Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Dec 8, 2009, 12:55 pm
Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel. Published 2009 by Henry Holt. Hardcover. Click here to buy Wolf Hall via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and receive a small commission on sales. Winner...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Dec 7, 2009, 12:08 pm
Klezmer; Book One- Tales of the Wild East, by Joann Sfar. Published 2006 by First Second. Paperback. Click here to buy Klezmer: Tales of the Wild East via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affili...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Dec 5, 2009, 11:00 pm
In contrast to the last few weekends, this one has been relatively quiet. Yesterday my husband and I went to the Harvard Book Store's every-now-and-then warehouse sale, where they open up their en...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Dec 3, 2009, 11:00 pm
The Invisible Mountain, by Carolina de Robertis. Published 2009 by Random House. Hardcover. Click here to buy The Invisible Mountain via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and receive a ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Dec 3, 2009, 6:20 am
But enough about you, what about ME? Today’s question? What’s your favorite part of Booking Through Thursday? Why do you participate (or not)? I participate because it's fun way to build c...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Dec 2, 2009, 5:27 am
Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout. Published 2008 by Random House. Paperback. Click here to buy Olive Kitteridge via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and receive a small commission...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 30, 2009, 11:00 pm
I was hanging out on Twitter the other night and one of the topics making the rounds through my bookish tweeps was this: What book haven't you read, that you wish you had read, in 2009? As a follo...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 30, 2009, 10:48 am
I Feel Like a Grown-Up Now: the fifth "Jim's Journal" collection, by Jim. Published 1998 by Andrews McNeel Publishing. Click here to buy I Feel Like a Grown-Up Now via IndieBound.org. I'm an ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 29, 2009, 9:00 am
So I hope that those of you who celebrated this week had a great Thanksgiving; mine was pretty nice. My husband and I went to his parents' house for dinner and that was only the beginning of the w...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 26, 2009, 11:00 pm
Two great books came my way this week. Shades of Grey, Jasper Fforde's new one, came for review from the publisher. I'm really looking forward to this; early reviews on LibraryThing indicate ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 20, 2009, 5:24 am
Three finds this week. The Photograph, by Penelope Lively, came from Bookmooch. I read about it on Janeology author Karen Harrington's Scobberlotch blog and it sounded really interesting, about a...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 19, 2009, 5:17 am
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, by Vladimir Nabokov. Published 2008 by New Directions Books. Paperback. Click here to buy The Real Life of Sebastian Knight via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBoun...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 17, 2009, 11:25 am
Valley of Strength, by Shulamit Lapid. Published 2009 by the Toby Press. Hardcover. Click here to buy Valley of Strength via IndieBound.org. I am an IndieBound affiliate and receive a portion of the ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 16, 2009, 10:45 am
Rex Libris: I, Librarian, by James Turner. Published 2007 by SLG Publishing. Paperback. Click here to buy Rex Libris via IndieBound.org. I'm an Indie Bound affiliate and receive a portion of the ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 15, 2009, 6:24 am
A rainy Sunday, and I've got a few things going on today. My book club is having a regional dinner tonight at a local church; my club is one of 12 local chapters and once a year we all get togethe...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 13, 2009, 5:15 am
A variety of Friday Finds this week! V: The Second Generation, by Kenneth Johnson. Can I tell you a secret? I am a lame V fangirl. I got this from the Barnes & Noble bargain table, and a good thing, ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 12, 2009, 5:45 am
Suggested by JM: “Life is too short to read bad books.” I’d always heard that, but I still read books through until the end no matter how bad they were because I had this sense of obligation. ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 11, 2009, 8:00 pm
Well, this mini read-a-thon was far from the blazing success of the first; I got through a grand total of one book and halfway through a second before I lost my concentration. Just one of those days! ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 11, 2009, 8:00 am
So a couple of weeks ago, after a bunch of bloggers participated in Dewey's 24 Hour Read-A-Thon, I did a 12 hour mini read-a-thon just for graphic novels. It was a great success- I read a ton of ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 10, 2009, 11:28 am
Slumberland, by Paul Beatty. Published 2008 by Bloomsbury. Paperback. Click here to buy Slumberland via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and receive a portion of sales proceeds. I rea...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 8, 2009, 11:00 pm
The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. Graphic adaptation by Peter Kuper. Published 2003 by Three Rivers Press. Paperback. Click here to buy The Metamorphosis from via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBou...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 8, 2009, 7:11 am
Happy Sunday! It's been a fun weekend. We had some family in town earlier in the weekend and got to spend some time with them yesterday- nothing outrageous, just some good low-key family time. To...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 5, 2009, 11:00 pm
Three finds to tell you about this week. As a reward to myself for getting through half of my unread graphic novels during last week's mini Read-a-thon, I picked up two new ones- Janes in Love, by...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 4, 2009, 9:38 am
The Polski Affair, by Leon H. Gildin. Published 2009 by Diamond River Books. Paperback. Click here to buy The Polski Affair via Indiebound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and receive a portion o...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 3, 2009, 6:22 am
I've got a busy day ahead and I'm not sure there's going to be time for a review today so I'll do a teaser instead. All he has to do is to make a strangling motion, quickly, while the ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 1, 2009, 11:00 pm
