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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Review: Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Random House (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0812995864 Source: Publisher Lily Hayes opts to spend a semester abroad in Buenos Aires and is instantly enamored by the culture around her. She rooms with another young woman from the United States, Katy, but … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Random House, Review
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Mother & Son Book Club: Debut Selection Announcement
I was so excited to see there was so much interest in a Mother & Son Book Club! Looking at all the responses, and the age range for those children signed up to participate, I thought long and hard about … Continue reading
Posted in Mother & Son Book Club
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TSS: A Week In Review
What a whirlwind of a week! It’s a crazy busy time of year for me at work so I’m not getting a while lot of reading done lately. I hope to make that up soon! I have been able to … Continue reading
Posted in The Sunday Salon
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Tales of a (Formerly) Reluctant Reader: Guys Read: Other Worlds by Jon Scieszka
Tales of a (formerly) Reluctant Reader is a feature in which my oldest son John, a formerly reluctant reader) discusses books that he thinks other reluctant readers (former or not) will enjoy! Today’s book is Guys Read: Other Worlds : … Continue reading
Guest Post: D.J. MacHale (Guys Read: Other Worlds)
Today I am pleased to welcome D.J. MacHale, one of the contributing authors to Guys Read: Other Worlds for a guest post today. This title, along with the other Guys Read titles, are excellent novels for reluctant readers (especially boys)! … Continue reading
Posted in Author Guest Post, Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Walden Pond Press
Tagged reluctant reader, science fiction
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Bookish Ramblings: Rights as a Reader/Reviewer
This weekend, I got into the most interesting conversation about my blog, specifically what gives me the right to review a book. The conversation started out quite simple, something like this: Person X: Oh, you review books? Are you writing … Continue reading
Posted in Bookish Chatter
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TSS: Review: Rivers by Michael Farris Smith
Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (September 10, 2013) ISBN-10: 1451699425 Source: Publisher After years of debilitating and destructive hurricanes in the Gulf coast, the United States government, unable to sustain or assist the depleted region, has drawn new boundary lines. The new … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian fiction, Review, Simon & Schuster, The Sunday Salon
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Frightful Friday: Ode to Stephen King’s The Shining
This week’s Frightful Friday post is a little different. Rather than featuring a chilling title I read this week, instead I will focus on a title that has continued to haunt me for most of my life: Stephen King’s The … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday
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Review: The Book of Someday by Dianne Dixon
Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark (September 3, 2013) ISBN-10: 1402285728 Source: Publisher “No matter how painful your life has been, you have the choice to learn from your past and then leave it. You have the choice. Every day. To love and … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Review, Sourcebooks Landmark, Women's Fiction
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Review: Help for the Haunted by John Searles
Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: William Morrow (September 17, 2013) ISBN-10: 0060779632 Source: Publisher Sylvie Mason’s parents don’t have traditional occupations. Instead, they are demonologists, helping those haunted from spirits beyond seek peace. It was pretty normal for them to receive … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Review, William Morrow
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