What Kate's Reading

Why I chose this book: Lurv a la Mode did a wonderful review of His Wicked Sins shortly before the book was released. Gothic mystery/romance...Yorkshir e Moors…my mind said, …Hello, Bronte! Thanks, I think I will.… Synopsis: Due to the reduced circumstances of her poverty-stricken family, Beth Canham travels from London to the village of Burndale to teach at the girls… school....

My first brush with Barbara Ehrenreich was several years ago, when Nicked and Dimed came highly recommended to me. In that nonfiction, Ms Ehrenreich studied the "working poor" by taking three different low-incoming jobs in three geographic locations to see how this economic level eked by. Although it was an interesting read, I almost entirely hated Nicked and Dimed, though that came from a...

Denver. Not bragging or anything.

If you're planning to read one new Jude Deveraux this year - she has released two in 2008 - you should make it Return to Summerhouse. Secrets suffers from several faults, of which I'll list flat characters, a doormat heroine, a strange plot (that in itself had great possibilities but was lost somewhere in the execution - like having a 7.70 starting value on the uneven bars but then falling...

I adore sports, and there’s just nothing better than the Olympics. Between the intense competition in Beijing and the freakish heat wave here in Portland (104’ seriously’) there’s been a lot of television at my house. Here are some of my favorite parts so far, in a not-so-short list form. Every single bit of the opening ceremonies entirely, but mostly: All the footprint...

The answer is probably glued to NBC. I admit it, I'm a total sucker for the Olympics. You'd have to be pretty hard hearted not to be, and on top of that I'm a sports fan to begin with. Medal ceremonies make me cry. I love rooting for the random athlete from the middle of nowhere who had to fight so hard to make it to the Olympics. I want to watch Michael Phelps set new records. Yao Ming is...

THURSDAY!!! The hat, in honor of the Olympics, poses with a carved box from China. And a glass of bubbly. Thursday, drop me an email with your address through the contact information above. Congratulations, and happy reading!...