Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 23, 2009, 3:20 pm
It's that time again! The end of the year is near and with this the 3rd Series Challenge is about to end. So let's see whether we can keep this going! (Oops, I almost missed the end of the cha...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 21, 2009, 5:20 pm
This time around, I have an idea for a challenge. (I know, I know, I still haven't posted the sign up posts for the Series Challenge and the Pages Read Challenge, but they'll be up next week o...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 20, 2009, 6:03 pm
Okay, I'm sorry, but there's a non-bookish rant ahead - YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!! I know I am waaay behind, but I just finished the very last two episodes of Gilmore Girls. I had the DVD box ...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 17, 2009, 3:07 pm
Cassandra Clare CITY OF BONES 560 pages McElderry ISBN: 978-1-4169-5507-8 When Clary Fray sees a boy being stabbed by three other teenagers at a club, she is shocked. Even more so, when the stabbed b...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 17, 2009, 8:01 am
Did I mention I'm on a book buying ban? I think I did, but honestly, I'm sooo bad at it! Today I have classes from 10 am until 7:30 pm with only a 2 hour break for some lunch and I realized th...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 17, 2009, 5:28 am
I guess it's time for another round of "blaming bloggers". My wishlist is still growing, which is both good and bad. Bad, because I can't possibly read all the books I hear about and good, bec...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 17, 2009, 3:25 am
Here's a list of all the participants who finished the Pages Read Challenge. 1) Sherrie
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 16, 2009, 4:07 pm
So, you can see it in the title, I'm hoping for your recommendations. Book recommendations, that is (of course), but not for me. My brother is no reader. A couple days ago, he in fact asked me (...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 14, 2009, 2:27 pm
As I haven't been good with blogging last week (sorry about that, but I promise I'll write up a post about Cassandra Clare's signing in Frankfurt!), I decided to gather a few blog posts I ...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 10, 2009, 3:30 pm
Time for another round of book blogger blaming. I can't wait for my reader to be back in two-digit unread blog posts! This time around I'd like to blame: Kristi @ The Story Siren for Mr. Da...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 9, 2009, 4:36 pm
So, I had originally planned this post for yesterday, but I was busy reading, being at a concert and then had a headache (yep, all yesterday). Now, I’m a day late, but that actually only means I had...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 7, 2009, 4:37 pm
For some bizarre reason the vlog was set on private so no one could view it and it all was a bit messed up, so here it is again, this time around hopefully without any mistakes. I take this as proof t...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 7, 2009, 3:03 pm
If it didn't take so darn long for the vlog to upload, you'd be seeing my second vlog here, but as it is, it will take at least another hour *sigh* For the time being, I'm reading your bl...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 5, 2009, 4:48 pm
So here I am, trying to catch up on unread blog posts, and there, Amy @ My Friend Amy posted this: The holidays are for celebrating and what better way to celebrate than with food? Unfortunately, we ...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 4, 2009, 4:48 pm
Apparently I completely forgot to mention this, but once again I'm in for the fun of NaNoWriMo. I'll never complete the darn thing, but it's fun anyway. Right now, Day 4 is over and I'...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 2, 2009, 3:12 pm
I had a couple interesting days lately, book-wise! First, I spent some time with a vegan vampire (no worries, in the end said vampire decided to give in and eventually survived!), and now I'm wit...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 1, 2009, 8:16 am
I can't believe I did that, but apparently, it is true! I did my very first vlog. I had planned this for a while, but was very reluctant. I had to cut and edit it a bit because of its original len...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Nov 1, 2009, 7:05 am
So, October is over and I'm really, really glad this month was much better than September. The read-a-thon sure helped! Added 121) Jon Krakauer - Under The Banner Of Heaven 122) Jill Shalvis: Ins...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 31, 2009, 9:39 am
I'm desperately playing catch up with my poor Google reader right now, but it seems it's not doing me any good. My wish list is growing as I'm writing this! (Maybe even as I'm sleeping...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 29, 2009, 4:21 pm
Jay Asher THIRTEEN REASONS WHY 320 pages Razorbill ISBN: 978-1-595-14171-2 When Clay Jensen finds a mysterious package addressed to him on his door step when he returns from school, he doesn't kn...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 27, 2009, 5:57 pm
First off, thanks so much, LadyTink for helping me out with Dr. Pete. That's indeed his name. I'll send you my giveaway list to pick a book as soon as possible! (Isn't she awesome? Suppose...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 27, 2009, 4:32 am
D.D. Barant DYING BITES 320 pages St. Martins ISBN: 978-0-312-94258-8 With her debut novel, D.D. Barrant brings FBI profiler Jace Valchek into a parallel universe. Or, more exactly, David Cassius, th...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 25, 2009, 7:18 am
hours read: 22 hours and 5 minutes (1325 minutes) pages read: 825 books read: Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher The Spirit by Will Eisner The Uncommon Reader...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 25, 2009, 6:02 am
1. Which hour was most daunting for you? Basically every hour since Hour 17... But if you really want me to decide Hour 23. 2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Re...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 25, 2009, 5:13 am
No worries, I'm still awake reading. I put down Stake That and am now reading The Uncommon Reader. I've marked so many scenes and sentences already, it's amazing! So, back to reading now, ...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 25, 2009, 4:01 am
