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On November 30, the two-month-long Clear Off Your Shelves Challenge hosted by Swapna over at S. Krishna's Books ended. My commitment was 25%, which meant that a quarter of the books I read in October and November should have counted for this challenge. Qualifying books were (1) review books ...
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This week I'm listening to Sweeping up Glass by Carolyn Wall. I'm not quite halfway through, but I'm captivated by this novel. The characters have invaded my thoughts. Olivia Harker Cross has not had an easy life, but not many have in her small Kentucky town. As the Depression hits, she finds ...
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The Glass
The Wall
Queste by Angie Sage is the fourth in the Septimus Heap books, which is a middle-reader fantasy series. I haven't yet read Queste, but it's in line for the next several weeks. I spotlighted Magykal Papers , another Septimus Heap book, last month and will review it in the next few days. Here ...
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Total Books and Current Status Since January 1, I've read 88 books and left 5 books unfinished. I have posted 83 full reviews and 28 mini-reviews and I have 5 reviews left to write. I am currently finishing up The House on Tradd Street by Karen White and am listening to Sweeping up Glass by ...
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Yesterday marked the end of the first Thankfully Reading Weekend. I was thankful to have the days off, but I didn't get quite the amount of reading in that I had hoped to. On the other hand, I had a relaxed and stress-free weekend, and that counts for a lot! Audiobooks: I finished the ...
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The Glass
I've bitten the bullet and I'm going to host the 2010 What's in a Name? 3 Challenge. For the history of this challenge, to learn why I decided to host it, and to sign up for it, check out the brand new What's in a Name 3 blog . Here's the challenge in brief: Between January 1 and December 31, ...
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On Thanksgiving weekend, I'm not only Thankfully Reading but also thankful for my blogging friends. In that spirit, I'd like to acknowledge some awards that have come my way and to alert you to four blogs that are on my regular blog-reading circuit. One thing I love about the blogging ...
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Alice Munro
Here are some more events and challenges I am looking forward to in 2010. 1. The Lord of the Rings Readalong has four hosts, one for each book in the series (including The Hobbit ). The idea is to read a book a month from January through April. My last re-read of these novels was in ...
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Weekend Cooking is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book (novel, nonfiction) reviews, cookbook reviews, movie reviews, recipes, random thoughts, gadgets, fabulous quotations, photographs. If your post is even vaguely foodie, feel free to grab the button and link ...
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Today is the Virtual Cookie Swap , hosted by Julie from Booking Mama and Kathy from Bermuda Onion . So that means today is the day to share cookie recipes -- a traditional one for Kathy's blog and/or a chocolate/candy recipe for Julie's blog. They posted such fabulous recipes this week that ...
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Hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had a great day with friends and family. Today starts Thankfully Reading Weekend . I don't think I'll get a lot of print reading done today because I have some cooking to do, but I do intend to have a book in my ears while I work in the kitchen. The ...
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The Hope
Diana Gabaldon
Liar
Justine Larbalestier
Today is my last look at Jane Austen in film. I know there are other movies and television mini-series that I didn't highlight -- be sure to check out the BBC and Masterpiece Classic versions of Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Northanger Abbey. PBS also did a lovely biography of Austen. In any ...
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Jane Austen
Peony in Love by Lisa See is a lovely and haunting look at China in the seventeenth century. The publisher's summary for the book is quite long, but here is some of it: “I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.” For young Peony, ...
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My name is Melanie Middleton, and my army brat childhood didn't exactly prepare me for my chosen profession. Who knew that I'd specialize in selling old houses, the kind in which generations of a single family lived and died. I didn't even like the things, they were smelly and dusty and I had ...
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The Rabbits, written by John Marsden and illustrated by Shaun Tan, is a little hard to describe. It's not really a graphic novel but is more than a picture book. On the surface, the book is about the colonization and industrialization of Australia by West, but it is also the story of any land ...
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John Marsden
Amy Tan
Well, you know the story: All ideas evolve from Twitter conversations! In this case, Jen of Devourer of Books and I were talking about how sometimes it's a good idea to step away from the computer and fully focus on our homes, families, and the upcoming holidays. We love blogging and being on ...
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It's that time of year again, when optimistic bloggers pick the challenges that they really, really think they will finish in the coming year. I love a good challenge, and I have a healthy attitude about finishing them--or not (just see my post on challenges ). Anyway, here are four ...
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The Four
Weekend Cooking is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book (novel, nonfiction) reviews, cookbook reviews, movie reviews, recipes, random thoughts, gadgets, fabulous quotations, photographs. If your post is even vaguely foodie, feel free to grab the button and link ...