Glister volume 1 : Glister and the Haunted Teapot, by Andi Watson. Published August 2007 by Image Comics. Paperback. Click here to buy Glister via Indiebound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 1, 2009, 7:31 am
How great is it to have Daylight Savings Time fall on Halloween? I mean, you get to stay out late because it's not a work/school night, on a night full of fun things to do, and then sleep in an ex...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 30, 2009, 11:00 pm
© Madartists | Dreamstime.comHappy Halloween!! Are you reading anything spooky today? Here are a few of my favorite scary reads, perfect for a day like today: The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Rui...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 29, 2009, 11:00 pm
Just two finds this Friday! Just as well, since my TBR pile is out of control and I really don't understand adding piles more books every week. I got My Name is Red, by Orhan Pamuk, at the Bosto...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 28, 2009, 8:00 pm
Whew! I got through quite a bit of my stack of TBR graphic novels today. Books I read: Bombaby, by Anthony Mazzotta, a comic about a young Indian girl about to get married, who may be the incarnation...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 28, 2009, 5:00 pm
So, I decided after finishing Klezmer: Tales from the Wild East, by Joann Sfar, that I wanted to take a break from his work (as much as I love it) and dive into Osamu Tezuka's landmark epic Buddha...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 28, 2009, 2:00 pm
To celebrate the Read-a-Thon, I'm giving away a whole collection of graphic novels to one lucky winner. Included are the following: Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed?, a mini graphic novel ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 28, 2009, 11:00 am
Last night I pulled a bunch of small comics and zines together to add to my Read-a-thon pile, and decided to start with those because I could knock them off quickly, then build up to the longer books ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 28, 2009, 8:30 am
So I just settled in for the morning with the stack, and already after a half hour I finished my first book, Scott Dikkers' I Feel Like a Grown-up Now: the fifth 'Jim's Journal' collec...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 27, 2009, 11:00 pm
I was busy on Saturday, the official Read-a-Thon, but I'm going to put some time aside today- 12 hours to be exact- and do a mini read-a-thon of my own. I'm going to focus on graphic novels f...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 26, 2009, 5:30 am
Stitches, by David Small. Published 2009 by W.W. Norton & Co. Hardcover. Click here to buy Stitches via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and receive a portion of the proceeds. If you&...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 22, 2009, 11:00 pm
You can find more Friday Finds at ShouldbeReading.wordpress.com. Four finds this Friday. The Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge is an anthology of contemporary writers like Gary Shteyngart and ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 21, 2009, 3:03 pm
Lavinia, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Published 2009 by Mariner Books. Paperback. Click here to buy Lavinia via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and receive a portion of the proceeds. I pick...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 20, 2009, 11:56 am
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin, by Kathy Griffin. Published 2009 by Ballantine Books. Hardcover. Click here to buy Official Book Club Selection via IndieBound.org. ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 18, 2009, 11:00 pm
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Graphic Adaptation, by Ray Bradbury and Tim Hamilton. Published 2009 by Hill and Wang (Macmillan). Click here to buy Ray Bradbury's Fahreheit 451...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 17, 2009, 11:00 pm
So I've got a few things on my plate this Sunday! Heading to the gym first thing- got to do my usual cardio-and-weights-Sunday-morning-exercise thing. Then I'll have a little downtime this af...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 16, 2009, 11:00 pm
Here are a few books I've seen out in paperback recently, that I reviewed here when they were out in hardback: My Father's Paradise, by Ariel Sabar. One of my absolute favorite reads last yea...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 15, 2009, 11:00 pm
This week's finds includes one classic, one nonfiction memoir and one book club pick. The classic is E.M. Forster's A Passage to India. I remember seeing the movie a long time ago and since I...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 15, 2009, 9:42 am
We’re moving in a couple weeks (the first time since I was 9 years old), and I’ve been going through my library of 3000+ books, choosing the books that I could bear to part with and NOT have to pa...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 14, 2009, 11:36 am
The Children's Book, by A.S. Byatt. Published 2009 by Random House. Click here to buy The Children's Book via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate. Shortlisted for the 2009 Man Bo...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 13, 2009, 1:30 pm
Going Away Shoes, stories by Jill McCorkle. Published 2009 by Algonquin. Click here to buy Going Away Shoes via IndieBound.org. I am IndieBound affiliate and purchases help me run Boston Bibliophile....
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 12, 2009, 8:40 am
Amy at My Friend Amy is hosting a Fall Festival Recipe Exchange starting today; you can read about it here and then leave a link to your recipe here. Thanks to Amy for hosting this fun- and delicious...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 10, 2009, 11:00 pm
So my life has changed- I've come into the possession of a netbook, one of those miniature laptops that weighs as much as a kitten and can be used for email and word processing. I have a laptop th...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 8, 2009, 11:00 pm
Some fun finds this week. I picked up German for Travelers, by Norah Labiner, from the sale table at work. It's a novel about a family mystery and a trip back to Germany by descendants of a famou...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 7, 2009, 5:13 am
Today I'm featuring a guest post by Boston internet and media attorney Jeffrey Hermes, of the firm Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor and Spearing, P.C., who will answer some frequently-asked questions...
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