tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82254065072322570422011-08-15T05:57:25.447-04:00A blog of books and therefore, my life.~*Kaila*~http://www.blogger.com/profile/08778414355178935508noreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225406507232257042.post-91408751702478980082009-08-24T14:39:00.003-04:002009-08-24T14:59:46.317-04:00

What is the first thing you notice about people?Appearance. Things like whether or not someone takes good care of themselves (cleanliness, weight, etc.) and whether or not they are willing to look up and acknowledge me. Where I work, a lot of people won't even give me the time of day just because I wear an apron to work.What song always makes you happy when you hear it?I can think of a couple

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In The Things They Carried, protagonist "Tim O'Brien," a writer and Vietnam War veteran, works through his memories of his war service to find meaning in them. Interrelated short stories present themes such as the allure of war, the loss of innocence, and the relationship between fact and fiction. Novelist Tim O'Brien's collection of vignettes provides powerful insight into the experiences of

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Odd Thomas is a regular nineteen-year-old with an unusual gift: the ability to see the lingering spirits of the dead. To Odd, it’s not such a big deal. And most folks in sleepy Pico Mundo, California, are much more interested in the irresistible pancakes Odd whips up at the local diner. Still, communing with the dead can be useful. Because while some spirits only want a little company . . .

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While visiting London, a beautiful young woman becomes homesick for the West Indies. Unfortunately, her only available chaperon for the perilous journey is her rakish, hot-tempered cousin.What I liked: The fact that the book was fast paced and steamy.What I didn't like: Parts of the story just didn't add up and the ending was a bit contrived. My other complaint with the novel was some of the

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The rules are pretty simple:1. Every Monday post a photo with a little or a lot of yellow.2. Please only post photos you have authority to use.3. Include a Mellow Yellow Badge or a link to this blog in your post.4. Leave the link to your Mellow Yellow post below on Mr. Linky.5. Visit other blogs listed ... comment & enjoy!This shot was taken in Atlanta on our recent vacation. It's the capital

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What is the longest love relationship (partner) you have had, and if it has ended, why?My current and only boyfriend. We have been together 3.5 years and even though there isn't a person in the world that can annoy me as much as he does I love; I don't know what I would do without him.What is on your bedside table?I don't have a bedside table.How many pillows do you have on your bed? Do you make

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I am Dageus MacKeltar, a man with one good conscience and thirteen bad ones, driven to sate my darkest desires…From his penthouse lair high above Manhattan, Dageus looks out over a glittering city that calls to the darkness within him. A sixteenth-century Scot trapped between worlds, he is fighting a losing battle with the thirteen Druids who possess his soul, dooming him to an eternity of sexual

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After spending three London seasons searching for a husband, Daisy Bowman's father has told her in no uncertain terms that she must find a husband. Now. And if Daisy can't snare an appropriate suitor, she will marry the man he chooses—the ruthless and aloof Matthew Swift.Daisy is horrified. A Bowman never admits defeat, and she decides to do whatever it takes to marry someone . . . anyone . . .

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She was unmarried, untouched and almost thirty, but novelist Amanda Briars wasn't about to greet her next birthday without making love to a man. When he appeared at her door, she believed he was her gift to herself, hired for one night of passion. Unforgettably handsome, irresistibly virile, he tempted her in ways she never thought possible. . .but something stopped him from completely fulfilling

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She never expected to love again . . .On the eve of her wedding to Michael Trent, the Earl of Westhampton, Rachel Aincourt tried to elope with another man -- only to be unceremoniously returned to her fiance by her strong-willed father. Burdened by guilt and shame, Rachel felt she'd gotten what she deserved: a loveless marriage to a cold, enigmatic husband. She was wrong.But fate had other plans

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2 March 1810 . . .Today, I fell in love.At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her—until the afternoon when Nigel Bevelstoke, the handsome and dashing Viscount Turner, solemnly kissed her hand and promised her that one day she would grow into herself, that one day she would be as beautiful as

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This week's question:Mariel suggested this week’s questionBook Gluttony! Are your eyes bigger than your book belly? Do you have a habit of buying up books far quicker than you could possibly read them? Have you had to curb your book buying habits until you can catch up with yourself? Or are you a controlled buyer, only purchasing books when you have run out of things to read? Yes, yes and yes!

