Who is Too Fond of Books?

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Book Review: *Guernica* by Dave Boling

Guernica by Dave Boling
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; (September 2, 2008 )
Hardcover: 384 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1596915633

Publisher’s Synopsis:  An extraordinary epic of love, family and war set in the Basque town of Guernica before, during, and after its destruction by the German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War.  In 1935, Miguel Navarro finds himself in conflict with the Spanish [...]

The Week Ahead: September 6 – 12, 2008

First, I want to thank everyone who joined me in planning The Week Ahead during August and September.  I’ve enjoyed keeping up with you all, including:

 

 

Ti at Book Chatter and Other Stuff
Bree at The Things We Read
Shannon at Confuzzled Books
Stephanie at And Life Goes On …

I gave everyone one entry for each The Week Ahead [...]

The Week Ahead: September 15 – 21, 2008

I’m posting my Week Ahead a day earlier than usual this week – it’s going to be a busy week!  There’s a lot happening here and on other book blogs in conjunction with Book Blogger Appreciation Week … check out this partial listing of what’s going on in my little corner of the world:

Monday 9/15 – I’m [...]

The Week Ahead: September 8 – 14, 2008

It’s that time of the week – when I sit down and figure out (roughly, sometimes very roughly!) what my week will look like.  Here’s what’s on tap this week:

Monday 9/8- Following this post is a post about my latest giveaway … author Joshua Henkin has generously offered a copy of his novel Matrimony, which [...]

LT Author Challenge … my list (so far) and a graphic!

Many thanks to Lenore at Presenting Lenore and her husband, Daniel!  Daniel is a published illustrator who agreed to create a graphic for her (and me! and all of us!) for the LT Author Challenge.  Is that Emmy reading a book written by a LibraryThing Author?!

Here’s the list of books I hope to read and review [...]