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Friday July 9 -
add your thoughts to the TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Part I) readalong discussion
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An educator's creative TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD lesson (fab guest post!)
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Friday July 23 - add your thoughts to the TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Part I) readalong discussion
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Friday July 30 at 8:30 pm (EST) - Join @CapriciousReadr and @TooFondOfBooks as we view the film adaptation of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and live-tweet our reactions (hashtag #TKAM). Reserve your Netflix/library copy today!
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Books and book groups appearing in novels

Being a collector of trivia and the minutia of details that might not interest everyone, I began taking note when I noticed books and book discussion groups were being mentioned more and more in some of the popular fiction I’ve read over the past six months or so.

What does it mean?  Does it set a [...]

Book Review: *The Necklace* by Cheryl Jarvis

The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment that Transformed Their Lives by Cheryl Jarvis
Publisher: Ballantine Books (September 9, 2008 )
Hardcover: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 0345500717
ISBN-13: 978-0345500717

I had high hopes for The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis; the subtitle, “thirteen women and the experiment that transformed their lives,” intrigued me; I expected a tale of sharing, altruism, philanthropy and [...]

Friday Finds: August 8, 2008

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, [...]