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Nov 4, 2009, 7:48 am
I have been spending way too much time at the library recently - the problem is that I have actually been combing back over all my Friday Finds and Waiting on Wednesdays and reserving them!
Library L... Comment - Like
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Nov 4, 2009, 7:38 am
A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer
Publisher/Publication Date: 5 Spot, Dec 23, 2009
Grace Hawkes has not spoken to her previously tight-knit family since her mother's sudden d... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2009, 9:55 pm
I wanted to give everyone an update on my son - he tested negative for H1N1 (Yah!) He went back to school today. My oldest daughter however has had a horrible ear infection since Saturday, but hopefu... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2009, 8:54 pm
I have one copy of White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner to give away to a reader!
The Janviers have the idyllic life - a beautiful home, great jobs, two wonderful kids - and surrounding it all is th... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2009, 1:56 pm
Title: Family Plots: Love, Death & Tax Evasion
Author: Mary Patrick Kavanaugh
Publisher: iUniverse
First Sentence: The day was unusually hot and clear.
My synopsis: This is a somewhat autobiographic... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2009, 9:48 am
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
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 ne... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 2:33 pm
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about social reading…
How much of your reading do you share with others (outside of blogging?) Do you belong to a book or library club? Do you trade books with frie... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 1:56 pm
What are you reading on Mondays? is hosted by J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog. If you would like to participate, please leave your link with Mr. Linky at J.Kaye's blog - but you can also leav... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2009, 3:21 pm
Title: Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II
Author: Douglas W. Jacobson
Publisher: McBooks Press
First sentence: Anna Kopernik slept on this hot, muggy night, but it was a restless sleep troubled... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2009, 10:31 am
Mailbox Monday is hosted at The Printed Page or In Your Mailbox at The Story Siren. Please stop by those posts and take a look at what packages everybody else got this week!
The first two Halloween b... Comment - Like
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Oct 31, 2009, 6:00 am
Remedy SuperStress with Chocolate
By Roberta Lee M.D.,
Author of The SuperStress Solution
If you love chocolate, you're not alone. It turns out that the average person in the United States consum... Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2009, 10:30 pm
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes ... Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2009, 5:15 pm
To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt
Reynaud St. Aubyn has spent the last seven years in hellish captivity. Now half mad with fever he bursts into his ancestral home and demands his due. Can this wild... Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2009, 4:28 pm
Here are my finds this week!
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Twenty-seven-year-old Josey Cirrini is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favorite season, she'... Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2009, 4:08 pm
My son (who will be 5 in 12 days) started coughing yesterday and complained of a stomach ache off and on - then about 6pm last night started running a fever. I took him in to the doctor first thing t... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 1:30 am
Putting the Fun Back Into Funerals
Mary Patrick Kavanaugh, a California writer, put to rest grandiose dreams of publishing contracts, movie options, and a guest spot on the Oprah Winfrey Show at a ve... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 1:00 am
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes ... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2009, 9:14 pm
New from St. Martin's Press is #1 New York Times bestselling author, Sherrilyn Kenyon's 3-book series, 'The League'! With over 19 million books in print, Sherrilyn Kenyon is renowned ... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2009, 5:02 pm
Can you believe that I haven't had a Library Loot post since June? It isn't because I haven't been going to the library, just lacking the time to post! So, even though it is evening - I ... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2009, 4:38 pm
Sins of the Flesh by Caridad Piñeiro
Caterina Shaw's days are numbered. Her only chance for survival is a highly experimental gene treatment-a risk she willingly takes. But now Caterina barely r... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2009, 2:00 am
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
Publisher/Publication Date: Delacorte Press, Jan 12, 2010
Few works of literature are as universally beloved as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Now, in this... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 11:50 pm
Please join us in a live interview with Sherri Shepherd, author of
PERMISSION SLIPS
Grand Central Publishing ISBN 9780446547420
Date: October 29, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM ET
Author: Sherri Shepherd
Ti... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 7:11 am
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
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 ne... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 3:00 am
I cannot tell you how excited I was to have the opportunity to interview Douglas Jacobson. His book, Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II drew me in from the very beginning and held me captive un... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 2:00 am
Title: Pendragon's Banner (Book Two of The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy)
Author: Helen Hollick
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
First sentence: With an exhausted grunt of effort, Arthur, the Pen... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 1:00 am
f">It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includ... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 9:18 pm
Touched by a Vampire: Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga
by Beth Felker Jones
People around the world are enraptured with Edward and Bella's forbidden romance in the Twilight Sa... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 7:07 pm
Title: The Laceyville Monkeys: Say the Right Words
Author: Harriett Ruderman
Illustrator: Beverly Luria
Publisher: Illusion Press, LLC
First sentence: Three little monkeys
came to Laceyville Town
in ... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 8:25 am
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about note taking…
Do you take notes while reading – either for your reviews or for yourself? How/where do you make these notes (on the page, post-... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 7:58 am
What are you reading on Mondays? is hosted by J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog. This is my first time doing this event, even though I think about it every Monday! I have decided it is time to start... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 1:00 am
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes ... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2009, 11:52 am
Mailbox Monday is hosted at The Printed Page or In Your Mailbox at The Story Siren. Please stop by those posts and take a look at what packages everybody else got this week!
