Monthly Archives: June 2010

Bring books back to Nashville

By now, everyone is familiar with the terrible flooding that destroyed many parts of Nashville, Tenn., in early May. Though the oil spill crisis in the Gulf has been garnering great amounts of media attention lately (and rightfully so), Nashville’s … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour’ by Morgan Matson

In the months since her father’s death, Amy Curry has stumbled through life with a weight the size of her small California town on her shoulders. Without her dad there to keep everyone on track, her twin brother’s substance issues … Continue reading

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Back from the beach, stuffed lobsters and rejoining the Internet

I’m home! I’m nursing a wicked sunburn on my shoulders, my legs are all dry and crackly from excessive use of sunscreen (too much information?), I’m exhausted from a long car ride back and am, of course, already back to work, … Continue reading

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Gone to the beach

Despite feeling like I just got back from New York, I’m headed off on vacation once more! This time I’ll be brushing sand out of the spines of my books in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where my family … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘Knit In Comfort’ by Isabel Sharpe

For Elizabeth Detlaff, the town of Comfort — a small place nestled in the mountains of North Carolina — represents a slower-paced, happier life than the one she has known in New York City. She arrives on the wings of a … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner’ by Stephenie Meyer

For Bree Tanner, life as a newly-created vampire has consisted of following orders, avoiding squabbles in a household of other newborns and being told, under strict penalty, never to go outside in the daytime. Sent out in the streets of … Continue reading

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