Monthly Archives: June 2010
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
Filed under 4-star reads, book reviews
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
Filed under musings
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
Filed under out and about
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
Filed under 3-star reads, book reviews
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
Filed under 3-star reads, book reviews
Summer titles: Getting swept away
Thinking about summer, I immediately conjure an image of myself on the beach — sunburned, smiling, sunglassed — with a giant novel in my lap. In any given year, I can be found near the ocean approximately two out of a … Continue reading
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BBAW will soon be upon us
Though summer still spreads before us like a glorious picnic blanket, it’s already time to start talking about Book Blogger Appreciation Week 2010. Last year’s festivities were such a blast, there’s no way I won’t be participating in this year’s … Continue reading
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