by Veronica | Oct 13, 2009 | Life
In case you were wondering, I’m rather a fast reader. I can’t really claim that as the reason for flying through the Betsy Tacy books so quickly, however. Most of the ease of reading was because the books were written for a middle school girl. I had never...
by Veronica | Oct 2, 2009 | Life
My friend SM, over at her book blog, is running a Maud Hart Lovelace Reading Challenge. I’m joining in, picking my book(s) to read, and putting the linky here for you to sign up if you want to. I’m reading the first five books in the Betsy-Tacy series, the...
by Veronica | Sep 29, 2009 | Life
I collect old books. It’s almost an obsession, whenever I go into a Goodwill or Salvation Army store, I immediately zoom in on their bookshelves. I pass over the glossy mass-market paperbacks (most of which feature a Fabio type male with a swooning buxom lass),...
by Veronica | Sep 28, 2009 | Life
E is very much her mother’s daughter, where I went straight from the bath to my older sister’s boots (no clothing!) or when I got into my dad’s boots as a diapered toddler (they came all the way up to my thighs), E has started wearing her...
by Veronica | Sep 17, 2009 | Books, Life
What would have happened in Gone With the Wind if Ashley had married Scarlett? If Scarlett had matured in that marriage and later met Rhett? If Melanie had truly, deeply loved Ashley but hadn’t married him? These were some questions my dear friend SM posed to me...
by Veronica | Sep 14, 2009 | Life
We celebrated B’s fourth birthday on Sunday the 13th even though his birthday is really the 16th. J had some deadlines he had to make on the 16th, so we opted to move the celebration up instead of back. When asked what type of cake he wanted, B was quick to...
