(Notable Quotables is a meme brought to you by the Bewitched Bookworms. Every Monday you’re invited to share a favorite quote or two from the books you’ve been reading.) Today’s Notable Quotables is in honor of Valentine’s Day. I’m not into the commercialism of it all, but any excuse I get to share quotes about…
Notable Quotables: Erma Bombeck
(Notable Quotables is a meme brought to you by the Bewitched Bookworms. Every Monday you’re invited to share a favorite quote or two from the books you’ve been reading.) As I mentioned in my debut books list, Erma Bombeck was a writer gifted the art of (occasionally snarky) observation. Today’s quotes are all by the…
Notable Quotables #1
(Notable Quotables is a meme brought to you by the Bewitched Bookworms. Every Monday you’re invited to share a favorite quote or two from the books you’ve been reading.) Ooh, a quote meme! Not only am I obsessed with cataloging all my books — I collect quotes too! And this meme gives me the perfect…
My Freebie 5: Fictional Edition
At a New Year’s Eve party Best Friend and I hosted, the subject of everyone’s “Freebie 5” came up. It’s pretty simple: every person gets a list of five people with whom they can cheat on their partner and the partner can’t be mad (I said it came up, not that it wasn’t juvenile). My…
10 Favorite Books of 2010
I hope that everyone’s Christmas/holiday celebrations were fabulous, and that you didn’t overeat too much (I know I did). The countdown into the New Year is winding down, which means that I’ve spent the last day or so thinking back over the past year. Despite my occasional grumblings, it’s been a good one — just…