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An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir, by Elizabeth McCracken Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: September 10, 2008 Format: Hardcover, 184 pages “I don’t even know what I would have wanted someone to say. Not: It will be better. Not: You don’t think you’ll live through this, but you [...]
Teaser Tuesdays asks you to: Please avoid spoilers! Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that [...]
The Confessions of Max Tivoli, by Andrew Sean Greer Publisher: Farrar, Strauss and Girox Publication Date: February 2004 Format: Hardcover, 288 pages First Sentence: “We are each the love of someone’s life.” -The Confessions of Max Tivoli “I just wanted the main character to die so that the book would be over.” – a fellow [...]
Marcia at The Printed Page wanted to know; so look at what I found in my mailbox last week! Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters by Lorraine Lopez The Darcys and the Bingleys by Marsha Altman The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay (this one came special delivery because my friend [...]
I come across things in books that just make me laugh… “I shook out the brown woolen blanket I always slept in, folded it, and then patted my camicia to rid myself of hay and stray cat hair.” I am loving this book! But I have to admit that I had to laugh out loud [...]
I almost missed the conference call with Brad Meltzer. Last week was a week of board meetings, and in preparation for them I had been in the office pretty much all the time. Last Thursday was the first time that I was getting to go home and I was looking forward to some sleep more [...]
Jane Austen: A Life, by Carol Shields Publisher: Viking Penguin Publication Date: 2002 Format: Hardcover, 185 pages “Her early writing was produced within protective circumstance, and it is no surprise that her efforts are full of family jokes and private reference, some of them stinging. The family response to her deliberate outrageousness may be imagined: [...]
The Book of Lies, by Brad Meltzer Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: September 2, 2008 Format: Hardcover, 336 pages By rights, this was probably not my book to read. I hardly ever read suspense or thrillers anymore. The last time might have been a Dean Koontz book years ago that I was too scared [...]
Autumn is starting (here in the US, anyway), and kids are heading back to school–does the changing season change your reading habits? Less time? More? Are you just in the mood for different kinds of books than you were over the summer? I feel like I have less time to read since September arrived. In [...]
Here, there, and everywhere it’s Book Blogger Appreciation Week and we’re all getting to know each other. I had the pleasure of being introduced to Christine from Candid Canine via the BBAW Interview exchange that Amy set up. And boy, is Christine a busy little bee! When she’s not busy with her job in journalism, [...]
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