Hello fellow bloggers and readers,

What happens when your writing muse wanes and life responsibilities take over? My life has changed so much in the last three years after I wrote my first novel, that I had to do something to get it back. (Since then, I've gone back to work, my kids are a little older and I'm blogging more about books.) BUT and this is a big BUT for me, I want to recapture the feeling I had when I was writing my book. At that time I had just returned from Rome and was so inspired to write my book Daughter of Mine.

So...with my creative juices itching to be doing something other than working and cleaning the house (it happens when I'm stressed and panicky) I am launching my new author blog called Essentially Italian!  (I am also planning a trip to Italy, but more on that later...)


I'm really excited about this new blog and I invite you to visit and follow if you like what you see. Please give me feedback and tell me what you think. I hope you like my little corner of Italy!
Thanks,
Laura Fabiani

Sourcebooks has informed me that they are having a promotion this weekend from today, Feb 4 to Sunday, Feb 6. They are giving away the following books:

After blogging for two years, I've learned a few things about myself, the blogging community, and books, of course! I want to take the opportunity to thank you, my loyal readers and commenters, for your support and enthusiasm regarding my book reviews. You rock!

This year I am trying to focus on having fun participating in challenges that will help me read the books I want to read for pleasure and not just for review because through my fellow book bloggers I have discovered other genres and must-reads. Instead of targeting a certain number of books to read, I will choose what goes on my reading list more carefully. So you will see a number of challenge posts published in the next few days.

Here are some of the things coming up on Library of Clean Reads:

• January 14-17 - Dreaming of Books Giveaway Hop hosted by I Am a Reader Not a Writer and Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf
• January 21-23 - Bloggiesta 4th Edition hosted by Maw Books Blog. I will be making improvement changes to my blog, getting rid of clutter and creating pages and better labels for my posts. Join the fun!
• February - Hosting Mailbox Monday!