false 92 540 396 true 5629719 read 2 true 1690051 currently-reading 142 true 1690050 to-read 129 false 2059135 my-young-adult-hs-college-days 69 false 2246307 unfinished 56 false 2682247 reqst-from-library 39 false 1745848 all-time-favorites- 33 false 2246371 southern-lit 32 false 3178664 nonfiction 27 false 4134784 finished-2009 25 false 3791189 memoir 22 false 2067490 my-searching-for-something-days 21 false 3178659 fiction 17 false 2470795 finished-2008 16 false 2697413 spookey-stuff- 15 false 2429246 chicksonlitgroupreads 14 false 2067496 living-more-naturally-and-organics 13 false 2059335 writing-authors-journeys 11 false 2470796 finished-2007 11 false 2059337 writing-how-tos 10 false 5620046 salem-fiction 10 false 2031824 gardening--how-to-s 8 false 2031889 cookbooks 8 false 2067486 spirituality-and-exploration 7 false 2470803 finished-2006 7 false 5620043 own 7 false 2059292 overall-health 6 false 2031838 gardening--journal-types 6 false 2031848 gardening--fiction 4 false 3178822 halloween 4 false 2059325 writing-college-days 3 false 3178949 reference 3 false 2309346 audio-cd-tape-books 3 false 5615233 from-library 3 false 3178635 borrow-from-aunt-judy 2 false 5175902 obsessed-gardeners-group-read 2 false 4830763 southernlitgroupread 2 false 5620055 witch-trial-nonfiction 2 false 5615264 crafting 2 false 2701009 want-to-buy 2 false 5620058 witch-trail-fiction 2 false 3178903 journals 1 false 5620051 salem-nonfiction 1 false 8590840 blogging 1 false 3178901 fall 1 false 3178899 all-seasons 0 false 3499898 to-finish-after-home-from-ma 0 false 3178902 spring 0 false 2847697 coming-soon 0 false 3178900 summer <![CDATA[new comment from Jo]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/234216-julia-s-chocolates-spoilers-possible Jo made a comment in the Chicks On Lit group:

Her details with respect to the domestic violences and how Julia felt & what she went through are so eerily right on that I'm curious to know if she's been through it herself.

I thought for sure Elm Creek Quilts series author Jennifer Chaiverini must have based one of her mother-daughter relationships on that of her own and she told me her relationship with her mom was wonderful & nothing like the books! The characters' was based on friend's relationships with their moms if I remember correctly. I was So surprised!

It's the writer in me! (This particular curiosity). ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Jo]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/233911-favorite-women-novelists Jo made a comment in the Scent of a Woman's Ink group:

Murder On The Orient Express is my classic Agatha fave. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Jo]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/233921-is-literature-without-gender Jo made a comment in the Scent of a Woman's Ink group:

Interesting! I have that on a shelf some place around here. ]]> <![CDATA[Jo added 'Bedpan Commando: The Story of a Combat Nurse During World War II']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78488025 Bedpan Commando: The Story of a Combat Nurse During World War II (Paperback) by June Wandrey
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Jo added 'A Quilter's Holiday']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78487678 A Quilter's Holiday (Elm Creek Quilts, #15) by Jennifer Chiaverini
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Jo]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/203209-autumn-goals-2009 Jo made a comment in the Chicks On Lit group:

Carrie wrote: "He does :) :)"

I'm so glad you've met someone and you've survived football season!

]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Jo]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/231972-nanowrimo-2009 Jo made a comment in the Chicks On Lit group:

Christy wrote: "I hit 35,000 words last night!"

Woohoo! Way to go Christy!

And everyone!

]]> <![CDATA[Jo is on page 20 of Blogging for Bliss:... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65107702 Jo is on page 20 of 156 of Blogging for Bliss: Crafting Your Own Online Journal: A Guide for Crafters, Artists & Creatives of all Kinds ]]> <![CDATA[Jo added 'Blogging for Bliss: Crafting Your Own Online Journal: A Guide for Crafters, Artists & Creatives of all Kinds']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65107702 Blogging for Bliss: Crafting Your Own Online Journal: A Guide for Crafters, Artists & Creatives of all Kinds (Paperback) by Tara Frey
bookshelves: blogging, currently-reading, finished-2009, own
]]> <![CDATA[Jo added 'Beds I Have Known: Confessions of a Passionate Amateur Gardener']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14188875 to: Beds I Have Known: Confessions of a Passionate Amateur Gardener (Paperback) by Martha Smith
bookshelves: all-seasons, currently-reading, finished-2009, gardening--journal-types, memoir
I got this book last February (2007). I spent the weekend with one of my longtime best friends at her apartment in Manhattan and we went to "The Strand" used bookstore. (One of the most amazing & largest used book stores I've ever been to!) I was down stairs looking at all of the gardening books and once I wiped the drool off my chin I got to looking for gardening books that were more like personal accounts of gardeners & their gardens as opposed to how-to books. I came across this one & loved the title ~ then I opened it and the author had signed it and written a message to some woman named "Jo" ~ I just had to buy it! It stays on my nightstand and so far I love what I've read! ]]>