Library Musings…A note of excuse

The exact amount of double-sided pages I’ve handwritten notes and quotes on, from John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars

So, please excuse my blogging absence…I’ve been reading

Oh for the Love of Words! (5)…Word Dynamo (or how TheLibrarian got distracted)

This meme was created by RachelKiwi over at She is too fond of books and it has addled her brain. She decided that Fridays should be dedicated to logophilia. Logophilia is “the love of words” for all of you without a dictionary close at hand.

Posts are dedicated to either a new word you [...]

TGIF (27)…To Require or Not To Require…

TGIF is hosted by Ginger at Greads. It’s about answering/asking our readers a random book related question. The question posted by Ginger today is…

Required Reading: Which book from your school days do you remember reading & enjoying? Is there a book published now that you’d like to see in today’s curriculum for kids?

Hmm, [...]

Wanted by her Lost Love (Pregnancy and Passion #2) by Maya Banks

The ladies over at Smart Bitches Trashy Books have got me thinking…I’ve been a bad romance reader. I’ve shunned, out of prejudice, a major section of the romance publishing industry.

The Harlequin Novel.

I figured if those intelligent ladies over at Smart Bitches found them worthy of a read or [...]

Library Musings…An Irish Read-Along

Felicia the Geeky Blogger, Missie the Unread Reader, Ash of Smash Attack Reads! And Jen of the Closet with a bibliophile are teaming up for a Celtic themed read-a-long this March. All I heard was Read-a-long and Irish and I was hooked. Shout out to all the Irish gals: holla!

If you’d like more info from [...]

Hana (Delirium #1.5) *Spoilers* by Lauren Oliver

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“I dream about sledding. That’s what it’s like to barrel forward toward September, to speed toward the day when I will no longer be troubled by amor deliria nervosa. It is like being on a sled in the middle of a cutting wind. I am breathless and terrified; I will soon be engulfed by [...]

Oh For the Love of Words! (4)…Hamartia, Toroidal, Sobriquet

This meme was created by RachelKiwi over at She is too fond of books and it has addled her brain. She decided that Fridays should be dedicated to logophilia. Logophilia is “the love of words” for all of you without a dictionary close at hand.

Posts are dedicated to either a new word you [...]

TGIF (26)…Pride or Lack Thereof

TGIF is hosted by Ginger at Greads. It’s about answering/asking our readers a random book related question. The question posted by Ginger today is…

Book Blogger Pride: What do you take pride in when it comes to blogging?

I don’t know that I take pride in anything…

To be honest I’m really doing [...]

Enticed by his Forgotten Lover (Pregnancy and Passion #1) by Maya Banks

Before you read any further see my post from earlier today detailing my new foray into the world of Harlequin Desire. It’s becoming an interesting experiment.

First up in the Pregnancy and Passion Series is: Enticed by his Forgotten Lover

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Rafael de Luca has a lot on his plate at the moment. Head [...]

Library Musings…Trashy Books get Trashier

I’m heading into uncharted territory here.

Yes. The perceived Trashiest of the Trashy reads.

We all know I’m a huge fan of the romance genre and I had thought my reading palate was fairly diverse. Bring me your Urban Paranormal Vampire Kings, Your haunted Medieval Scotsman, Rugged Cowboys, Rakish Regency Dukes, and the Modern Men at [...]