems to be moving along so slowly, probably because I'm on vacation all next week and want to be done with the work week already!  Since I haven't written reviews for the 4 books sitting on my desk patiently waiting their turn in the spotlight, I thought I'd post some random updates. First, I want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes.  You all made my day!  And thanks to my husband for holding a small gathering for me over the weekend, Serena and her husband for the awesome bookish gifts (the Jane Austen action figure rocks!), and to The Girl for making sure I didn't have to do any housework on

THE HIEROPHANT OF 100TH STREET by Cullen Dorn
"It is hard sometimes, I know.  One goes astray from the pattern prepared -- allowing mundane affairs to carry you away, thinking you are in control when actually you have betrayed yourself.  In the example of one extreme, I will mention the soul whom you knew as Hitler, who was to be a benevolent leader of the European countries, a great light in that part of the world.  But he failed and, in his lust for power, short-circuited

Mailbox Monday -- November 16
After I gave myself a little pat on the back for catching up in my blog reading on my day off last week, my computer decided it doesn't want to connect to the Internet anymore.  UGH!  (I can connect with the Wii, but you won't see me using the controller to type one letter at a time.)  Hopefully they'll be some good Black Friday deals on laptops because I've been patiently waiting to buy one.  :) Anyway, it's time for

CONSCIENCE POINT by Erica Abeel
From the very first page of Conscience Point, it's obvious that Madeleine Shaye is writing her story, but to whom is uncertain.  It's not a chronological account of her life; rather, it's a twisted tale of messed up relationships and secrets.  At the center is Conscience Point, a crumbling mansion with Gothic undertones in rural New York, the estate of the eccentric Ashcroft family:&nbs