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The rules are pretty simple:1. Every Monday post a photo with a little or a lot of yellow.2. Please only post photos you have authority to use.3. Include a Mellow Yellow Badge or a link to this blog in your post.4. Leave the link to your Mellow Yellow post below on Mr. Linky.5. Visit other blogs listed ... comment & enjoy!

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The rules are pretty simple:1. Every Monday post a photo with a little or a lot of yellow.2. Please only post photos you have authority to use.3. Include a Mellow Yellow Badge or a link to this blog in your post.4. Leave the link to your Mellow Yellow post below on Mr. Linky.5. Visit other blogs listed ... comment & enjoy!

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Which household chore do you dislike the most?Dishes - especially if they have been left in cold, gunky water. Something about putting my hands in even slightly slimey water gives me chills.What's the best museum you've ever visited?That's a toss up. As a child there was a museum called Imagination Station that was great because it was made for children. We could run and play and touch everything

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Dewey is the heartwarming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa, as told by his owner and companion of nineteen years, Vicki Myron, the librarian who found him on a frigid January morning when he was abandoned as a kitten in the book drop slot. It is also the story of a remarkable small town, which burned down at the beginning of the Depression, only to rebuild

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This weeks question:Which is worse?Finding a book you love and then hating everything else you try by that author, orReading a completely disappointing book by an author that you love?I would be so much more disappointed with a book by an author that I love than with a second book by an author that I have just discovered. If one of my absolute favorite authors such as Dean Koontz, Clive Cussler

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I have decided to participate in this week's Wednesday Weirdness so here goes . . .1. Is there a particular smell that turns you on? If so what is it?I have never really thought about this but I can't honestly come up with anything. Maybe my boyfriend's old cologne but unfortunately they quit making it.2. Have you ever tried or considered trying a Master Cleanse type method to lose weight?I don't

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Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a

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Question:Ever watched a movie that got bad reviews, or didn’t do well at the box office and think to yourself, “Man, this should have been a HIT!!!”?Big FishAdventurelandMeet Joe BlackThe Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless MindLove ActuallyFool's GoldClickJust FriendsDrop Dead Fred8 Heads in a Duffle BagAnd there you have it. If you want to play along check out

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WINNER: **Erin! She will get the chocolate goodies and a copy of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.**I don't have to move and if you have seen Mt. TBR you might understand why I am so excited about that fact and because I am excited I would like to celebrate. And how could any blogger celebrate without a giveaway and . . . it involves chocolate!I would like to giveaway a notepad, a tea towel, some

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Ever since they started school, Inge and Lieselotte have been best friends. But now it is 1938, they are thirteen, and the world is changing. Inge is Jewish, and Lieselotte, at the insistence of her Nazi father, is in the Hitler Youth. Their friendship has become unwise-even dangerous. Yet in a world of increasing terror and despair, as the situation of Jews in Austria becomes more and more

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Douglas Sherbrooke, Earl of Northcliffe, is a man besieged. He must have an heir. Thus he must first provide himself with the requisite bride.Alexandra Chambers, youngest daughter of the Duke of Beresford, has loved Douglas Sherbrooke since she was fifteen. Unfortunately, it is her sister, the incomparable Melissande, he wishes to wed.But life never ladles out what one expects, and Douglas finds

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Question:Yesterday, April 15th, was Tax Day here in the U.S., which means lots of lucky people will get refunds of over-paid taxes.Whether you’re one of them or not, what would you spend an unexpected windfall on? Say … $50? How about $500?(And, this is a reading meme, so by rights the answer should be book-related, but hey, feel free to go wild and splurge on anything you like.)I did get a

