Armchair BEA is an online networking event for bloggers who will not be attending Book Expo America (BEA) at the Javits Center in New Yor...

Welcome, Kate!  I'm thrilled to interview you again. (I first interviewed author Kate Jacobs last November, right befo...

Serendipity. It's one of my favorite words. Wikipedia defines serendipity as "the effect by which one accidentally discovers some...

Recipes found in books that are not cookbooks have extra appeal to me. They seem more special somehow, and more worth trying, perhaps becau...

Finally, it's cold enough to wear the scarves I crocheted a few winters ago. After reading The Friday Night Knitting Club and Knit Tw...

"It's the friends you can call up at 4 AM that matter." ~Marlene Dietrich Don't worry, friends, it's unlikely that I...

  I can't believe my luck!  Best-selling writers tend to be extremely busy people, so I'm very grateful that Kate Jacobs , autho...

"Choosing your wool is dizzying with potential: The waves of colors and textures tempt with visions of a sweater or cap (and all the a...

Friday night I watched Message in a Bottle , the movie based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks . Now I've seen all four ...