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Review: Early Decision by Lacy Crawford 27 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
I have two children in high school. That means that college is coming like a freight train. This is a terrifying prospect. Do they want to go to college? Where do they want to go? Do they have the gra...
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 26 Aug 2013 | 04:02 pm
This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Books I completed this past week are: The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas Billy Budd and Other Tales by Herman Melv...
Monday Mailbox 26 Aug 2013 | 02:29 pm
This past week's mailbox arrivals: Freud's Mistress by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman came from Amy Einhorn Booksand TLC Book Tours for a blog tour. Fiction about real people? Juicy! About Freud an...
Review: Mary Coin by Marisa Silver 26 Aug 2013 | 06:25 am
You've probably seen the iconic Dorothea Lange "Migrant Mother" photograph that graces the cover of Mary Coin. This stark portrait is one of the most recognizable images of the Great Depression. And y...
Review: The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls 24 Aug 2013 | 03:15 am
I may be one of the only people on the planet who hasn't read Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle. At least one of the only book loving people on the planet who hasn't read it. But even without reading ...
Waiting on Wednesday 21 Aug 2013 | 03:32 pm
This meme is hosted by Breaking the Spine and is meant to highlight some great pre-publication books we all can't wait to get our grubby little mitts on. Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford. The book...
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Back to School version) 20 Aug 2013 | 08:38 pm
It's that time of year again. The time of year when other parents lament missing their little darlings being around 24/7 and when I glance at my watch and say, "Oh s#*$! Is school over already today?"...
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 19 Aug 2013 | 04:43 pm
This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Books I completed this past week are: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline Among the Janeites by Deborah Yaffe Bookmarks are still living in the middl...
Monday Mailbox 19 Aug 2013 | 12:11 pm
This past week's mailbox arrivals: One Doctor by Brendan Reilly came from Atria. Health care is on everyone's minds and lips these days so this memoir of a doctor dealing with his own daily patients...
Review: Visiting Tom by Michael Perry 15 Aug 2013 | 05:12 pm
There are many people in our lives whom we can learn from if we just sit down and listen to them. Listen to them not as they offer us advice and insight into being a better person but just listen to t...
