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Book Review: Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones

Posted on May 18, 2012

Title: Third Grave Dead Ahead Author: Darynda Jones Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, January 2012 Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Reason for Reading: Devoured the first two books in one sitting while on vacation, snapped up the third one at the library … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Girl Reading by Katie Ward

Posted on May 4, 2012

Title: Girl Reading Author: Katie Ward Published by: Scribner, a Division of Simon & Schuster Copyright Date: 2011 Pages: 337 Score: A The Gist: Seven stories about seven pieces of art-Ward explains it best in her last, rather meta, story: … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Name of the Star

Posted on April 20, 2012

Name of Book: The Name of the Star (Shades of London, Book One) By: Maureen Johnson Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (a division of Penguin Young Readers Group) Copyright Date: 2011 Format: Hardcover fiction, 372 pgs Reason for Reading Disclosure: Browsing at Barnes … Continue reading →

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This Book Is Not Smut

Posted on April 6, 2012

True story.  I was reading a book that was, in fact, just a little bit smutty.  My coworker, we’ll call her Genius, short for Genius, made a book cover for me, pictured above.  As you can imagine, this did not convince … Continue reading →

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Window Shopping Friday-Book Lovers Edition 2

Posted on March 23, 2012

Today’s window-shopping comes courtesy of Bookwish.  From their website: The books they wish for It’s in our name.  We start with the wishes of the neediest readers and give them the books they want.  Specific subjects and often exact titles.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Perfect Blood

Posted on March 9, 2012

Name of Book: A Perfect Blood By: Kim Harrison Publisher: Harper Voyager Copyright Date: February 2012 Number of Pages: 448, Nook Edition Format: Urban Fantasy Reason for Reading: I’m a fan of The Hollows series and have been looking forward … Continue reading →

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The Sarah Addison Allen Challenge

Posted on February 26, 2012

True confession.  I have a girl-crush on Sarah Addison Allen.  She writes about the most magical places and she writes them so well that I feel I’ve been transported to her worlds.  They’re great places to be-lush gardens which have … Continue reading →

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Audio Book Review: Lion in the Valley

Posted on February 24, 2012

Title: Lion in the Valley Author: Elizabeth Peters Publisher: Recorded Books Format: Audio Book Length: 12.33 hours Read by: Barbara Rosenblat Grade: A for the Book/A+ for the Reader Reason for Re-reading: Every now and then, a girl needs a Master … Continue reading →

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Audio Book Review: The Probability of Miracles

Posted on February 9, 2012

Book Title: The Probability of Miracles Author: Wendy Wunder Publisher: Penguin Audio Copyright Date: December 8, 2011 Number of discs: 8 Narrated by: Emma Galvin Genre: YA Fiction Book Rating:  A+ Audio Performance Rating: A+ Izzybella and Jehara both listened … Continue reading →

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Izzybella Remembers 2011 (or We Owe It All to Jehara)

Posted on February 3, 2012

I always imagined group blogs as really cool net-centric cliques-places where all the cool kids hang out.  I loved visiting and reading group blogs (visit our blog roll for some really great sites) and commenting.  I loved the way each … Continue reading →

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