First line: Jim Dawson was handsome from the day he was born. From the inside cover: In this heartfelt and incisive new novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family. A chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes, and ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. Her…
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First Line: In Pakistan’s Karakoram, bristling across an area barely one hundred miles wide, more than sixty of the world’s tallest mountains lord their severe alpine beauty over a witnessless high-altitude wilderness. From the back cover: In 1993 a mountaineer named Greg Mortenson drifted into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram mountains after a failed attempt to climb K2. Moved by the inhabitants’ kindness, he promised to return and…
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Happy Friday Book Lovers! It’s time again for another Book Blogger Hop!!! This fantastic idea to help the large community of book bloggers around the web get to know each other comes to us via Jennifer from Crazy-for-Books. Basically, the Hop is a weekly event hosted at Crazy-for-Books, where book bloggers and readers can connect to find new blogs to read.It’s a great way to find new blogs to read…
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First line: I spy on them. From the back cover: What happens after “happily ever after”? Alice Hirsh is about to find out. Alice, a former New Yorker who thought she’d never feel at home in the bizarre world of the San Fernando Valley, was adapting, raising her five-year-old daughter while trying to keep her job and make her new house a home. When her attorney husband lands a…
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((BTT is hosted at http://btt2.wordpress.com)) This week’s question asks: Do you take breaks while reading a book? Or read it straight through? (And, by breaks, I don’t mean sleeping, eating and going to work; I mean putting it aside for a time while you read something else.) No, I definitely do not take breaks while reading a book. I find it amazing that some people, like my husband for instance,…
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A Week in Books WWW Wednesdays is hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? What are you currently reading? Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ~ This is our pick for this month’s book club.…
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MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that…
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First line: I am what they call in our village “one who has not yet died” – a widow, eighty years old. From the back cover: In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, or “old same,” in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily…
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Here’s a fun meme from Storytime with Tonya and Friends called The Friday 56. Rules: * Grab the book nearest you. Right now. * Turn to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence. * Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog. *Post a…
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It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another Book Blogger Hop!! Check out Jennifer’s page, Crazy-for-Books, and enter your link and check out some of the other book blogs out there!! It’s a great way to find new blogs to read and to find new readers!! So join up and spread the word about this fun event!!
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MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT…
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First line: Paris, 1765. Five-year-old Claudette Laurent raced down the street from her father’s doll shop to knock on the door of Charles and Michelle Renaud. From the back cover: On the brink of revolution, with a tide of hate turned against the decadent royal court, France is in turmoil – as is the life of one young woman forced to leave her beloved Paris. After a fire destroys her…
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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about picture books. Do you have a favourite picture book, either from your own childhood, or reading to you children? PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Musing Mondays post, or share your opinion in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks. **MUSING MONDAYS is hosted by Rebecca at Just One More Page… I love picture books and…
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One Lovely Blog Award was passed on to me by Chrissy from Chrissie’s Corner and Stacy A Novel Source.Here are the rules of accepting this award:– Accept the award.– Post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.– Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered.– Remember to contact the bloggers to…
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I’ve been awarded a few awards lately. I’m working on the posts and I will get them up as soon as I can…So many things to do and not enough hours in the day. I do appreciate all those who have found my blog and commented on it…it is so nice to share my thoughts with those who enjoy the same passion. Happy Reading 🙂
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I’ve decided to take part in a new weekly meme, “Traveling Through Tuesday”….. Do you like to read books that set in a certain city, state, or country? Do you ever find a town in a book that just calls your name and you can’t wait to tell someone about it? Just go to “Lori’s Reading Corner” and find out all the details. I don’t necessarily have a favorite…
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MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT…
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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS postis about dust jackets. Do you prefer books with a dust jacket? What do you do with your dust jacket while reading? Leave it on or take it off? (Question courtesy of Kim from Page after Page)**MUSING MONDAYS is hosted by Rebecca atJust One More Page… I am not a fan of dust jackets when I am reading a book. I always take off the jacket and…
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Jen over at Crazy For Books has started something I hope you will be part of… Hey book bloggers! Every day we seem to find another book blog that we start following. In the spirit of the Friday Follow, Jen thought it would be cool to do a Book Blog Hop to give us all bookies a chance to connect and find new blogs that we may be missing out…
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Here’s a fun meme from Storytime with Tonya and Friends called The Friday 56. Rules: * Grab the book nearest you. Right now. * Turn to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence. * Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog. *Post a…
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A Week in Books WWW Wednesdays is hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? What are you currently reading? The Postmistress by Sarah Blake ~ What a great read…beautifully written and thought provoking! Another book that I can’t seem to…
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This is a challenge I am very exicted about…I loved reading these books when I was younger and cannot wait to reread them. You can find out more information, including the 3 options of the challenge, here. I’ve decided to go with option 3. I will come back to this post and indicate when a book is complete. Option 3: The eight central books in the series: Anne of Green…
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MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT…
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A Week in Books WWW Wednesdays is hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? What are you currently reading? Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani ~ The first in a new trilogy featuring the Roncalli and Angelini families. Very good so far…having…
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MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT…
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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about keeping books. Do you keep all the books you ever buy? Just the ones you love? Just collectibles? What do you do with the ones you don’t want to keep?**MUSING MONDAYS is hosted by Rebecca atJust One More Page… I think this is a pivotal question for a lot of book lovers. What am I going to do with my books? Where am I…
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MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT…
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I’ve decided to join some of the reading challenges out there. So far, I have signed up for two: 100+ Reading Challenge hosted at Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge Both of these challenges are hosted at http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/. Head over the her site if you want to join. I’ve made two separate pages to track my reading progress in each challenge. Hope I can make both goals!
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Recently I joined a book club. I have always wanted to be part of a book club and was grateful for the invitation. The group is small right now – only five of us – but we have varied backgrounds and that leads to some great discussions. For our first meeting, we read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. This was a book that I might not…
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What the heck, I figured I read so much, I might as well blog about it. I don’t know if anyone will follow this, but here I hope to post the books I’m reading, the books I want to read, and my thoughts about reading. Here is a little about me and my reading habits. I love reading…it is possibly my absolute favorite thing to do. I can always be…
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