It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

What I Finished Last Week Review coming soon Review coming soon

What I'm Reading Now

What I Might Read Next

What are you reading today?!

And don't forget!
The Literary Blog Hop Giveaway and 

the February Giveaway here at Readerbuzz are...

...a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

and...

and Paris to the Past and...

All Kinds of Kisses!

And it's international!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.

Why We Broke Up

I wasn’t too sure about you at first, Why We Broke Up. You have your world and I have mine and never the two shall meet and all that. You are from the Snarky World, after all, and I’m doing everything in my power to be in the Kind, Compassionate World, so we really never should have met at all. But the more I read, the more I fell in love with you, Why We Broke Up, you and your clever words and your beautifully simple art, words and art that lured me in, lingered in my mind and then, of course, my heart. I saw it all coming, you and your edgy self, the YA world in which I once lived but now only see through the pain-filled eyes of every teen I meet. I knew it couldn’t last, that the crack in teenage love that always runs smack down the middle would finally snap and, like a tsunami, slap away the entire beautiful world before my eyes. I loved you, Why We Broke Up, but I knew you’d leave me, heartbroken, bitter, wiser but more wary Next Time. And that’s Why I Loved Why We Broke Up.

The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop! and Readerbuzz's February Giveaway

The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop! I'm happy to announce the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop and Readerbuzz's February Giveaway! Win Paris to the Past! Win All Kinds of Kisses! Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card! (Paris to the Past is open to bloggers anywhere in the world. I reserve the right to send a $15 Amazon gift card instead of the book to areas outside the US.) (All Kinds of Kisses is open to bloggers in the US only.) (The Amazon gift card is open to bloggers anywhere Amazon can ship!) Rules for the giveaways are simple: (1) You must follow me. (2) You must leave a comment here that expresses whether you'd like to win Paris to the Past (international), All Kinds of Kisses (US only), the giftcard (international), or any combination of the above, and includes an e-mail address  (posted in an elusive way to thwart the wicked). BONUS: If you really, really want to win the books and/or giftcard, you are welcome to receive extra entries by: Following me at Twitter and leaving a comment +1  Befriending me at Goodreads and leaving a comment +1 Befriending me at Facebook and leaving a comment +1 Please visit Leeswammes' Blog to visit all sixty of the blogs participating in the The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop! I will leave these giveaways open  until February 29th. Good luck! Readerbuzz's February Giveaway is scheduled to begin on February 1st at 12:01 am EST and end on February 29th at 11:59 pm EST.

Top Ten Books That Broke Your Heart A Little

Top Ten Books that

Broke My Heart a Little

Happenstance by Carol Shields

Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak

Love, Loss, and What I Wore

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. Connell

The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan

The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson

Tadpole's Promise by Jeanne Willis

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

with illustrations by Maira Kalman

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

What I Finished Last Week Why We Broke Up  by Daniel Handler with art by Maira Kalman Why I Loved Why We Broke Up I wasn’t too sure about you at first, Why We Broke Up. You have your world and I have mine and never the...more

What I'm Reading Now Some Assembly Required by Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott

What I Might Read Next Suggestions always appreciated!

What are you reading today?!

And don't forget!

The February Giveaway here at Readerbuzz is...

...a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

and

All Kinds of Kisses!

And it's international!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.

Sunday Salon: Peaceful

It's Sunday and I'm completely and totally relaxed and peaceful.

I just spent most of the last week at an amazing technology conference. But that wasn't the relaxing and peaceful part.

The relaxing and peaceful part was the hotel where I stayed.

 I walked. I listened to calming music. I ate almonds and peanut butter and chocolate. And I read a fabulous book. A fabulously sad book. And I cried. I cried because the book was very sad. I cried because the book was very true.

Here it is:



Why We Broke Up*

Review to come soon.

And don't forget!

The February Giveaway here at Readerbuzz is...

...a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

and

All Kinds of Kisses!

And it's international!

*CAUTION!  CAUTION!  CAUTION!  This book is marked YA but it's full of things your mama won't be happy about. 

You have been warned.

Top Ten Books I'd Hand To Someone Who Says They Don't Like To Read

I've had good luck recommending these titles to

people who (eek!) hate to read:

Anything Harry Potter

All the Stephanie Plum mysteries

The Discworld books

Maus and other graphic novels

Lonesome Dove

Shel Silverstein

Hunger Games

Game of Thrones

All the Jodi Picoult books

How about you?

What would you recommend to nonreaders?

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

 

What I Finished Last Week Whew! I'm finally finished. Here's my review: A religious cult. A man ceaselessly knocking on doors to collect fees for tv usage. The Little People. Two moons. A dowager. A private investigator. A...more

What I Might Read Next I want to buy something for my Kindle to take with me on my trip this week. Something that I will love. Do you have any suggestions for me?

I invite you to sign up for my February Giveaway! Win All Kinds of Kisses or a $25 Amazon gift card!

What are you reading today?!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.

Sunday Salon: Readerbuzz's February Giveaway! Win a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate and All Kinds of Kisses!!!

I'm happy to announce Readerbuzz's February Giveaway! Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card! Win All Kinds of Kisses! (All Kinds of Kisses is open to bloggers in the US only. The Amazon gift card is open to bloggers anywhere Amazon can ship!) Rules for the Readerbuzz's February Giveaway are simple: (1) You must follow me. (2) You must leave a comment here that expresses whether you'd like to win All Kinds of Kisses (US only), the giftcard (international), or both the book and the giftcard (US only), and includes an e-mail address  (posted in an elusive way to thwart the wicked). BONUS: If you really, really want to win this book and/or giftcard, you are welcome to receive extra entries by: Following me at Twitter and leaving a comment +1  Befriending me at Goodreads and leaving a comment +1 Befriending me at Facebook and leaving a comment +1 I will leave this giveaway open until February 29th. Good luck! Readerbuzz's February Giveaway is scheduled to begin on February 1st at 12:01 am EST and end on February 29th at 11:59 pm EST.