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Ray Townes and his wife Mary have had a mostly antagonistic relationship over the fifty odd years of their marriage. Unfortunately their problems started relatively early – stemming from the events surrounding 1954- the year that Hurricane Hazel hit Toronto, and the year that Ray became a hero saving people all up and down the [...]
So I have been trying to control my rampant compulsion to start reading everything that comes into the door and concentrate on the book that I am already reading. It’s hard for me not to cheat, but I have managed to be good and stick to the book at hand, except when it comes to [...]
Valerie spends the summer hiding out from her friends and anyone else who knows her after her boyfriend Nick puts an effective end to the school year with a violent and deadly rampage, killing students and teachers from their shared “hate list” as well as innocent bystanders before ending his own life. Just as in [...]
Just a reminder that I will be interviewing Michelle of GalleySmith tomorrow night 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 as [...]
First off, I got my reading wedge pillow (notice how possessive I am?) absolutely gratis from a company called DownLite. So there you have it- you can decide whether or not you trust me to tell you the truth about the nifty reading wedge pillow. Although I must say, having a 400sq foot apartment in [...]
Dragon House, by John Shors – I haven’t read that much about modern day Vietnam, but I was definitely intrigued by the cover and the writing and I can’t wait to find out more. The author sent this book out to me for a mini-blog tour happening in mid-December. In the Land of Cotton, Martha [...]
Pearlie and Holland are childhood sweethearts from Kentucky who have found each other again after being separated when Holland went off to war. Holland is a troubled man when he returns and though his elderly spinster aunts try to warn Pearlie that she should not marry Holland on account of his being “ill”, they only [...]
Just a reminder that I will be interviewing Beth Fish Reads tonight on my new Blog Talk Radio show, That’s How I Blog, at 8:30 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 [...]
This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today more than 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 books printed in an environmentally friendly way. Ideally publishers will want to consider the benefits of getting greener and readers will start taking the environment into consideration when purchasing books. This campaign is organized by Eco-Libris, a a green company working to [...]
If you’ll remember, I gave ya’ll the heads up on this! The holidays are for celebrating and what better way to celebrate than with food? Unfortunately, we all live so far apart that we can’t get together but that shouldn’t stop us from celebrating in style! So Amy, Julie, and I put our heads together and [...]
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