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All London is at Julia Wentworth's feet. The beautiful, enchanting actress is the toast of the theater world -- and anything she desires is hers for the asking. But the incomparable leading lady guards a devastating secret: a mystery husband whom she does not know, dares not mention...and cannot love. For years Damon Savage has been searching for the stranger his unscrupulous parents wed him to

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Received: (30)Alien: A Novel by Alan Dean FosterThe Tojo Virus by J. D. RandallBleachers by John GrishamThirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa MayhueFrench Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure by Mireille GuilianoCovenant with the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul) by Jeanne KalogridisDark Champion by Jo BeverleyCalypso Magic by Catherine CoulterMan Who Loved God

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This week's ten on Tuesday asks that you list your ten least favorite foods.Brussel SproutsLiverAsparagusSunny up eggsRed-eye gravyTomatoesTurnip GreensMushroomsDark chocolateCoconutSo there you have it!

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Meagan Fenwick hasn't had a happy Christmas since the death of her parents. Any hopes of this season being different are dashed when her stepbrother Harold informs her that he's gambled away their estate - and her hand in marriage. Terribly shy, Meagan would rather die than wed Lord Barrett Rothchild, a complete stranger and a notorious rake . . . until she meets him and discovers she cannot

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Miss you mom!!November 10, 1966 - April 5, 2004

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Koko is a remarkable male Siamese who happens to have sixty whiskers instead of the usual forty-eight. Yum Yum is an adorable female who will steal anything-including hearts. James Qwilleran is a columnist for The Moose County Something who had recorded his cats' exploits in his personal journal since the day each arrived in his life. And Lilian Jackson Braun is the beloved creator of them all!

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Question:I saw that National Library week is coming up in April, and that led to some questions. How often do you use your public library and how do you use it? Has the coffeehouse/bookstore replaced the library? Did you go to the library as a child? Do you have any particular memories of the library? Do you like sleek, modern, active libraries or the older, darker, quiet, cozy libraries?I love

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This week's ten on Tuesday asks the participants to list ten things on their to do lists.Have that talk with the boyfriend that I've been meaning to have for a few days nowStart packing up my books (yikes)Organize my iTunes Update my iPodStart cleaning the houseGo apartment hunting . . . againCatch up on my reviewsSend packages to my brotherFinish current bookFinish organizing all the photos I

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The Rules:*The goal of this challenge is to read the number of books first published in a given year that corresponds to the last digit of each year in the 2000s — 9 books from 2009, 8 books from 2008, etc. The total number of books required, therefore, is 45.*This challenge lasts from 8/8/08 through 9/9/09. Yes, it is retroactive to August 8th! Crossovers with other challenges are allowed and

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"Inheriting unexpected millions has left reporter Jim Qwilleran looking like the cat who swallowed the canary. While his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, adjust to being fat cats in an enormous mansion, Qwilleran samples the lifestyles of the rich and famous by hiring a staff of eccentric servants. A missing housemaid and a shocking murder show Qwilleran the unsavory side of the upper crust.

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This week's question:The opposite of last week’s question: “What’s the best ‘worst’ book you’ve ever read — the one you like despite some negative reviews or features?”This week's question was a really tough one for me as I have only started paying attention to book reviews. I was tempted to mention Twilight as a few other players did and I absolutely have to agree with Mo on her BTT choice of

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If anyone is wondering whether or not I am committed to this or where I am, I just want you to know that I am a little busy right now doing some apartment hunting and some soul searching. Feel free to contact me it's just going to be a bit sporadic for the next little while.

