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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
I started reading Little Women on a day when I was feeling down and really needed something uplifting and inspiring to bring my thoughts up. The adventures and relationships of the four March girls was the perfect antidote to my desolate state. I read this book many years ago when I was a young teen,…
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Finally – a Vacation!
It has been a long, hot, busy summer and I am ready for a break from the library and from my regular routine. I work tomorrow and then I am off for 13 glorious days – in a row! I haven’t had that much time off the entire eight years I’ve worked for my…
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The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton by E. Speller
I’ve always had a strange fascination with people who’ve disappeared and have never been seen again. The tv show Disappeared is one I never miss because I just don’t understand how someone can vanish into thin air. The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton deals with just such a case. Set in the 1920’s the book…
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Cover Collection: The Great Gatsby
1. Penguin Modern Classics // 2. Penguin Classics Hardback // 3. Scribner // 4. Oxford World’s Classics //5. Vintage Classics // 6. Penguin Classics Which cover do you like best? I think I prefer #2 and #3. Here are some links that caught my eye this week: Simple Village Girl visits Lacock which was the model for…
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eReading vs. Traditional Reading
I’ve owned a Kindle for close to two years now and a few weeks ago I realized that I have read less than 10 books on it. I have tons of books downloaded on the device – lots of out-of-print titles and other copyright free titles – but I don’t read them. And I have…
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Sometimes I jump on bandwagons – never for sports teams, but occasionally for books. Last week I decided to jump on the Gone Girl bandwagon. This cunning thriller has been the talk of the summer at my library and has been mentioned on almost every ‘Best Books of Summer’ list I’ve seen. There are still over…
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Giveaway Winner & New Purchases
Congratulations, Manda! I hope you enjoy The Blank Wall as much as I did. Please contact me at gudrunstights(at)gmail.com with your shipping address. I recently got a raise at work after not having had one for a few years. I’m not sure why, but this propelled me to go on a little book buying…
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Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
For my fifth Mary Stewart novel I decided to read the very first book she published, in 1955, Madam, Will You Talk? This action-packed thriller is set in the South of France and is the first-person account of Charity Selborne and the trouble she finds herself in just for being nice to a little boy.…
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The Blank Wall Giveaway (Closed) + Raspberry Oat Muffins
What better way to share your favorite books then by giving them away to others? I want to spread the word about my top books of the year so far so I am giving away 1 copy of The Blank Wall by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. This suspense novel set during World War II is a…
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