Me, Myself & My Books



The Night Bookmobile



I just submitted an review to the Story Circle Book Review site for The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger ( The Time Traveler's Wife).  I just happened upon this book while browsing at the Kingsport Public Library this past week.  I was intrigued by the title and the premise as well.  If I delve into that too much, I'll spoil it for anyone who wants to read it - and I hate when someone does that to me!  So, I won't divulge any information that even hints at the story line in the book.

Let me just say that it is about one girl and her life-long relationship with books.  It started me thinking about the role books play in my own life.  My Gramm used to tell me that "books are our friends" - and she was oh-so-right about that.  Books inform, illuminate, entertain, excite... books take me to places I've never been or help me to revisit places I only dreamed of seeing more than once.  Yes, they are my friends.

Simple Joys of the Amish Life

That being said, I guess you could say that I spent my afternoon with some good friends -- books!

I submitted two book reviews to the Story Circle Book Review for books I'd recently finished. (The Night Bookmobile and Simple Joys of the Amish Life) And then I was faced with an almost impossible choice:  which one next?  or perhaps which ones next?  Rarely do I have only one book going at any one time.  And I do have several books awaiting reviews - so they have to be first on the list.  But I also have a couple of library books, a huge stack of books on my nightstand, and a long list of downloaded Kindle books that are calling my name as well.  What's a gal to do?

In the final decision, two of the books for review won out... The Heroine's Bookshelf:  Life Lessons from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder by Erin Blakemore and Dragon Fire:  Ocean Mist by Yvonne Palka.

The Heroine's Bookshelf

Dragon Fire:  Ocean Mist

Stay tuned for more reviews and more book-hints in the days and weeks to come!