Bury Your Dead
Looking For Me
Cottage at Glass BeachAuthor: Toni Teepell Publisher: Ramsay Publishing, 2009 My Rating: A My friend Molly, one of The Bumbles, and I each won a copy of this book from Kaye, the Pudgy Penguin. I really loved Kaye’s review (here) and the guest post (here) from the author, so I felt lucky to win the book. So did Molly. We agreed [...]
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Authored by Maira Kalman Publisher: Penguin Press, 2010 My Rating: A+ This book has been flirting with me since it first arrived. It’s so gorgeous that it was impossible for me to leave it alone. It’s heavier than your average hardback, but not awkward. The covers are unique – both the paper-covering and the hardback cover. [...] Author: Mozelle Richardson Publisher: Mountain West Publishing Genre: Thriller/Mystery Format: Paperback Source: The Cadence Group, Publicists Why I Read The Book: When asked to read a review copy, I agreed because I was intrigued by the mixture of a mystery and a Cold-War spy novel. Short Synopsis: Canyon Eliot was an OSS agent during World [...] Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: Originally published by Odhams Press in 1933 in the UK. Published in the US by HarperCollins in 1964. Genre: Mystery Format: Hardcover Source: Library Short Synopsis: This is a book of twelve short stories all written in the 1920′s and published in magazines in England. What is unique about these stories [...] This review is part of the Green Books Campaign. Today 200 bloggers take a stand to support books printed in an eco-friendly manner by simultaneously publishing reviews of 200 books printed on recycled or FSC-certified paper. By turning a spotlight on books printed using eco- friendly paper, we hope to raise the awareness of book [...] Back in the 1960s I was a fan of Peg Bracken. She wrote witty and humorous columns and books that most young women back then loved. I had a copy of her famous book for years, but I’m not sure what happened to it. Well, thank goodness, someone decided to re-publish the I Hate To [...] People of my generation ask each other this question: “Where were you when JFK was killed?” That’s because, for us, it was a pivotal moment. After that day many things changed in both our country and in how we saw the world. For those of us born during or right after World War II, our [...] |
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