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This week's 10 on Tuesday prompt is: What do you like to do on vacations?SleepReadTake toursFind the closest bookshopDiscover new foods/dining experiencesShopRelaxPeople watchTake picturesGo to museumsTo find more visit:

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This weeks question:“What’s the worst ‘best’ book you’ve ever read — the one everyone says is so great, but you can’t figure out why?”I really had to think about this one because my mind kept going back to The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne which I have hated since I read the first sentence/paragraph. But, when I really thought about it, the worst 'best' book that I have ever read is

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The team of Koko, the brilliant Siamese cat, and Qwilleran, the reporter with the perceptive moustache, is back in action - with an adorable female Siamese, Yum Yum, added to the household. When Qwilleran decides to do a feature series on Junktown, he gets more than he bargained for. Not the dope den he anticipated, Junktown is a haven for antique dealers and collectors - as strange a lot as the

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This weeks question is: What do you want to do with a little extra cash?Any time that I have some extra cash I stash some away into my savings account and make sure that all of my bills are up to date if they are not already. If I had some extra money to do some impulse shopping some of the things that I would consider spending it on would include a new laptop, a nintendo DS, a Wii, a new phone,

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Genres I will review:Historical fiction, historical romance, paranormal romance, mystery/thriller, horror, general nonfiction and the occassional biographies and memoirs.*The basic rule is to contact me with a description of your book and I will make my ultimate decision. This list is a list of genres that are almost certain to get a review.Genres I will not review:Christian fiction, science

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Ramses the Great lives . . .Reawakened in opulent Edwardian London, he becomes Dr. Ramsey, expert in Egyptology and member of a group of jaded aristocrats with strange appetites to appease. But searing memories of his last reawakening, at the behest of Cleopatra, burn in his immortal soul. For he has drunk the elixir of life and is now Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth,

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Received (51)The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonSecrets of the Heart by Candace CampAnniversary Waltz by Anna Marie DuquetteThe Hidden Heart by Candace CampSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia QuinnTwelve Sharp by Janet EvanovichCat's Eye by Margaret AtwoodKnights of the Black and White by Jack WhyteThe Boleyn Inheritance by

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Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg CritserThe idea of the book was great; explore all of the myriad reasons why Americans have become morbidly obese as a whole and possibly what could be done to prevent this from further damaging future generations. By the time that I got about 100 pages into it the only aspects of the issue that the book had covered were

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Frair Agostino Leyre, a Papal Inquisitor, is sent to Milan to confirm--or not--the messages of the "Soothsayer," who alleges that Leonardo Da Vinci is a heretic and has hidden heretical messages in his painting of The Last Supper. Leonardo is a figure larger than life, literally. A blue-eyed, tall, handsome man, always dressed in white, he is surrounded by faithful students and friends who are

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When a small plane carrying FBI Special Agent Jackson Jack Crowne makes a crash landing in mountainous Parlow, Ky., his friends FBI Special Agents Dillon Savitch and Lacey Sherlock fly by helicopter from Washington, D.C., to the scene. Jack survives the crash, aided by Rachael Abbott, a young woman who's returning to Parlow, her childhood home, after escaping an attempt to drown her in a Maryland

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RINGS/RAYS/BOOKBOXES:RABCKS: TRADES:~Harry Potter 2 & 3 by J.K. Rowling - sudokugirl (TRAV) trade: Perfect Daugters~Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser - LittleWhiteBird (TRAV) trade: The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley~Surfacing by Margarette Atwood - judygreeneyes (TBR) trade: Key of Valor by Nora Roberts

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Received: (31)The Tommyknockers by Stephen KingChicken Soup for the Soul of America by Various AuthorsThe Cat Who Came to Breakfast by Lilian Jackson BraunThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTwo for the Dough by Janet EvanovichStone Cold by David BaldacciNight Work by Steve HamiltonTailspin by Catherine CoulterThe Brethern by Beverly Lewis*Sisterchicks in Sombreros by Robin Jones Gunn*The

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Points:Read OR Release = 1 ptRead AND Release = 2 ptsRead AND/OR Release Themed Book = 3 ptsMonthly Themes:June - orange, sun, apricot, carrot, coral, peach, tangerine, titian, mango, amber, fire, pumpkin, gingerBooks Read:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Dark Highlander by Karen Marie MoningBlue Dahlia by Nora

