Author Archives: Jenn

Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? Book Event

This Sunday, the entire J Crew (my husband, John, & my boys Justin & John) trudged down to our favorite independent children’s book store, Hooray for Books! in Old Town Alexandria.  The purpose of our visit? To attend the Is … Continue reading

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Review: Leaving Before It’s Over by Jean Reynolds Page

Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Avon A (August 10, 2010) ISBN-10: 0061876925 Source: Publisher Roy Vines and his wife Rosalind, like the rest of the residents of the rural North Carolina town in which they lived, have hit upon rough times. … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Leaving Before Its Over by Jean Reynolds Page

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that … Continue reading

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Announcing the Winner of the BBAW ARC Prize Pack!

  Congratulations, Amber! I’ll pack up the books and send them out to you this weekend! Enjoy!

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Review: Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Dell; Reprint edition (August 26, 2008) ISBN-10: 0440240999 Source: Publisher In the second of Moning’s Mackayla Lane series, Mackayla (Mac) is settling down into her new life in Dublin. She now works for Barron’s … Continue reading

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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 reading, and the books to be finish this week. It was created by J.Kaye’s Book … Continue reading

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Winners of the Kathryn Lasky Giveaway Bundle

Two lucky winners win the following items: A copy of Guardians of Ga’hoole: The Capture by Kathryn Lasky A copy the first book in Kathryn Lasky’s new series — Wolves of the Beyond: Lone Wolf And the winners are… Congratulations … Continue reading

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Fall is the Season for Book Events!

Despite the fact that I don’t live in NYC, the hub of publishing, I’m blessed to have a whole host of book events to look forward here in the DC area. Following is just a sampling of some of the … Continue reading

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Review:The Disappearance by Bentley Little

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Signet (September 7, 2010) ISBN-10: 0451231031 Source: Publisher A group of UCLA students make the long drive to Nevada to attend the Burning Man celebration.  They let loose and enjoy the party atmosphere around them.  One … Continue reading

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Winners of the Spaceheadz Giveaway!

The winners of the Spaceheadz giveaway are:   Congratulations to the winners! Since your addresses were provided at contest entry, I will provide those directly to the publisher for book shipment.  Congratulations!!

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