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Time to check in with MizB at Should Be Reading and share my book finds for the week:
I won a copy of Douglas W. Jacobson’s Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II from Shana at Literarily. This was published in paperback at the beginning of October, and is said to
”paint a vivid and [...]
I’m checking in with MizB and the folks who read her blog, Should Be Reading. Here’s the list of books that have come into my life this week:
I was a lucky winner of a giveaway that Book Club Girl was running during Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW). There were so many great posts, interviews, giveaways and [...]
It’s been a fairly quiet week for adding books to my bookshelves and my wish list — I have several in my “to be read” stack, so I’ve been trying really hard to “just say NO.” It’s not as easy as Nancy Reagan said it would be …
On Tuesday I went to the Harvard Bookstore with [...]
Is it Friday already!? Must be time to let MizB (and others) know what’s come into my radar, and into my house this week:
Owen Matthews has written a memoir of his family called Stalin’s Children: Three Generations of Love, War and Survival. The product description for this book calls it “A transcendent history/memoir of one [...]
We were away for the long weekend over Labor Day, so I didn’t post my Friday Finds last week; here’s a quick peek at what I Should Be Reading over the next few weeks:
Ronna Wineberg sent me a copy of her short story collection Second Language. This was published a few years ago, and I’m [...]
It’s that time of the week again! MizB at Should Be Reading asks what new books have joined the groaning bookshelves in the past seven days … Well, memoir is one of my favorite genres to read, and it shows in this list:
I received Wife in the Northby Judith O’Reilly from Book Club Girl. She [...]
It’s that time of the week again! MizB at Should be Reading has organized a weekly round-up of the books that have come into our lives. Here’s my list:
I received an ARC of Laura Claridge’s Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age to review for the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. I’m looking forward to learning [...]
TGIF! It has been a long week here, with plenty of rain to keep us climbing the walls inside the house. I’d like to say that I’ve been able to spend that time curled in a cozy chair with a good book (or two!), but, there was that wall-climbing going on … Without further ado, [...]
MizB over at Should Be Reading asks what books have come into our lives this week, here’s my list:
The LibraryThing Early Reviewers’ mighty algorithm matched me with Hurry Down Sunshineby Michael Greenberg. The book will be published in September, so look for my review at the end of this month. Here’s a product description: Hurry Down [...]
MizB at Should Be Reading asks what books have come into our lives this week. Here’s my list:
The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home by George Howe Colt. I’ve already read this book (twice even!), obviously I really like it! My neighborhood book group chose it for our September [...]
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