(1) Karen & Gerard | 6 months ago

MY FUNNY DAD, HARRY (available on www.amazon.com , www.bn.com and www.outskirtspress.com/myfunnydadharry ) To order directly from me instead of online , email me a reques...

(0) Karen & Gerard | 7 months ago

My Funny Dad, Harry is a heart warming book about Karen Arlettaz Zemek's struggles of being a caregiver to her father, while dealing with the pressures of juggling duties ...

(0) ilanadunkle | 3 months ago

Local Businesses First I'd like to talk about Manyrivers Book and Tea Shop. It's a wonderful place in Sebastopol that sells spiritual books of all kinds (really good sele...

(4) Karen & Gerard | 7 months ago

Karen Arlettaz Zemek expresses her lifetime remembrances of her father "Harry" through this charming little journal. Harry was a unique character, loving father, cat love...

(4) Karen & Gerard | 7 months ago

My Funny Dad, Harry is a heart warming book about Karen Arlettaz Zemek's struggles of being a caregiver to her father, while dealing with the pressures of juggling duties ...

(0) bilingualbabies | 7 months ago

www.bestchinashop.com I like this site for its wide selection of Cantonese (in addition to Mandarin) offerings. They also have both children's and adults' CDs and DVDs. w...

(0) Karen & Gerard | 7 months ago

Non fiction/memoirs/biography Very Highly Recommended Reviewed by Liana Metal http://LianaMetal.tripod.com Karen Arlettaz Zemek, a secretary at a law firm, grew up with t...

(11) Gretchen Lancour | 3 months ago

In addition to writing this wonderfully entertaining blog, I write pop culture pieces, reviews, personal essays , and stories for children. My first picture book is on sub...

(1) sir2u2 | 6 months ago

Author R.F. Maldonado's Upcoming Release, Dancing on Broken Glass , is sure to be an enlightening read for everyone. Those who managed to survive addiction, the pain of l...

(0) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

I'm currently doing a Beth Moore Bible Study titled "When Godly People Do Unglodly Things" so this subject has been on my mind lately. Perhaps I'm stretching things a bit...

(4) Karen & Gerard | 6 months ago

To me, the scariest thing about writing a book is waiting to hear what others think of it. I just want to say thanks to all the readers who posted good reviews for "My Fu...

(0) Karen & Gerard | 5 months ago

We just want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all who are currently serving in all the branches of our military and remember all those who have died while serving the United St...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 5 months ago

Here is a book review I received yesterday from Cindy Oldham: Cindy Oldham ************************** My Funny Dad, Harry By Karen Arlettaz Zemek "My Funny Dad, Harry" is...

(0) Karen & Gerard | 5 months ago

By Charlene S. Rubush , "author and book lover" (Donalsonville, Georgia) - See all my reviews June 11, 2008 My Funny Dad, Harry by Karen Arlettaz Zemek If only everyone w...

(17) claire light | 3 months ago

I grew up on Young Adult, or YA, books, and came back to them nearly ten years ago now when I was working in a bookstore. The Harry Potter books were making a splash, and...

(0) emilygiffinfans | 5 months ago

Welcome to the Emily Giffin Fans Website. We hope you enjoy your stay. We have lots of Emily related goodies on this site- including exclusive audio interviews with Emily ...

(0) emilygiffinfans | 5 months ago

Jaime, from PNN's Cereals, interviews Emily Giffin ...

(1) cereals | 3 months ago

It was my pleasure to meet Emily Giffin, author of four New York Times Bestselling books, last week. I am a big fan of her books, so talking to her about her books, writin...

(0) Maya | 5 months ago

Last summer, I happened upon an author named Lauren Willig. Her book caught my eye for being a work of historical fiction, a genre that I read a good deal of, but it soon...

(2) mustangdani | 5 months ago

May issue is missing. Keeping My Readers Upadated: Due to personal issues I was unable to submit an article in May. Sorry! As of today six copies of my book "Growing with...

(0) Osmond Molarsky Fans | 4 months ago

Osmond Molarsky has lived a full and adventurous 98 years olf life (and counting!). From creating a marrionette show that toured the East Coast to writing childrens books,...

(0) Osmond Molarsky Fans | 4 months ago

A Sky Full of Kites April 1995 Scrappy February 1983 The Peasant and the Fly January 1980 A Different Ball Game January 1979 Robbery in Right Field January 1978 The Fearl...

