Sunday Synopsis: October 25, 2009

I have not posted a Synopsis in a couple of weeks because of my travels, so this is two weeks worth of posts!! Please bear with me!!

DISCUSSIONS: See my read-a-thon posts below!!

REVIEWS:

• Legacy by Cayla Kluver
• Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld
• Possible Futures: Creative Thinking for the Speed of Life by Jude Treder-Wolff

READ-A-THON POSTS:

• NEEDED: Read-A-Thon Relaxation! (my reading list)
• Reading With The Kids!! (includes reading charts & logs, along with my idea of how to involve the kids!)
• Kickin' It Off!!
• Read-A-Thon Check-In #1
• Read-A-Thon Check-In #2
• Read-A-Thon: Mid-Event Survey
• Looking For An Easy Read-A-Thon Snack?
• I'm Out . . .
• Read-A-Thon Wrap-Up

BOOKS RECEIVED:

• Baby Owl's Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis (received from publisher)

CURRENTLY READING:

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (page 126 of 309)

REVIEWS TO COME:

• Arthur's Audio Favorites Volume 2 by Marc Brown
• A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
• Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker
• George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
• Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World by Tracy Kidder
• Fool by Christopher Moore
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• The Little Island by Golden MacDonald and Leonard Weisgard
• Black and White by David Macauley
• Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
• Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Rocky Mountain Snow Ghosts by Patti Hurst
• Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
• Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
• Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary
• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Kellerman
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• S is for Save the Planet by Brad Herzog
• The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney
• Mesmeric Revelation by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Facts in the Case of in M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Spectacles by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• Some Words With A Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)

AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE: I'm still a little behind in my Google Reader from my trip, so you can expect some more great blog highlights next week!!

• J. Kaye's Book Blog had a great conversation regarding the latest FTC ruling and how it applies to book bloggers. It has made me do some thinking and I may or may not be making changes here at Tif Talks Books. I will keep you posted on what I decide!

ADDITIONAL UPDATES:

• I participated in My Friend Amy's Fall Festival Recipe Exchange by including three of my family faves!! Have you tried one of them yet?
• I shared a little bit of information about myself in Tif's ABC's, a fun little meme that was passed on to me by Alexia's Books and Such.
• I traveled out to Salt Lake City, Utah to visit my Grandfather after his surgery last week. In my post, Leaving On A Jet Plane, I listed the books I took with me along the way. I ended up finishing two of them and starting a third. Reviews will be on their way soon!!
• I'm excited to announce that I will be reviewing a bookcase from CSN Furniture and Herman Miller in the near future!! I can't wait!!
• I've got another trip planned this next week and am looking for those interested in possibly guest posting here at Tif Talks Books. I've already got one author lined up and cannot wait to share her with you! If you are interested in writing something yourself, please contact me! And, just for the record, this can be at any time . . . not just while I am traveling!!
• One final update: I've added some more ways for my readers to follow me, including email subscriptions, subscriptions in a reader, or through Google Follow. In addition, I added a new Contact Me button on the menu bar. More changes will slowly be coming and I will keep you posted as these go into effect!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!