Welcome to Carmen's Book Adventure

I KNEW I had read this book! There was a 3-star rating on my Goodreads account, but no review. How unlike me! I left a review of Taylor...

Hundreds of words and definitions are added to the dictionary each month. I had no idea! Merriam-Webster added 455 new words in October...

I just finished a book for my personal diversity challenge titled, "How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House" by Cherie Jones. It was a...

Riding high from last night's "date" with fellow readers in the "Diverse Reading" group on Clubhouse, I started a new book today, "The...

How long has it been since you played in a clubhouse? Well, I did tonight!! Clubhouse is a new app that is all about gathering people...

I'm starting to feel like I am not really giving books a chance. True, my mom has to be grabbed right away or she will put a book down. I...

I got my third tattoo last week. Yes. It hurt. But only if a number of needles going into your skin, through the epidermis down to the...

Okay, technically, it's NOT an actual bait-and-switch, but pretty darned close. I finished my e-book, and went to the Libby app to find...

I just finished "The Chilbury Ladies' Choir" by Jennifer Ryan, and highlighted some of my fave lines. The book takes place in England in...

I am juggling several books right now, not really very serious about finishing any of them. I guess I am in a little bit of a reading...

I made a new friend. Her name is Courtney, and she is an alumna in my sorority. That alone is a great thing, and already gives us...

Readers, I started watching an episode last night of PBS's American Masters on author Amy Tan. What. A. Story. Tan and her two brothers...

I just finished watching a Facebook Live event from independent bookstore Parnassus Books. It was one of my favorite authors, Ann...

In what I would say is the MOST OBVIOUS choice for the next host of Jeopardy, there is a potential misstep-fall from grace-travesty...

Blake Bailey is a award-winning author. His biography "Cheever: A Life", about the American novelist and short-story writer John Cheever,...

During lunch this past Sunday, the family started discussing whether or not we watch movies over and over. I was saying that, no matter...

My sorority alum/collegiate book club is going strong, and we had another discussion this past Sunday. This discussion was on "A Week In...

Do y'all remember those "If you give a mouse a cookie" books? They were hella adorable, and there is an entire series of "If you give a"...

Well, maybe not everybody. And not necessarily my name. Okay, okay! When those close to you know your passion. That's what I meant to...

This is the map from my favorite book, "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster. I have been thinking for several years now about getting...