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Review: The Rapture by Liz Jensen
Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Doubleday (August 11, 2009) ISBN-10: 0385528213 Source: Publisher Sixteen-year-old Bethany Krall is a patient at Oxsmith Adolescent Secure Psychiatric Hospital. She was committed two years ago after brutally murdering her mother. Bethany’s last psychologist was … Continue reading
Posted in Doubleday, Literary Fiction, Review, Thriller
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Read-a-thon Update: Charities I’m Reading For!
During April’s Read-a-thon, I decided I wanted to read for a charity. That charity was Books For Soldiers, a non-profit corporation who provides books to American soldiers deployed overseas. I pledged to donate $5 per book I read. I read … Continue reading
Posted in Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon
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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
In Which My Son and I Review Horrid Henry & the Mummy’s Curse
Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback: 112 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (July 1, 2009) ISBN-10: 1402217765 Source: Publisher As with the other Horrid Henry books, Horrid Henry and the Mummy’s Curse is made up of four hilarious stories about Horrid Henry’s … Continue reading
Posted in 7-10 years of age, 8-12 years of age, Sourcebooks
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Guest Post: Robert Greer, Author of Spoon
Please welcome Robert Greer, author of Spoon, as he discusses his vision for the novel. My novel Spoon is as much a coming-of-age novel about a nineteen-year-old rancher’s son, TJ Darley, as it is about a mysterious loner’s clairvoyance and … Continue reading
Posted in Author Guest Post, Literary Fiction
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Review & Giveaway: Spoon by Robert Greer
Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (October 1, 2009) ISBN-10: 1555916899 Source: Publisher Young TJ Darley was driving down a Montana highway when he sees a hitchhiker. The man, half Indian and half Black, wore an expensive hat but no … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Fiction, Review
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Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon!
The 24 Hour Read-a-thon is a little over a week away and I’m ecstatic! I participated in April and had an absolutely wonderful time! I learned a great deal during the last read-a-thon. Here are just a few of them: Choose … Continue reading
Posted in Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon
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In Which My Son Battles Lord Vader..
This past Saturday, my boys pulled out their Star Wars costumes and dressed up to attend the release party of LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary at one our local Borders. My oldest son dressed as a Storm Trooper and … Continue reading
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