I’m going to cover a few things in this one post, so stick with me! A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from Julie at Three Rivers Press offering to send me some books. A few days ago I received three historical fiction novels: The Merry Monarch’s Wife by Jean Plaidy, The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley and Now Face to Face by Karleen Koen. Over the weekend I saw Now Face to Face in Borders but didn’t buy it since I have put myself on a bit of a book diet (must build more bookshelves)! Imagine my surprise when I pulled the same book out of the package - score! Since Now Face to Face is such a hefty book at 734 pages, I am adding it to my list for the Chunkster Challenge 2008, which I just joined.
Along with the above mentioned book, I plan to read I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (all of which also happen to be on my 2008 book challenge list - why not kill two birds with one stone, right)!
The following day, I received a package from Penguin Group containing a just published paperback book which I will be giving away here at my blog soon! Along with my review of the book and not one but two author interviews, it will be a busy time here at this old blog.
Speaking of new bookshelves, my husband and I did a little rearranging in our home office over the weekend. We are now trying to decide how exactly we plan on using this room, which has served many functions over the last ten years we have lived here. It was initially built on as a mother-in-law suite by the previous owners. When we moved in, it functioned as our master bedroom. After our oldest daughter was born, we decided to relocated to an upstairs bedroom and made the room into an office. Now it functions alright as an office, but we really would like to have an area for guests to sleep and this large room would be a perfect spot since it has a bathroom already attached to it. So, I’ve been doing a little research and found some inspiration for bookshelves from this great craft blog and did a little drawing up of my own (click on the picture above for a better view). With some nice built in bookshelves, a new pull out couch, a few curtains and a redone bathroom, it would make the perfect guest suite! I don’t know if this plan is going to work, but a girl can dream of extra book storage, can’t she?
