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• Etiquette & Espionage and Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger — Book Reviews

  

  Book: Ettiquette Espionage and Curtsies Conspiracies by Gail Carriger Genre: Steam punk YA fantasy Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• The Sounds of Poetry — Wondrous Words Wednesday

  

  My way of celebrating National Poetry MonthApril is National Poetry Month, so I’m reading A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver. Did you know that the sounds of... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Unique Books — a Top Ten Tuesday List

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at The Broke and The Bookish: The 10 most unique books you’ve read.Here are mine, in roughly the order I read them:1.... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• A Walk in the Park — Readers’ Workouts

  

  Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where book lovers share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.My longest workout last week was a... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Steampunk, Costermonger, and Poetry — Monday Reading

  

  The first British Isles Friday blog hop worked great last week! We had many participants with a variety of posts from book reviews to TV show commentary to... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Featured Post on Spread the Love

  

  Last week’s Sunday Salon / Bloggiesta post where I asked for input on the idea that became British Isles Friday was the most clicked on link in the Spread the... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• The British Isles, Gateway Books, & Quicksilver — #SundaySalon

  

  Good morning!Time: // 9:06 am.The scene: // It’s going to be a gray day, but no complaints after last week’s wild weather in the Midwest. In less than 24... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Downton Abbey Tea — British Isles Friday

  

  Welcome to the first meeting of British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British — reviews, photos, opinions, trip... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Books & Movies? Read Or Watch?

  

  This week, Ashley at OK, Let’s Read asks about our Thursday Thoughts on books and movies.My most-watched movie from a book is the version of A Christmas Carol... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• What Do You Buy from a Costermonger? Wondrous Words Wednesday

  

  Regency novels always provide new words. Authors are usually good about making it clear what the meaning is from context so you don’t have to figure it out, as... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• My Gateway Books — a Top Ten Tuesday List

  

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at The Broke and The Bookish are the “gateway” books or authors along our reading journey. Here are mine:1. Dr. Seuss, my firs... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Readers’ Workouts — April 1

  

  Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where book lovers share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.I wasn’t fooling around with my March... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Les Halles, Paris, 1684

  

  Quiicksilver means mercury.This quote, about our hero Jack trying to ditch a tail, from Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson helped me understand the original market... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• The Murders of Richard III & Other Books I Read Last Week — Monday Reading

  

  Bloggiesta was so fun! I loved that it was four days this time. I had time to both socialize and get things done. I joined in all the Twitter chats, at least fo... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Seeking Former Residents of Ordonia

  

  I grew up in a unique neighborhood called Ordonia. Ordonia was a cluster of 50 or 60 houses across the street from the fertilizer plant where my dad worked. Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Anglophile Fridays — Questions for Bloggiesta and Sunday Salon Bloggers

  

  Here’s an idea that I had during Bloggiesta: Anglophile Fridays, a weekly meme / blog hop about England (we won’t get too picky about borders, if people want... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Editorial Calendar — Getting Organized During Bloggiesta

  

  The current Bloggiesta Twitter chat is on organization and I just worked through the Bloggiesta mini-challenge called Organization and Productivity at Read Slee... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Bloggiesta Update 2

  

  I sorted out my slow site problems by having a friendly chat with my host. I learned that they would like me to report that sort of thing as soon as I notice it. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Bloggiesta Update 1

  

  Are you doing Bloggiesta? I’m having a great time so far. Here’s my list with what I worked on today.The things I normally do at the start of a Bloggiesta:... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Isn’t It Romantic? Thursday Thoughts

  

  Ashley at OK, Let’s Read has started a new weekly event called Thursday Thoughts. It’s a bit like Booking Through Thursday which I’ve participated in before, bu... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 BOOKS, FITNESS