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The tweeps have spoken! One of the things that I love about Twitter is that you get to mingle with other book bloggers and fab book people, and you always have the opportunity to get involved- whether it’s in a discussion on the topic du jour or in on the planning stages of the next [...]
2009 The Story of A Marriage, by Andrew Sean Greer Labor Day, by Joyce Maynard The Forest of Hands and Teeth, by Carrie Ryan Hate List, by Jennifer Brown Shiver, Maggie Stiefvater Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane The Wednesday Witch, by Ruth Chew What The Witch Left, by Ruth Chew Sweethearts, by Sara Zarr The Boneman’s [...]
Sharon McCone is a highly sucessful private investigator from humble origins who has managed to cobble together a wonderful family, and several loyal and dedicated employees and colleagues who will do just about anything for her. Sharon is a vibrant member of the community and an investigative professional at the top of her game. She [...]
Just a reminder that I will be interviewing Amy of My Friend Amy tonight on Blog Talk Radio show, That’s How I Blog!, at 9:o0 pm Eastern Time. You can listen live or to the archived version later on. If you listen live you can join the conversation in chat room, which is usually just as lively [...]
Even though Melanie Middleton is a real estate agent specializing in old houses- she hates them, and much prefers the stripped down and modern look that she sports in her own austere condo. She has good reason to be wary, though she is loath to admit it to herself, Melanie sees ghosts- and we all [...]
Welcome to the Thirty First Edition of the Book Review Blog Carnival. I would like to thank all of those who took the time to send in these wonderful posts. And without further ado, onto the reviews. Book Reviews Graphic Novels TZT read The Arrival, by Shaun Tan and reviewed it at Children’s Books: What, [...]
Frances and her brother Daniel are scholarship students at the prestigious Pettengill School. Both have gladly escaped their deteriorating home life with their broken father, crotchety grandmother and memories of their absentee mother, who has left the family to find herself in a Buddhist colony. Upon boarding at school Daniel immediately associates himself with Unity, [...]
Part self help book, part meditation on the number seven and the way that it has popped up time and again throughout the course of history, Jacqueline Leo’s new book is a thoroughly enjoyable read. Leo covers a wide range of topics that try as I might to summarize leave my powers of summary in [...]
As a young girl, Grace Brisbane is attacked and dragged from her tire swing by a pack of wolves. Though she is bitten, she is saved from from serious injury and death when a wolf with odd yellow eyes steps in to save her from the others. Over the next six years Grace avidly follows [...]
It’s rare that I will read acknowledgements in a book. Most times I feel a little guilty about not reading about all the people who went into the monumental task of creating the book, but I figure that they’re not really there for me anyway and I move on. I did read them in Shiver, [...]