Reading in White Bear Lake
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Book Review: Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women’s Literary Society by Amy Hill Hearth
Title: Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women’s Literary Society Author: Amy Hill Hearth (author website) Publisher: Atria Books; Original edition (October 2, 2012) ISBN 10: 1451675232 Pages: 272 pages Format Read: NetGalley provided by the publisher About the Book: (from Goodreads.com) A brilliant debut novel from a New York Times bestselling author about a…
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Book Review: Rules of Civility–Amor Towles
Title: Rules of Civility Author: Amor Towles (author website) Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (June 26, 2012) ISBN 10: 0143121162 Pages: 352 pages Format: Audio Book – Borrowed from Library Reading Guide About the Book: (from Good Reads.com) On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading – September 3rd
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…
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Book review: The Making of Us by Lisa Jewell
Title: The Making of Us Author: Lisa Jewell Publisher: Atria Books; Original edition (August 14, 2012) ISBN 10: 1451609116 Pages: 416 pages Format: Galley from Netgalley.com About the Book: (From Goodreads.com) From the internationally bestselling author of After the Party comes a delightfully funny, brilliantly poignant novel about three strangers who are brought together by…
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Library Loot: September 1st Edition
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr.…
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Book Review: Such a Pretty Face by Cathy Lamb
Title: Such A Pretty Face Author: Cathy Lamb Publisher: Kensington; 1 edition (August 1, 2010) ISBN 10: 0758229550 Pages: 352 pages Format: Paperback – borrowed from the library About the Book: In this warm, funny, thoroughly candid novel, acclaimed author Cathy Lamb introduces an unforgettable heroine who’s half the woman she used to be, and…
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It’s Monday! What are you reading?? and Library Loot–August 27th
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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Library Loot: August 25, 2012 Edition
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr.…
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Book Review: Heading Out to Wonderful – Robert Goolrick
Title: Heading Out to Wonderful Author: Robert Goolrick Publisher: Algonquin Books; First Edition edition (June 12, 2012) ISBN 10: 1565129237 Pages: 304 pages Format: Hard Cover (Library Copy) About the Book: “Let me tell you something, son. When you’re young, and you head out to wonderful, everything is fresh and bright as a brand-new penny,…
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Library Loot–August 19, 2012
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr.…
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