I'm so not sure my current book was money spent in a good way... It's Mari Mancusi's Stake That and so far I've had two scenes that made me want to shout WTF! Scene #1: Once in every ...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 25, 2009, 3:38 am
Gail from Ticket To Anywhere hosts this wonderful challenge. So here's my stack of finished books and part of my snacks (the other package is already in the trash)... My three books I finished ...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 25, 2009, 3:23 am
hours read so far: 20 and some pages read so far: 621 (plus 2 hours of my audio book) book of the hour: just finished #3, Will Eisner's The Spirit minutes spent doing other things: maybe 3 talk...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 25, 2009, 2:32 am
hours read so far: 19 and some (back with a complete calculation once the read-a-thon is over) pages read so far: 555 book of the hour: after finishing MaryJanice Davidson's Undead and Unreturna...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 25, 2009, 1:05 am
hours read so far: 17 and some pages read so far: 496 book of the hour: still 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher minutes spent doing other things: maybe 5 for writing a blog post CD of the hour: Nelly Fu...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 24, 2009, 11:38 pm
I never had the chance to meet Dewey. Thinking of this now makes me sad because she was such an engaged blogger. Active to build a community, always there for great book reviews and host to awesome bl...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 24, 2009, 11:22 pm
hours read so far: 16 and some pages read so far: 431 pages and 2 hours of Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lee Child book of the hour: back to 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher now, needed Reliquary to rel...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 20, 2009, 2:58 pm
Zut alors, I accidentally gave away the title of the ARC I picked up at the Book Fair! If you read it and remember it, enjoy it, if not, I'm sure I'll tell you pretty soon LOL
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 20, 2009, 4:18 am
Oops! I completely forgot to create a reading stack for the 24 Hour Read-A-Thon. How embarrassing... Anyway, here is a tentative stack, changes possible, maybe even very likely: Mari Mancusi: Stake ...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 18, 2009, 4:16 pm
I have to come clean about something... You remember my book buying ban, right? Well, so do I. I swear!!! Nonetheless, I added a couple books to Mt. TBR. Some - most - of them were added because a ve...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 17, 2009, 3:29 pm
No posting about the book fair today. My feet hurt, I'm tired and I have to figure out my course of action for tomorrow (which authors will be there, which publishers do I want to check out, what ...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 15, 2009, 8:29 pm
Some of you might now it already, but if not, you've been informed as of the end of this blog post! The Frankfurt Book Fair started on Thursday, October 15, and will end on Sunday, October 18, an...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 14, 2009, 6:13 pm
Patricia David A MILITARY MATCH 218 pages Steeple Hills ISBN: 978-0-373-87506-1 Private Avery Barnes grew up with money, but no love, and everone thinks he's just a wealthy playboy. Everyone, tha...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 13, 2009, 6:10 pm
Dani Sinclair SECRET CINDERELLA 250 pages Harlequin ISBN: 0-373-22827-9 Trying to save her brother leaves Melanie Andrews with a dead body at her hands and a killer at her heels. Her only chance to e...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 12, 2009, 6:07 pm
Charlotte Douglas MYSTIQUE 250 pages Harlequin ISBN: 0-373-22852-X Unfortunately, this book was first published in 2005, so it might be really difficult to acquire this book. You've been warned :...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 11, 2009, 6:03 pm
Jill Shalvis FLASHBACK 211 pages Harlequin ISBN: 978-0-373-79420-1 When I read the holiday short story compilation earlier this year I knew I had to read the other books Jill Shalvis was writing abou...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 10, 2009, 5:56 pm
Janice Kay Johnson SNOWBOUND 276 pages Harlequin ISBN: 978-0-373-71454-4 (for the paperback - I read the e-version) Fiona MacPherson and her students are on their way home from the Knowledge Champs c...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 10, 2009, 1:30 pm
I think I might be back - sort of! I am writing a few reviews now to distract myself from other work I have to do and hope to finish a few until I go to bed tonight. I still have more on my plate than...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 6, 2009, 3:18 pm
Please forgive me for not being around much lately. Things have been really crazy around here and I'm not feeling too well. No health problems and the family's okay as well, so no worries ther...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 4, 2009, 11:37 am
I'm afraid, but it is again time for a book-buying ban! My heart is bleeding, but there's no other way. I have been trying to put myself under a ban, but each time I kinda - well, sucked at it...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 3, 2009, 7:00 pm
Well, I'm German and I can definitely live with the results! LOL Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test... Advanced You scored 93% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 73% Exp...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 3, 2009, 11:45 am
Nick Sagan IDLEWILD 276 pages ROC ISBN: 978-0-451-46198-8 I bought this book based on the recommendation of a friend from university with whom I was book shopping about two months ago. Usually, this ...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 3, 2009, 11:26 am
We all know I'm horribly behind on reviews, so I've come to a conclusion. No, I'm not just going to ignore those unwritten, I will write them - eventually! But I will sort the books by gen...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 3, 2009, 8:08 am
I now officially signed up for Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon in October. The read-a-thon takes part right at the beginning of the new semester, so I hope I won't be too busy yet. The read-a-th...
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Kathrin P. posted an article on Crazy Cozy Murders - Oct 2, 2009, 3:50 pm
September has been the worst month so far. I have been busy with work and with having one of my wisdom teeth extracted. The first part was very necessary, because my old computer didn't really wor...
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