Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sunday Synopsis: November 8, 2009


Yet again, it has been a while since I posted, so my little synopsis is for another couple of weeks! I have had family in town and I also took my first ever trip to New Orleans!! This has been a much needed break and I have had the opportunity to think long and hard about this site and my purpose behind it. And, after all this thinking, I have come to a decision . . . I will be making more changes to this site! I like to think that I am constantly making changes to improve. I have loved maintaining this particular site, but with some recently nagging feelings combined with a new role in my life, I've decided to take a step back and go back to my roots. I don't want to give away too many details here . . . afterall, I am still working on ironing out the creases . . . but I will be posting my changes in the very near future. Be watching for it as well as a GREAT, BIG GIVEAWAY in the next week or so!!!! Now, moving on to my synopsis . . .

DISCUSSIONS:

AUTHOR HIGHLIGHTS:

REVIEWS: None

BOOKS RECEIVED: None

CURRENTLY READING:

  • Daniel X: Watch the Skies by James Patterson & Ned Rust (Disc 3 of 4)

REVIEWS TO COME:

  • King by Right of Blood and Might by Anna L. Walls
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
  • 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)
  • The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
  • William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)

AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE: I really have nothing to post here this time around! I'm a little behind in my Google Reader these days . . . okay, not a little . . . a lot . . . like 1000+ lot!!! I'll be working on getting caught up there this week and hopefully, share many great links with you next week!!

ADDITIONAL UPDATES: I've included all my additional updates above, so I will leave you with this . . . .

Have a wonderful week!!!!

3 comments:

Kristen M. said...

Good to see you back! I hope New Orleans was fun. :)

I can't wait to see what you have in store for the site!

Bella said...

Good luck with your changes. I can't wait to see what's to come.

I think it's a season for changes, as I'm announcing my changes for 2010 soon.

Tif said...

Kristen . . . New Orleans was a blast!! BTW, I've got a question for you. I will email you!!

Bella . . . Thank you!! I look forward to reading your changes as well. (If they are already posted, I just have not gotten to them yet. Still behind in my Reader!!)