Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 10, 2009, 5:00 am
Today I’m participating in Eco-Libris Green Books Campaign.  100 bloggers are reviewing “green books” – books that are printed on recycled or FSC-certified paper.  These book...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 9, 2009, 5:00 am
Thanks to Marcia of The Printed Page for hosting one of my favorite memes, Mailbox Monday. Check out her blog to see what everyone else got last week or to play along.  These are the books I found in...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 8, 2009, 5:00 am
A young couple lived on New York’s East Side at the turn of the twentieth century.  They had five girls aged twelve to four.  Papa owned a junk shop, so the family didn’t have much money...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 7, 2009, 5:00 am
I wanted to highlight a few things and thought I’d combine them all in one post.  The picture of Milou hogging the clicker is just for fun.  She really doesn’t watch that much TV –...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 6, 2009, 5:00 am
Rachel Courteau was a prostitute in Arles, France in the late 19th century and in a chance encounter, she met Vincent van Gogh, thus beginning a two year relationship with him.  Theirs was an odd rel...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 5, 2009, 5:00 am
I’m sure most people know that the movie Amelia, starring Hillary Swank and Richard Gere, is the story of the famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart.  About all I knew about Earhart was that she disapp...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 4, 2009, 4:00 am
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading.  If you want to play along, grab the new button (or the old graphic), and join the ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 4, 2009, 3:30 am
Taken in Hilton Head in 1994 It’s hard for me to believe, but my wonderful father is 90 years old today!  Can you think of a better reason to celebrate?  My dad was one of those people who ne...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 3, 2009, 7:00 am
Just a reminder that Nicole will be interviewing me on her new Blog Talk Radio show, That’s How I Blog! tonight (Tuesday, November 3, 2009) at 7:00 pm Eastern Time.  If you want to know hear of...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 3, 2009, 5:00 am
Quentin Coldwater is a high school senior, making plans for college.  He has a crush on a friend of his and, even though he’s the smartest person in his class, he feels unsettled and unsatisfie...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 2, 2009, 4:00 am
Thanks to Marcia of The Printed Page for hosting one of my favorite memes, Mailbox Monday. Check out her blog to see what everyone else got last week or to play along.  These are the books I found in...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 1, 2009, 6:30 am
During the summer after fifth grade, Margaret Simon and her parents move from New York City to the suburbs in New Jersey.   Margaret makes new friends and adjusts fairly quickly.  She and her friend...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Nov 1, 2009, 4:00 am
Books Bought is a meme hosted by Cindy of Cindy’s Love of Books.  She invites everyone to grab the logo and participate.  I’ve been really good about staying out of bookstores lately, bu...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 31, 2009, 5:00 am
If there is a nature lover on your holiday shopping list, One Hundred Butterflies by Harold Feinstein would make a marvelous gift for them.  This book is approximately 11  inches by 13 inches and co...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 30, 2009, 5:00 am
Jeanine Cornillot grew up outside of Philadelphia with her mother, grandmother, aunt and three brothers.  As the youngest of the four children, she doesn’t remember ever living with her father....
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 29, 2009, 5:00 am
Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress in the small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana.  Sookie can read minds – this would seem like a gift to some, but to Sookie, it’s a disability.  Listening to e...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 28, 2009, 4:00 am
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading.  If you want to play along, grab the new button (or the old graphic), and join the ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 27, 2009, 5:00 am
Have you seen what clever Nicole is up to these days?  She’s starting a new Blog Talk Radio show called That’s How I Blog! (I’m really excited about this because, as you know, I lov...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 26, 2009, 5:00 am
Mailbox Monday is one of my favorite memes, so I’m sending a big thanks to Marcia of The Printed Page for hosting it. Check out her blog to see what everyone else got last week or to play along.  T...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 25, 2009, 5:00 am
On The View, Sherri Shepherd said she didn’t know if the Earth is round or flat, and boy, did she hear about it afterward!  It seemed like people either thought she was totally ignorant or they...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 24, 2009, 5:00 am
Rebecca Clay hires private investigator Charlie Parker because a man is stalking her.  When Charlie approaches the man, Frank Merrick, he is told that he means Rebecca no harm -  he just wants infor...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 23, 2009, 5:00 am
Angels by Chuck Fischer is an extraordinary book.  When it came in the mail, Carl chuckled because I’d received a pop-up book.  Once I opened it and started turning the pages, he stopped laugh...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 22, 2009, 5:00 am
Poor Willow – she feels like she has the weight of the world on her shoulders.  Both of her parents died in a car accident when she was sixteen and now she lives with her brother, sister-in-law...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 21, 2009, 2:58 pm
You’re probably wondering why I’m signing up for another challenge when I’m not making much progress on the three I’m already participating in.   I’ll give you two reas...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 21, 2009, 4:00 am
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading.  If you want to play along, grab the new button (or the old graphic), and join the ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 20, 2009, 4:30 am