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Received: (40)The Best Cat Ever by Cleveland AmoryMe & Emma by Elizabeth FlockTender at the Bone by Ruth ReichelThe Case of the Missing Books by Ian SansomLetters to Gabriel by Karen Garver SantorumThe Red Hat Club Rides Again by Haywood SmithAngel of Mercy by Toni AndrewsFive Quarters of the Orange by Joanne HarrisThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonSex & the Immortal Bad Boy by Stephanie RoweThe

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January~The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum~Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser~Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling~Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling~Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling~Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling~Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling~

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Points:There will be 3 prizes awarded at the end of the challenge for the bookcrossers with the most points. Points will be awarded as follows:* 1 point for a read OR a release* 2 points for a read AND a release* if you read/release a book that fits with the monthly theme you will get 1 extra pointMonth Themes:August - The ElementsBooks Read:January~The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum~Fast Food

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Rules:Any book that is registered before Jan 1, 2009 can count. Any bookring or bookray or books in a bookbox that you signed up for BEFORE Jan 1, 2009 can count, because those books are really TBR, just in someone else's possession right now. And, hmm, let's see. .. any book that is in your possession but haven't registered yet (HONOR SYSTEM) can count.The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumFast

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Rules:1. The book must be read entirely, not partially. It also must be released in 2009. It should also be read in 2009, but if you had a few books lingering from last year that were read but not released yet, feel free to count them here too once released.2. The release can be in any manner you see fit- wild release, relay, ring, ray, box, trade, RABCK, ect.3. The book must NOT be originally

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My goal for this year is 30,000 pages which means 2,500 per month. Here is my record of pages read.January - 4990The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum - 535 pgs.Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser - 355 pgs.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 309 pgs.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 341 pgs.Harry Potter and the

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Received: (8)The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony SnicketBlack Rose by Nora RobertsBlue Dahlia by Nora RobertsRed Lily by Nora RobertsWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Present by Johanna LindseyThe Wicked Marquess by Constance HallThe Secret Supper by Javier Sierra Released: (6)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeColor Purple by Alice WalkerCall of

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"I have a New Year's plan," Nelson writes in the prologue to this charming diary of an unapologetic "readaholic." Her goal: to read a book a week for a year and try "to get down on paper what I've been doing for years in my mind: matching up the reading experience with the personal one and watching where they intersect-or don't." Armed with a list of books, the author, a Glamour senior

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Dangerous. Sensual. Handsome as sin. Meet Hayden Rothwell, the shamelessly erotic hero of The Rules of Seduction and author Madeline Hunter’s most irresistible alpha male yet: a man of extraordinary passion and power, a man who can bring out the seductress in any woman.… He enters her home without warning or invitation–a stranger of shadowy motives and commanding sensuality. Within hours, Alexia

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Grade A: this is a book that I would rate a 9 or 10 on bookcrossing and would definately read again as well as recommend it to other readers. The characters are strong, the plot is interesting and the story keeps me connected and looking for more.Grade B: This book would be a 7 or 8 on bookcrossing and is a book that I would recommend to others but I might not read again. Although the characters

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I recieved Jenptcfan's banned books bookbox today and selected four titles from it. The books are Night by Elie Wiesel (wishlist), A Seperate Peace by John Knowles (wishlist), Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume and Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O'dell (wishlist).I also finished my first book since I started this blog and will be doing a short review of it as soon as I journal the books from the

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The point of this particular challenge is to read and release those books that have been sitting at the bottom of Mt. TBR and have not made any progress towards the top of your reading list. I have made a list of books from other bookcrossers that I would like to get moving this year.1. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (BCID: 735-3452301)2. The Bourne Identity (Bourne Trilogy, Book 1) by Robert

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This is going to be the blog for my book reviews, challenges, booklists and everything related to books and bookcrossing. Occasionally I throw in bits of my life outside of books as well instead of trying to maintain two blogs.

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