"What is the Sunday Salon? Imagine some university library's vast reading room. It's filled with people--students and faculty and strangers who've wandered in. They're seated at great oaken desks, books piled all around them, and they're all feverishly reading and jotting notes in their leather-bound journals as they go....

Mass Market Paperback Publisher: Fawcett (printed August 28, 1990) Language: English ISBN-10: 0449217795 ISBN-13: 978-0449217795 The Burton Review Rating: 4 stars Plaidy Reading Group June 1, 2009 Plaidy Reading Challenge #6 Completed Synopsis: "Princess Caroline of Brunswick was twenty-six years old and people were...

:::Friday Fill-Ins is hosted by Janet::: She supplies the basics and we fill in the blanks:And...here we go!1. It's cold and I only like cold soda.2.Salad is not complete without tomatoes.3. My favorite health and beauty product is probably face powder.4. From here to Vegas is a nice long ride.5. Well, first of all we...

Booking Through Thursday is hosted by DebIn the perfect follow-up to last week’s question, as suggested by C in DC:Is there a book that you wish you could “unread”? One that you disliked so thoroughly you wish you could just forget that you ever read it?Ok well I thought and thought and thought... but I just cannot get...

"Mating Rituals of The North American WASP" by Lauren LiptonPublisher: 5 Spot/HachetteISBN: 978-0-446-19797-7Pages: 302 Trade PaperbackRelease: May 29, 2009Welcome to the Blog Tour for "Mating Rituals of The North American WASP" by Lauren Lipton.The Blogs that have signed up to participate in the tour are all listed at...

Sponsored by "Breaking the Spine". This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:Moving earlier in the timeline then my previous Waiting on Wednesday posts, is a book regarding the Wars of The Roses. While this may not be a light, fun quick read this may be quite interesting for those interested in another...

"The Convenient Marriage" by Georgette Heyer Product ISBN: 9781402217722 Price: $13.99 Publication Date: February 2009 through SourcebooksThe Burton Review Rating: 4 The blurb: "Horatia Winwood is simply helping her family: When the Earl of Rule proposes marriage to her sister Lizzie, Horatia offers herself instead....

TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by ShouldBeReading and asks you to:♠Grab your current read.♠Let the book fall open to a random page.♠Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page.♠You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations...

Happy Memorial Day!! I hope you are all enjoying some yummy BBQ and family time as I am :)Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. And I am adding what I purchased. Here's what I received during the last week:(and I am just not going to count,...

I did a quick contest for The Girl who Stopped Swimming, where for 1 week how many new followers could I get? I was bored, I know.. but I started with 90 last Saturday and ended with 125 the next Saturday. Interesting stuff. Thanks for all of your support, who doesn't love free books?! The winners for the 5 copies of The...

:::Friday Fill-Ins is hosted by Janet:::And...here we go! 1. Moving on with my life, and leaving the idiots who don't deserve my kindness behind.2. The Truth Will Set You free.3. My best quality is my patience.. but even that will wear thin after years of being used and abused.4. Email me if you want all the details.5....

This is a weekly meme sponsored by Deb at Booking Through ThursdayWhat book would you love to be able to read again for the first time?(Interestingly, I thought that I had thought this one up myself, but when I started scrolling through the Suggestions, found that Rebecca had suggested almost exactly this question a couple...

"The Unfinished Clue"By: Georgette HeyerProduct ISBN: 9781402217968Price: $12.99Publication Date: March 2009 by SourcebooksThe Burton Review Rating: 3.5 stars"A houseful of people he loathes is not Sir Arthur's worst problem…It should have been a lovely English country-house weekend. But the unfortunate guest-list is enough...

Sponsored by "Breaking the Spine". This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:Tracy Borman’s forthcoming book ‘Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen’ is due to be published on September 24th 2009. Amazon.uk PreorderHardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (24 Sep 2009)ISBN-10:...

A BEAUTIFUL COVER!And this is a 2009 Orange Prize finalist"Burnt Shadows" by Kamila ShamsiePicador Published: April 2009 ISBN-10: 0-312-55187-8; 384 pagesThe Burton Review Rating: can't decide between 4.5 stars or 4.75. Let's just say I enjoyed it!The Blurb:"Beginning on August 9, 1945, in Nagasaki, and ending in a prison...

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by Should be Reading:♦Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page.♦Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.♦You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendatons...

My Friend Amy is doing a special something to help promote one of her favorite authors. She is hosting a WEEK OF PASSION at her blog, with lots of little updates concerning Julie Lessman and her Christian Fiction books. She is also trying to draw more readers to Julie Lessman by hosting an out-of-this-world giveaway for...