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Review: Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara

*This book was sent to me by the publisher Penguin in exchange for an honest review in coordination with Historical Fiction Virtual Author Tours. In 1934, Cascade, Massachusetts holds tight to its...

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Winner!

I feel like “I am so so behind” is my new mantra. Emails, blog posts, etc. Let’s blame it on finals and annual reports, and I’ll cross my fingers I actually get to read something sometime soon. But...

May 8, 2013 Like

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Review: Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara

*This book was sent to me by the publisher, Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, in exchange for an honest review. In one of the greatest scenes I’ve read in recent memory, Julian English fantasizes...

May 7, 2013 Like

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Review: The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne

*I received this from the publisher Gotham Books in exchange for an honest review. Josh Hanagarne needs strength – both literal and figurative. Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome in high school, Josh...

May 2, 2013 Like

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Review: Aunt Dimity & the Lost Prince

*This book was sent to me by the publisher, Viking Books, in exchange for an honest review. I’ve heard it said that when the poet T.S. Eliot was writing The Wasteland, he chose February as the...

Apr 30, 2013 Like

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Review: The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway

*This book was sent to me by the publisher, Dutton, in exchange for an honest review. Julia Percy sits beside her grandfather’s deathbed, grieving his coming death and anxious about what life...

Apr 25, 2013 Like

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I’m a Book Pusher 2: WBN 2013

Last night I joined over 25,000 people in the United States who were giving away books for World Book Night. In its second year, World Book Night is a collaboration between publishers, authors, and...

Apr 24, 2013 Like

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Review: Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (& Giveaway)

*This book was sent to me by the publisher Little, Brown in exchange for an honest review. I am an unabashed fan of David Sedaris and have been, from the first time I cracked open Naked on an...

Apr 23, 2013 Like

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One Nation…With Liberty and Justice For All

Today as I walked into my American literature class, just having seen the interview with the Boston bombing suspects’ uncle Ruslan Tsarni, I armed myself with Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, a...

Apr 20, 2013 Like

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Review: Amity & Sorrow by Peggy Riley

*I received this book from the publisher Little, Brown and Company in exchange for an honest review. Two sisters sit, side by side, in the backseat of an old car. Amity and Sorrow. Their hands are...

Apr 18, 2013 Like

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Boston

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King, Jr. I never claimed to like running. In fact, I’ve been quite...

Apr 16, 2013 Like

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“When I have a little money, I buy books…”

“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” ― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus I only realized last week as I was scrolling through Bloglovin, that as...

Apr 15, 2013 Like

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Fridays at Home: Fixing a Leaky Toilet

Yes, I put “toilet” in the title of a post. Yes, I am ashamed. But let’s face it, the porcelain throne is (hopefully) part of your everyday life. And if you don’t have a John in your life to fix...

Apr 12, 2013 Like

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Review: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor He didn’t look up. He wound the scarf around his fingers until her hand was hanging in the space between them. Then he slid the silk and his fingers into her open palm. And Eleanor...

Apr 11, 2013 Like

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National Poetry Month: Blackout Poetry Party

Thanks to Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit for hosting the National Poetry Month blog tour! A week or so before spring break, one of the professors from the English Department dropped by my office to...

Apr 9, 2013 Like

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Review: Tuesday’s Gone by Nicci French

*This book was sent to me by the publisher Pamela Dorman Books in exchange for an honest review. After the traumatic events in Blue Monday, Frieda Klein is nearly back to normal until she’s called...

Apr 8, 2013 Like

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Review: Highland Fling by Amanda Scott

*This book was sent to me by the publisher Open Road Media , in exchange for an honest review. In 1750 Scotland, the MacDrumin clan fights in the wake of the Jacobite rebellion to remain together,...

Apr 3, 2013 Like

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National Poetry Month: It’s a Party!

I am woefully behind on my blogging, partially because in my position as the director of my university’s writing center, I was responsible for planning our event for National Poetry Month. We’ve...

Apr 2, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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A Reader’s Responsibility

This morning, while my eyes were still trying to adjust to the “open” position, I was perusing Twitter. One tweet in particular brought me into the land of the living a bit more quickly than...

Mar 27, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Review: Lost & Found by Tom Winter

*I received this novel from the publisher, Corsair, in exchange for an honest review. From the inside flap: Carol is unhappily married to a man she doesn’t love and mother to a daughter she doesn’t...

Mar 26, 2013 Like

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Bloggiesta: Lots to Do!

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Twice a year, book bloggers take out a weekend from our blogging schedule to do some behind-the-scenes work in an event called Bloggiesta. And let me just say, it...

Mar 23, 2013 Like

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Bloggiesta Mini-Challenge: Feed Readers

Hello, bloggiesta-ers….bloggiesties…BLOGGERS! I hope your Bloggiesta weekend will be productive and fun. As most of you know or have heard, Google Reader will no longer be available after July 1,...

Mar 21, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Review: Three Sisters by Susan Mallery

Via Goodreads *This book was sent to me courtesy of the publisher Harlequin Mira, in exchange for an honest review. Andi Gordon was in need of escape. A successful pediatrician, Andi still manages...

Mar 20, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Review: The Burning Air by Erin Kelly

Via Goodreads *This book was sent to me by the publisher Pamela Dorman Books in exchange for an honest review. Of course it was my love for my children, love for my son, that caused me to act as I...

Mar 18, 2013 Like

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Fridays at Home: Instagram Prinstagram

Ah, Instagram. You won’t make a bad photo a good photo (though people sure try, poor things), but you sure do make life prettier. The filters are redolent of sweeter, more innocent days (yeah,...

Mar 15, 2013 Like

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Review: A White Wind Blew by James Markert

Via Goodreads *This book was sent to me by the publisher, Sourcebooks Landmark, in exchange for an honest review. In 1920s Louisville, a pall rests over Louisville in the form of Waverly Hills, a...

Mar 14, 2013 Like

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Fridays at Home: Nate Berkus

The rule in my home when it comes to decorating is this: If I don’t love it, I don’t buy it. That may mean that I live without the right piece of furniture for a while. It might even mean a wall...

Mar 8, 2013 Like

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The Power of a Bedtime Story

Oh, reading aloud. You were my blessing and curse in school. I was that kid squirming around in English as we read Flowers for Algernon, desperately hoping the person reading would just. read....

Mar 6, 2013 Like

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Review: Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles by Ron Currie, Jr. & Giveaway

Via Goodreads *This book was sent to me by the publisher, The Viking Press, in exchange for an honest review. It’s important that you understand, from the very outset, here, that everything I’m...

Mar 5, 2013 Like

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Review: Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara

Winner!

Review: Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara

Review: The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne

Review: Aunt Dimity & the Lost Prince

Review: The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway

I’m a Book Pusher 2: WBN 2013

Review: Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (& Giveaway)

One Nation…With Liberty and Justice For All

Review: Amity & Sorrow by Peggy Riley

Boston

“When I have a little money, I buy books…”

Fridays at Home: Fixing a Leaky Toilet

Review: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

National Poetry Month: Blackout Poetry Party

Review: Tuesday’s Gone by Nicci French

Review: Highland Fling by Amanda Scott

National Poetry Month: It’s a Party!

A Reader’s Responsibility

Review: Lost & Found by Tom Winter

Bloggiesta: Lots to Do!

Bloggiesta Mini-Challenge: Feed Readers

Review: Three Sisters by Susan Mallery

Review: The Burning Air by Erin Kelly

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Review: A White Wind Blew by James Markert

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The Power of a Bedtime Story

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