Love stories? Yes or No? Not really, no.
If yes, “romances” as a genre? Or just, well, stories that have love stories? (Nobody’s going to call “Pride & Prejudice” a “romance,” right?) I used to. Maybe that’s why. When I was in high school, for a while I read nothing but romances. You know the […]

This week’s SBQ was suggested by Danielle and is:
Have you ever been to a stitching retreat?
Nope. No stitching or knitting retreats so far for this girl, nor any looming on the horizon. Even if I had the money for one, the ones I most want to go to are in places that I want to […]

What kind of care do you take of your books? Let’s review, shall we?

Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat? I’m very careful with the spines. Even after several readings you can rarely tell I’ve even opened a particular book.
Do you […]

Kristie tagged me. I’m having a hard time coming up with five things you guys don’t already know about me!
Here are the rules:

Get tagged
List five things that have not been revealed on your blog
Tag five other people

Let’s see…

I am an only child. Dave is also an only child. Therefore, I have no nieces or […]

I read about the second annual blogger’s silent poetry reading in honor of the Feast of Brigid—a.k.a. Groundhog Day—in both Wendy’s and Deb’s blogs this morning. Here’s my entry. My great uncle would occasionally awaken my mother and her siblings reciting this in a loud voice. When I was a child, I always knew that […]

How many unread books do you have in your house, right now? (Your own books, that is—not ones that belong to other family members—and not counting things like school books, if you have them.) Clearly, an estimate will do. Unlike some people I know, I don’t keep a formal list of the books I own, […]

Have you had a happy dance yet this year? If so, tell us about it! (Or just point to the entry that talks about it.) If not, when do you predict it will be?
Ha ha ha ha ha. With three four BAPs on the go, I’m not going to have a stitching happy dance for […]

I haven’t done this one for a while. It’s always fun. This time I picked it up from Deb.

Grab the book closest to you.
Open to page 123, look down to the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the next three sentences on your blog.
Include the title and the author’s name.

Like Deb, I […]

What are you reading right now? (Well, obviously, you’re reading THIS right now, perhaps I should have been more clear. What book(s) are you in the process of reading? (grin))
I am currently reading David Eddings’ fine series, The Malloreon (again), and am on book two, King of the Murgos. I’ve always loved fantasy. Ever since […]

Do you dream of running your own LNS/ONS? If so, tell us about your dream. If not, tell us about your cross stitch dream… maybe you dream of designing, dyeing your own floss or fabric, etc.
I already have my own ONS, Laura’s Books, and Laura’s Books on eBay. I sell a small selection of Leisure […]