Books, Memes, and Musings

“In honor of Banned Books Week, what is your favorite “banned or frequently challenged book”?”Today's question from Crazy for Books is a good one.  I've already talked about banned or challenged books in another post this week, but this is still a hard question.  I guess my favorite challenged chil

It's been awhile since I had time to post.  The start of the school year is always hectic.  I really have missed spending time the the blogosphere!  This looks like a fun (and easy) meme.  If you want to play, click here.My book is A Mortal Terror: A Billy Boyle Novel by James R. Benn"That's good to

This is a picture taken last month at the Flight 93 Memorial in Pennsylvania.  The NPS has done a lovely job of honoring the heroes and telling their individual stories.  On this 10th anniversary, we all need to remember the sacrifices made that day for our freedoms, and we need to protect those fre

Here's today's question from Musing Mondays:Who do you think is the hottest male/female character from a book?This is an easy one.  Ranger or Morelli from the Stephanie Plum books.  They are both hot in very different ways!  I almost don't want to see the movie that's coming out soon.  I'm afraid th

   Here's this week's Musings.  Play along here.What was the last book you…• borrowed from the library? I can't remember ... probably something I read to my class last year.• bought? The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman - review to come.• cried over? I can't remember.• disliked and couldn’t fin

Here's today's Follow Friday question:In some books like the Sookie Stackhouse series the paranormal creature in question "comes out of the closet" and makes itself known to the world. Which mythical creature do you wish this would happen with in real life?I don't tend to read a lot of fantasy book

This weekly meme is hosted by Should be Reading.  Here's this week's question:Do you prefer character-driven stories, or plot-driven stories?This is an interesting question.  I pick up a book because the plot sounds interesting, but I won't keep reading it if the characters aren't interesting.  I've