John Li, the owner of Fortune Liquors, has been murdered and Harry Bosch and his partner, Ignacio Ferras, have been assigned the case.  When they get to the scene of the crime, they discover that Li&...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 19, 2009, 5:00 am
Mailbox Monday is one of my favorite memes, so I’m sending a big thanks to Marcia of The Printed Page for hosting it. Check out her blog to see what everyone else got last week or to play along.  I...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 18, 2009, 5:00 am
Jaime, Miriam and Kathy Carl and I are visiting Vance this weekend.   We’ve had so much fun seeing him and his roommates.  I think he’s more excited to see Milou than he is to see us, b...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 17, 2009, 5:00 am
Betsy Taylor is the Queen of the Vampires.  Her sister is the daughter of Satan – literally – but the rebellious side of her has caused her to be good and devout.  Betsy lives in an old ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 16, 2009, 5:00 am
As a sophomore at Brown University, Kevin Roose was working as writer’s assistant.  His boss, A. J. Jacobs, was doing research for his book, The Year of Living Biblically, and took Kevin on a r...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 15, 2009, 9:37 am
Sorry for all the posts today, but I need to take care of a little business here.  I asked random.org to work it’s magic and pick 5 winners in my Against Medical Advice (by James Patterson and ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 15, 2009, 5:00 am
After his parents get divorced, Henry lives with his mother, Adele.  Adele has become a little odd and rarely leaves the house.  It’s Labor Day weekend, though, and thirteen year old Henry nee...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 15, 2009, 4:30 am
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I love Blog Talk Radio.  (I even have it programmed in my cell phone.)  I just wish more people would participate because the author int...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 14, 2009, 4:00 am
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading.  If you want to play along, grab the new button (or the old graphic), and join the ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 13, 2009, 9:30 am
I used random.org to determine the winners in the giveaway of  The Queen’s Mistake by Diane Haeger that I hosted, and the two lucky winners are: Jo-Jo stacybuckeye I’ve emailed the winn...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 13, 2009, 5:00 am
I’m a day late with this but, the Fall Festival Recipe Exchange is the brainchild of My Friend Amy – go to her blog to see links to everyone who’s participating.  I got this recipe ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 12, 2009, 5:00 am
Mailbox Monday is one of my favorite memes, so I’m sending a big thanks to Marcia of The Printed Page for hosting it. Check out her blog to see what everyone else got last week or to play along.  T...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 11, 2009, 5:00 am
The new Methodist minister, his wife and 3 children have moved from Terre Haute, Indiana right next door to Grandma Dowdel.  The children keep a close eye on the Dowdel house because they think: So ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 10, 2009, 5:00 am
When Gabriella was four years old her mother, Helena, died in a plane crash.  Her American father wanted her to know her Colombian heritage and family, so he took her to Cali to visit her maternal gr...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 9, 2009, 5:00 am
All I can say after finishing Stitches by David Small is wow!  Stitches is Small’s graphic memoir and it’s hard to say much about the story without giving things away.  David Small was b...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 8, 2009, 6:29 am
The giveaway I hosted for Ruined by Paula Morris ended at midnight last night.  Thanks to Big Honcho Media for providing the books for this giveaway.  I used random.org to determine the winners and ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 8, 2009, 5:00 am
Twenty-one year old Jonas is a college student living away from home.  He can’t seem to find his place in the world and his search for answers has led him to explore different religions. Ever ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 7, 2009, 4:00 am
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading.  If you want to play along, grab the new button (or the old graphic), and join the ...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 6, 2009, 5:00 am
When I found out that I had the opportunity to meet and interview Elizabeth Kostova while I was at SIBA, I was extremely excited, but also somewhat nervous.  I mean, this is the woman who wrote The H...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 5, 2009, 5:00 am
Mailbox Monday is one of my favorite memes, so I’m sending a big thanks to Marcia of The Printed Page for hosting it. Check out her blog to see what everyone else got last week or to play along....
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 4, 2009, 5:00 am
If you’re looking for some fun treats for Halloween, then Ghoulish Goodies is for you!  This adorable cookbook has recipes for candies and goodies, cookies, cakes, party food, drinks and even a...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 4, 2009, 4:30 am
In her latest video about her newest book club selection, Say You’re One of Them by Ukem Akpan,  Oprah explains why she selected it. After watching the video, I went back and re-read the endin...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 3, 2009, 5:00 am
I was lucky enough to attend the SIBA Trade Show and the only way my weekend could have been better is if other bloggers had been there.  I did enjoy my time spent with booksellers, authors and publi...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 2, 2009, 5:00 am
I had the great pleasure of speaking with Robert Hicks, the author of The Widow of the South and A Separate Country, when I attended the SIBA Trade Show.  Robert has been called the most respected Ci...
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Kathy R. posted an article on Bermudaonion’s Weblog - Oct 1, 2009, 10:15 am
Way back in September of 2008, I reviewed Against Medical Advice by James Patterson and Hal Friedman.  I thought the book was fantastic and recommended it, especially for those struggling to find a m...
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