Wonderful Win
Primitive b... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2009, 2:25 am
I made it 20.5 hours - which is longer than I thought I would - even though the last hour or so I was mainly reading blogs not my book! It was fun - looking forward to March - hoping to remember all ... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 11:40 pm
I am to name 5 children's books - either my favorites or my children's favorites -
1. Harold and the Purple Crayon - I remember reading this one as a kid
2. Too Many People for One Little Hou... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 9:37 pm
I had only been blogging about 2-3 months when Dewey passed away, but I had already discovered her blog and heard many wonderful things about her. It was a shock to go on her blog and read the wonder... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 9:35 pm
I think we are in hour 15 - I have had some interruptions since my last update. I had to get my son ready for bed - no one but me would do. Then I drove my girls to the mall - and picked them up 1 1/... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 7:17 pm
Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now?
Last Breath by Brandilyn and Amberly Collins
2. How many books have you read so far?
Only 1 full one - Saint John of Five Boroughs
3. What boo... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 6:43 pm
Here is what this challenge is all about: over the next few hours let me know if you happen across any passages of food in your reading or you can also flip through some of the books in your Read-A-T... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 6:31 pm
I'm a little sleepy - but hubby is making dinner so I hope food will pick me up and not make me want a nap!
I am so excited because I won Bart's Mini Challenge - you had to make a sentence fr... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 3:02 pm
Ok - the title says it all - what else do you collect that is not book related?
I don't actually collect these - but I contribute frequently to my son's collection of Hot Wheels.
What kind o... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 2:48 pm
I started reading - can't believe it has been 8 hours! I have read one book - Saint John of the Five Boroughs by Edward Falco - page count 423.
1 hour - 124 pgs
2 hour - 54 pgs
3 hour - 50 pgs
4... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 10:50 am
I cannot believe we are already 4 hours into the readathon - am still battling a slight headache but I am trying to ignore it - will probably need a nap later though! I did really well the first hour... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 7:01 pm
I have a terrible sinus infection with migraine that has kept me off the computer for most of the week. The only post that was done in "real" time was the book review yesterday - all the other posts ... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 10:00 am
Thirsty by Tracey Bateman
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
About the book: "Hello, I'm Nina Parker. . . and I'm an alcoholic."
For Nina, it's not the weighty admission but the first steps to... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 9:00 am
Touched by a Vampire:
Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga
by Beth Felker Jones
Publisher: Multnomah Books
About the book: People around the world are enraptured with Edward and Bell... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 12:44 pm
Title: The Evolution of Shadows*
Author: Jason Quinn Malott
Publisher: Unbridled Books
First sentence: Lian hears the wind in the trees outside and the creak of the house as its timbers contract in t... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 11:00 am
Family Plots: Love, Death & Tax Evasion
by Mary Patrick Kavanaugh
Publisher: IUniverse
About the book: Family Plots is a fresh and funny autobiographical novel about a young mother trying against al... Comment - Like
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