Karen Harrington's Blog en-US Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:15:25 -0800 60 Karen Harrington's Blog 144 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo_144.jpg /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/254408-friday-finds-cakes-gone-wrong-horses-half-broke Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:15:25 -0800 <![CDATA[Friday Finds: Cakes Gone Wrong, Horses Half Broke]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/254408-friday-finds-cakes-gone-wrong-horses-half-broke
I love the Cake Wrecks Blog. This is my weekly dose of hilarity. (You can see why from the cake pictured left.) And just this week, I discovered that the blog has become a book titled Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong! Woo! I can't wait to check this out. I'll bet this would be a great gift.





I also just picked up Jeanette Walls' Half Broke Horses.

Description: Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly). Now, in Hal...

posted by Karen Harrington on December, 18 ]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/253436-a-writer-s-haven Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:15:50 -0800 <![CDATA[A Writer's Haven]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/253436-a-writer-s-haven A friend sent this information to me yesterday. Because I don't know if it's legit, I've ommitted the phone number. But, it does read as if it would be an idyllic place to pen a novel - or to experience something worth writing about - doesn't it?
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For rent; writer's haven in the countryside just outside of Rome, Italy
Large, airy, fully furnished Studio/Cottage on 9 acres, adjacent to Main House.
Available immediately, 1 person only. Minimum 1 year lease.
1200 E/month includes utilities (small...

posted by Karen Harrington on December, 17 ]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/252495-11-cool-bookcases Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:50:45 -0800 <![CDATA[11 Cool Bookcases]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/252495-11-cool-bookcases
The Huffington Post just posted a spiffy slide-show featuring 11 of the Coolest Bookcases.



posted by Karen Harrington on December, 17 ]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/252283-wordless-wednesday-a-very-new-england-christmas Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:14:32 -0800 <![CDATA[Wordless Wednesday: A Very New England Christmas]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/252283-wordless-wednesday-a-very-new-england-christmas

My great uncles, grandfather, great-grandmother (with Fluffy the cat) and great aunt, circa 1950s.





posted by Karen Harrington on December, 16 ]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/251230-teaser-tuesday-me-and-emma Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:14:18 -0800 <![CDATA[Teaser Tuesday: Me and Emma]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/251230-teaser-tuesday-me-and-emma

"Momma took all his presents with her mouth fixed into a smile, but her eyes stayed cold and sad. Richard didn't know what Momma looked like when her eyes smiled, too." - page 134, Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock

I just finished this story and enjoyed it, particularly because it is narrated by an eight-year-old girl. It reminded me of Kaye Gibbons' Ellen Foster.

From the jacket: In many ways, Carrie Parker is like any other eight-year-old-playing make-believe, dreading school, dreaming of...



posted by Karen Harrington on December, 15 ]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/250188-a-book-cover-that-begs-the-question Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:13:58 -0800 <![CDATA[A book cover that begs the question...]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/250188-a-book-cover-that-begs-the-question






posted by Karen Harrington on December, 14 ]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/246699-overheard-at-a-booksigning-totally-true-things-people-say-at-a-signing Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:14:42 -0800 <![CDATA[Overheard at a Booksigning: Totally true things people say at a signing]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/246699-overheard-at-a-booksigning-totally-true-things-people-say-at-a-signing Very true exchanges between me and bookstore customers over the last two years.

Of my books on the signing table.

"Are these complimentary?"

(Really?)

Of the title, Janeology.

"Geez, is this ANOTHER book about Jane Austen?"

(After I stopped laughing, I said, no, it wasn't remotely concerned with Ms. Austen.)

Of my pitch - After his wife Jane commits an unthinkable murder, her grieving husband struggles to find a possible explanation for her actions – were they due her lack of nurturing as a...

posted by Karen Harrington on December, 10 ]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/245611-wordless-wednesday-gingerbread-men-and-women Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:16:40 -0800 <![CDATA[Wordless Wednesday: Gingerbread Men (and Women)]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/245611-wordless-wednesday-gingerbread-men-and-women




posted by Karen Harrington on December, 09 ]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/245011-youtubes-day-stephen-king-on-his-career-future Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:17:32 -0800 <![CDATA[YouTubes Day: Stephen King on his career, future]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/245011-youtubes-day-stephen-king-on-his-career-future



posted by Karen Harrington on December, 08 ]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/242834-tss-8-books-to-share-with-friends Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:52:05 -0800 <![CDATA[TSS: 8 Books To Share With Friends]]> /author/show/300129.Karen_Harrington/blog/242834-tss-8-books-to-share-with-friends 'The Five Best Books To Share With Friends." So I wondered, what are the top books I am constantly pushing into my friends' hands? (Ahem...before pushing my own novel into their unsuspecting palms, that is.) So here's my list.

Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons

Last Seen Leaving by Kelly Braffett

An...

posted by Karen Harrington on December, 11 ]]>