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What to See from Birmingham, UK
Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides,... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
FitBit for #ReadersWorkouts
Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where book lovers share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.For an early birthday present, I got a... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Monday Reading — My Birthday Edition
This was the summer when I was 7. Clarksville, the town just south of Louisiana on the Mississippi, had a sky lift up to a bluff with an amazing view and a... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Sunday Salon — Mother’s Day Edition
This was the next summer when I was 7. Clarksville, the town just south of Louisiana on the Mississippi, had a sky lift up to a bluff with an amazing view and... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Kelley Armstrong, Kiera Cass, Danielle Page, Kimberly Derting — an Author Event
A friend and I attended an author event last night. We were there to see Kelley Armstrong as fans of the Otherworld series for adults. But the event, the Dark... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
English Baroque in Fact & Fiction #BriFri
Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides,... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2014 BOOKS -
Readers’ Workouts — the Mother’s Day Edition
Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where book lovers share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.Last week’s 11 Random Exercise Facts... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Live Interview with Author Jane Ann McLachlan
Join me on Wednesday for a Twitter interview with Jane Ann McLachlan. She wrote Walls of Wind, a favorite book from this winter — science fiction with a lovely... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
It’s Monday! Cinco De Mayo Edition
Happy Cinco de Mayo! It’s finally feeling like spring here. We had a glorious day yesterday and looking forward to another today. Read more
Posted on 05 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Sunshine Blows Away Nightmares #SundaySalon
Happy Sunday!Time: // 8:58 am.The scene: // Sunny! And we’re expecting several quite warm days after a week of mostly grey and cool ones.Listening to: // My Goo... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
How to Use Health and Diet Books #WeekendCooking
Beth Fish Reads hosts Weekend Cooking, a weekly blog hop of food posts.In response to my previous posts where I mentioned reading 70 books and losing 70... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Shades of London Series by Maureen Johnson #BriFri #BookReview
Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides,... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver #BookReview
Book: A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry by Mary Oliver Genre: Writing Publisher: A Harvest Original Publication date: 1994... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Top Ten Books If You Like British TV #Top10Tuesday
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at The Broke and The Bookish: Top Ten Books if you like X, where I get to determine X. So, I’m going with X = British TV.If yo... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
11 Random Exercise Facts About Me — #ReadersWorkouts
Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where book lovers share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.Janelle of Run With No Regrets, one of... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #Readathon Edition
I had such fun on Saturday with the spring version of Dewey’s Read-a-thon: Introducing myself, my garden, and my new niece-in-law Best of my reading year lists... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Wrap-up of Dewey’s #Readathon + #SundaySalon
Good Morning! Welcome to a special edition of Sunday Salon, featuring the end-of-event questions for Dewey’s Read-a-thon. I participated in the read-a-thon... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Answers to #Readathon Mid-Event Questions
Hour 12 already!Cass of Bonjour, Cass is running the Dewey’s Read-a-Thon site for this hour and she has a list of mid-event of questions to answer. Here... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Best of My Reading Year — Some Selections for #Readathon
Dewey’s Read-a-thon is going so fast! We’re already in Hour 8, for which Andi announced that we’re having the biggest Read-a-thon ever with over 800... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS -
Books and Gardens
My single goal for Dewey’s Read-a-Thon is to finally finish Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. I started this 900+ page behemoth in early February! Read more
Posted on 26 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS