Monthly Archives: October 2010
Wordless Weds.: St. Mary’s Oyster Festival, Maryland
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Book review: ‘A Desirable Residence’ by Madeleine Wickham
One house in Silchester, England, brings together three unlikely groups of people in this novel of deceit, debt and escalating — but unrealized — hopes. Liz and Jonathan Chambers are homeowners up to their eyeballs in money troubles, scrambling to pay … Continue reading
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Everybody’s free (to write a gushy fangirl letter)
I’ve always been a fangirl. I’m pretty sure it started during my rampant and incredibly serious obsession with Hanson, that flaxen-haired trio of Oklahoma brothers who took the music scene by storm (storm, I tell you!) in 1997 with “MMMBop,” … Continue reading
Book review: ‘Extraordinary’ by Nancy Werlin
Friendship, family and heritage are put to the test in this young adult fantasy that had me bumbling through portions, bored and listless, but frantically turning the pages other times as we surged toward the Big Mystery. Phoebe Rothschild and … Continue reading
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‘With her nose stuck in a book,’ Belle is a kindred spirit
Every little girl has a penchant for a certain Disney princess. Maybe it’s Ariel, the redheaded and adventurous heroine of “The Little Mermaid” who is sick of living “under the sea” with singing crabs and fat blue-and-yellow fish. Or perhaps … Continue reading
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Literary Megs, volume four: Meg Rosoff
Sometime in the not-so-distant past, I got on a young adult dystopian kick — and, you know, of course I blame book bloggers for my introduction to a genre that has simultaneously captivated and horrified me. It all started in … Continue reading
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Book review & giveaway: ‘The Itteh Bitteh Book Of Kittehs’
When my boyfriend Spencer found out I was getting The Itteh Bitteh Book Of Kittehs, the latest book of hilarious cat photos from the ICanHasCheezburger.com franchise, he was . . . well, a tad excited. In fact, he couldn’t believe … Continue reading
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