Reading in White Bear Lake
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Missing in Action……….
I can’t believe I haven’t posted since October. Life has been very busy, but I continued to read, but haven’t been posting. Reading helps me relax and relieve some stress so it was a must during this busy time. November was busy with the holidays and getting my father in law settled in as he…
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Library Loot: November 26th, 2011
The Adventures of a Intrepid Reader and Claire from The Captive Reader. This weekly event encourages bloggers to share the books they have checked out from the library. I always find many new books to add to my reserve list! If you’d like to participate, just write up your post and link up. And of…
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Library Loot: November 26th, 2011
The Adventures of a Intrepid Reader and Claire from The Captive Reader. This weekly event encourages bloggers to share the books they have checked out from the library. I always find many new books to add to my reserve list! If you’d like to participate, just write up your post and link up. And of…
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Book Review: Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Title: Empire Falls Author: Richard Russo Publisher: Vintage (April 12, 2002) ISBN 10: 0375726403 Pages: 496 pages Format: Audio Book About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) Richard Russo—from his first novel, Mohawk—has demonstrated a peerless affinity for the human tragicomedy, and with this stunning new novel he extends even further his claims on the small-town,…
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Book Review: The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum
Title: The Stormchasers Author: Jenna Blum Publisher: Dutton Adult (May 27, 2010) Web: http://www.jennablum.com/ ISBN-10: 0525951555 Pages: 384 pages Format: Audio About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) As a teenager, Karena Jorge had always been the one to look out for her twin brother Charles, who suffers from bipolar disorder. But as Charles begins to…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?? – 10/24/11 Edition
It’s Monday! What Are you Reading? is hosted by Shelia of Book Journey. It is a chance to share what you have read and what you plan on reading in the upcoming week. I enjoy seeing what everyone’s reading plans for the week. I always find some titles that I just *had to add to…
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Book Review: Heaven is For Real by Todd Burpo
Title: Heaven is for Real Author: Todd Burpo Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Original edition (November 2, 2010) ISBN-10: 0849946158 Pages: 192 pages Format: Book About the Book: Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven.…
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Book Review: That Day In September by Art Van Why
Title: That Day In September Author: Artie Van Why Publisher: Lulu.com (June 23, 2006) Web: http://www.thatdayinseptember.blogspot.com/ ISBN-10: 1411683153 Pages: 108 pages Format: Paperback About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) We all have our stories to tell of where we were the morning of September 11, 2001. This is one of them. In "That Day In September"…
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It’s Monday! What Are you Reading?? – October 17th
It’s Monday! What Are you Reading? is hosted by Shelia of Book Journey. It is a chance to share what you have read and what you plan on reading in the upcoming week. I enjoy seeing what everyone’s reading plans for the week. I always find some titles that I just *had to add to…
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Twin Cities Book Festival – 2011
Rain Taxi presented the 11th Annual Twin Cities Book Festival at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. A sea of Books, Publishers and Authors. I went to the event with my son and his fiancée. We tried to listen to one presenter, Steven Pinker, discussing his most recent book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why…
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