(0) Osmond Molarsky Fans | 4 months ago

The SF Chronicle printed a great article about Osmond Molarsky. They also created the video posted below. The story behind how Os was put in contact with the SF is also qu...

(1) cereals | 4 months ago

The other day I had the pleasure of interviewing a 98 year old author named Osmond Molarsky. It was lots of fun, and I hope we keep in touch. : ) Check out our interview ...

(12) goinggreen | 4 months ago

Can't get enough information on sustainability? Looking for some summer reading with meaning? Check out EcoBrain , an online seller of downloadable books (digital and Mp3...

(0) Maya | 4 months ago

I know I have unusual reading tastes for someone my age (always have), but when the author of a book confirms that you are strange for having heard of the Mitford sisters ...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

This is a wonderful book for any cat owner. It's ideal for children to learn positive ways of playing with their cat. Large print and easy reading adds to the fun of this...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 4 months ago

We both like reading and will post reviews of books as we read them. This page, unfortunately, had to be re-created on July 10 because I inadvertently deleted it when tryi...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

Karen's Review : Fascinating, Educational, great insight This is a fascinating book about a sociology student doing research in a low-income project in Chicago to find ou...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

I enjoyed it, was uplifting. This is a delightful and uplifting book about the author's beautiful dog, Bunny, who suffered from Addison's disease but was very loved. The ...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 4 months ago

I found this book to be a fun, enjoyable, quick read. If you love animals, you will love this book. It has dogs, sheep, a ram and donkeys. The best part of this book is t...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders I'd give this book 10 stars if I could! This is just an outstanding book! It tells the story of three cheerleading ...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 4 months ago

"Perfect Match" is an excellent book about a parent taking the law into her own hands and the devastating consequences. Nina, a prosecutor of child molesters, finds out f...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 4 months ago

I liked it because both characters were well developed and the plot was unusual about man out west and two of his friends ordering brides from overseas. Three women were ...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 4 months ago

KAREN'S REVIEW: Very good, interesting about family in Afghanistan, sad Good book about Family in Afghanistan and how the Russians took over and then the Taliban and how ...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

KAREN'S REVIEW : This book moved much slower than the others I read by her. I was a bit disappointed in this one. It was very philosophical about Shay, a convicted murder...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War I did not know that much about the Korean war until I read this book. I do know this book coers it ALL! I especially enjoye...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 2 months ago

KAREN'S REVIEW : Mistaken Identity by Don & Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen & Whitney Cerak: This is a fascinating nonfiction book about how the families of the...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II and The Long Journey Home by Gary W. Moore I loved this book!! It's a true story of Gene Moore who was a super ba...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

A true story about a woman who enjoyed watching her parents play cards. Then she played and was good at it. Then discovered online poker and other card games. Fun read. G...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

Please Stop Laughing At Me: One Woman's Inspirational Story by Jodee Blanco KAREN'S REVIEW : This is an autobiography of Jodee's struggles all through school. She tries t...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

Hiss and Tell: True Stories from the Files of a Cat Behaviorist Insights To Explaining Cat Behavior This book was extremely interesting to me because I love cats and it e...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

Please Stop Laughing At Us: One Survivor's Extraordinay Quest to Prevent School Bullying GERARD'S REVIEW: A Remarkable Woman I hated to see this book end. It was like tal...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

Losing It And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time by Valerie Bertinelli I passed this book up a couple times because I thought it was just a woman's book. I finally ...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 2 months ago

It may look like a forgotten old grain elevator in a farmer's field. But come closer. See the door there, just around the corner? That's it. Step inside, where you'll fin...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 4 months ago

"A World Not Seen By Many" 4 stars "There Are No Children Here" is an extraordinary book about living in the projects of chicago. This book is dated since this project go...

(1) reasonette | 3 months ago

Well, here I am giving birth yet again ... I don't see myself particualrly as a Mother Earth type, but oh!...The need to create...a fertile and safe place for ideas rangi...

(2) twistedteacher | 3 months ago

My son and I go to the same school each day (when school is in session). He attends as a student, and I as a teacher. After a very (and I mean Very) stressful school year...

(11) Gretchen Lancour | 4 months ago

Time for another look at a cool children's book, this one written and illustrated by your child. Scribble Press offers blank books kids can write and illustrate. Choose f...

