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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finish this week. It is hosted by Sheila from One Person’s … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: Evil in All Its Disguises by Hilary Davidson
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured title is Evil in All Its Disguises by Hilary Davidson: Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Forge Books; … Continue reading
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Tagged Acapulco, travel journalism
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Review: Dark Tide by Elizabeth Haynes
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (March 12, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062197339 Source: Publisher Genevieve is following her dream of leaving the hectic London life, buying a houseboat to fix up and live on for the next year. She invites old friends from London as … Continue reading
Posted in Harper Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller
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Tales of a (Formerly) Reluctant Reader: The Fellowship for Alien Detection by Kevin Emerson
Tales of a (formerly) Reluctant Reader is a feature in which my thirteen year old son, John (a formerly reluctant reader) shares this thoughts on books geared toward reluctant readers. The review below is entirely his own with no alterations … Continue reading
Guest Review: Surfing with Turtles: Bindi Wildlife Adventures by Bindi Irwin
Reading level: Ages 7 and up Paperback: 112 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (March 5, 2013) ISBN-10: 1402280947 Source: Publisher Bindi Irwin is the thirteen-year-old daughter of wildlife conservationists Steve and Terri Irwin. Although her father passed away a few years … Continue reading
Posted in Jabberwocky, Kid-lit, Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Review, Sourcebooks
Tagged Bindi Irwin, sea turtles, wildlife conservation
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A Month in Review: February 2013
Books Reviewed The Secret of Nightingale Palace by Dana Sachs* The Missing Rose by Serdar Ozkan Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines * The Lion Is in by Delia Ephron * A Future Arrived by Phillip Rock Calling Me Home by Julie … Continue reading
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Review: The Secret of Nightingale Palace by Dana Sachs
Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (February 19, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062201034 Source: Publisher Anna is shocked when she receives a phone call from her grandmother, Goldie. The two haven’t seen each other in five years after Goldie … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Review, William Morrow, Women's Fiction
Tagged 1940s, cancer, Japanese internment, Jewish immigrants
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Review: The Missing Rose by Serdar Ozkan
Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Tarcher; Reprint edition (December 27, 2012) ISBN-10: 0399162305 Source: Publisher When Diana’s mother dies, a letter she wrote on her deathbed reveals a life-altering secret: Diana’s father, thought dead, is actually alive. Additionally, she has a … Continue reading
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finish this week. It is hosted by Sheila from One Person’s … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured title is Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines: Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (February 26, 2013) … Continue reading