(1) aamina | 3 months ago

So, summer is upon us and although kids may be getting ready to get back to school, some of you may still have beach holidays to look forward to...a weekend away or, hopef...

(0) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

Today as I was viewing blogs, I got a very pleasant surprise! I came across a review of my book, "My Funny Dad, Harry," by Renee' Morris at Cheaper By the Half Dozen. Clic...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

When middleaged Joan Anderson stepped out of her marriage and her routine to spend a year by the ocean, she was taking a break and hoping to gain some perspective. Stroll...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

This is a Christian romance set in the 1800s which is the last in the Californians series by Lori Wick. I hadn't read the previous books but this one is good enough to st...

(0) naduahmarie | 3 months ago

Go to my website to see what is new, I am working on may projects rightnow. Have lots of new things in the works. ew poetry book getting ready for publication... articles ...

(23) cereals | 3 months ago

Sometimes things happen that you don't want to happen, and you have to deal with it. Perky opening sentence, eh? : ) Right now my family is dealing with some issues that ...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

This lives up to the hype! I give it 5 stars. I read a lot about this book before reading it. USA TODAY called it the must read book of '08. Somtimes a book does not live...

(17) claire light | 3 months ago

Just a quick note: here's another blog post with a list of recommended YA reading for adults. Just like mine ! I want to check out some of these myself! Via . ...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 2 months ago

Wouldn't it be perfect if restaurants had reclining chairs and after you'd stuffed yourself you could lie back for an hour? If only I ran the world . As it happens, I do ...

(1) BiGiDiE | 3 months ago

BiGiDiE’s BoilingPot will be introducing its newest section : Arts & Entertainment. Wherein, various medians of entertainment will be featured, such as independent ...

(0) BiGiDiE | 3 months ago

Arts & Entertainment Presents WESTWARD EDEN A Novel by Joaquin Batista Copyright 2003 Joaquin Batista ISBN 1-59113-316-5 Published by Armando Gomez All rights reserve...

(0) C. Mangan | 3 months ago

Tonight, Friday, June 26th, kicks off this weekend’s amazing Sunset Music Festival with performances by, practically everyone, at world famous venues like the Viper Roo...

(3) welshgrl2 | 3 months ago

I have two book shelves. Or, at least I did before I temporarily became a nomad. One book shelf was small, perpetually dusty, and crammed full of old magazines and books ...

(1) mademoisellebelle33 | 3 months ago

Fundamentalist Christians ( or Muslims for that matter) need a wake-up call. Before I begin discussing why Harry Potter is not evil, I want to start with a note about for...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

This was a very interesting but also disturbing memoir about a very strange mother and an alcoholic father raising a family of four and barely scraping by needlessly. Jea...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

Nobody turns a phrase like Bill Richardson. I was first introduced to Richardson’s word gymnastics when he hosted CBC Radio’s now-gone (sadly) "Richardson’s Roundup...

(0) notthatgirl | 3 months ago

So. I have a thirteen year old sister, and I am aware that what I am about to say is tantamount to heresy and leaves me open to accusations of supreme uncoolness. But, be...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

This is not a beach book or a chick lit book. You need to really use your brain on this one. It's an interesting book about a dad and son going across a land after a majo...

(0) bramkamp | 3 months ago

After a difficult summer, Allison Little, Realtor for New Century Realty decides she needs some time off. So, as she has in the past, she escapes to Claim Jump, a small t...

(0) Kassandra | 3 months ago

As an English major I can articulately sum up my intense feelings of devotion towards written words in a simple sentence: I HEART BOOKS. Thus, to foster my devotion, love...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

This book is a romance between Jeremy, a successful New York magazine columnist, who falls in love with Lexie, a country girl, and moves to her neck of the woods away fro...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 2 months ago

A Remarkable Journey (10 Stars) To give this book 5 stars dose this book an injustice! It's a 10 Plus!! It is the true story of Elissa Wall, who grew up in the Fundamenta...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 2 months ago

Nelle Harper Lee was raised in the sleepy Alabama town of Monroeville during the Depression. She was a feisty tomboy with a mind of her own and the knuckles to back it up...

(0) Kassandra | 3 months ago

Hemingway wrote like a man that knew he was going to be big. I absolutely enjoyed this novel cover to cover. Typically, I try to avoid 20th century American Literature (I...

(3) mama bear | 2 months ago

Here's the difference between writing under the influence of a muse and writing on your own: a week ago I had an epiphany about how to start my book, and today it is comp...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

I read a blurb about this book in Newsweek since Donna used to write for Newsweek. Thought it might be worth a shot. Was a whole lot better than I expected. It's a story ...

(1) twentysomethinglife | 2 months ago

Last night I got a call from one of my very best friends - she's engaged! I couldn't be more happy for her. She's asked me to be a bridesmaid so here we go again, another...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 2 months ago

A long time ago, far from her home, a very young woman in a one-room log cabin worked her way through Joy of Cooking , by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker. The...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 2 months ago

This book is the true story about Stephanie and how she battles losing weight at "Fat Camp." I think teenage girls would enjoy this most. I found it somewhat interesting,...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 2 months ago

Will you hate me for recommending two books by the same author? Because that’s what I’m reading: Scorned and Beloved , and Waiting for Gertrude , both by Bill Richard...

(3) mama bear | about 1 month ago

I've been blathering about my book project, so I feel the need to update my readers about what's going on... I've actually handed out a few copies of my manuscript to sel...

(0) sbell | 2 months ago

What's the last nonfiction book you read? ...

(3) purplepuppy | 2 months ago

When Britney Spears's lil sister Jamie Lynn announced that she was preggers, their mom's book Pop Culture Mom: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World delayed ...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 2 months ago

Anthropology students are told “Cherchez la femme,” because when you want to know what is really going on in a culture or a community, you talk to the women. This is ...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 2 months ago

EXTRAORDINARY! 7 stars What a story! Jeannette grew up in a family that was almost unbelieveable! Her parents were total whackos. Dad was a drunk with good intentions and...

(2) bramkamp | 7 days ago

Got a book in you? the staff at A Few Little Books is now offering Extraction services. Seminars and personal consultations Get that book out of you and on to paper, onto...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 2 months ago

Mysteries of everyday life are explained by David Feldman in this book. It is full of unusual “Why” questions with answers to most of them. I enjoyed it because the q...

(0) myneurotica | 18 days ago

I want to share some inspiring and wonderful books with you. Most can be found at your local library. I believe that there is something here, for most everyone's understa...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 2 months ago

Until reading this book, I was never so glad to be a nobody. A nobody, that is, who can choose her lovers without interference and marry whom she pleases. Author Eleanor ...

(17) April Duke | 2 months ago

Who is your favorite author and why? If you can't think of a specific author, you're certainly welcome to list your favorite book! ...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

Gerard's Review : What a Fascinating Story! (8 stars) I'm so glad I took the time to browse through the books at the library and come across this one. An amazing true sto...

(3) greenapplelane | about 1 month ago

"Yes, Clarissa thinks, it's time for the day to be over. We throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in Canada; we struggle to write books that do not cha...

(2) momofmultiples | about 1 month ago

I recently responded to another mother's post concerning her frustration over never being able to find time to read anymore. I told her I carry a book around in my purse ...

(1) Aspira | about 1 month ago

You know, the internet is a very entertaining and useful creation, which has evolved down through the years. It helps us in oh so many ways, from finding the information ...

(5) cereals | about 1 month ago

After spending a solid afternoon doing nothing but reading Interview With the Vampire the other day,I dashed straight over to Waterstones to pick up some "lighter reading...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

Holding on to your faith even When God Doesn't Make Sense deals with the topic of trusting God through hard times or times that just don't seem fair. The author gives man...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

Karen's Review: "The Shack" is an interesting fiction book about a father's distrust of God for not protecting his little girl from being kidnapped and murdered, and then...

(3) mama bear | 23 days ago

It's coming! It's coming! NaNoWriMo is just three weeks away!! NaNoWriMo is the shorthand for National Novel Writing Month, which is a free "contest" to write 50,000 word...

(0) katharsis | about 1 month ago

Some excerpts from Paulo Coelho’s… "Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them. And if...

(0) laureland | about 1 month ago

This is a book you don't want to miss. In it you'll find amazing stories of brain plasticity, the term for the brain's ability to change and adapt to new situations, such...

(0) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

I met Mountain Woman through blogging and has wrote a very nice post about me and my book which is as follows in part with her permission to repost it here: Initially, I ...

(0) kentuckymom | about 1 month ago

Check this out for a great Halloween story. I love to read. It