Who is Too Fond of Books?

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We have a winner of *The Smart One* gift package!

Who’s ready to show three sides to her personality – the pretty one, the smart one, and the wild one?!?  This little gift package is based on the characters in Ellen Meister’s The Smart One (reviewed here).  It was interesting to read what you all had to say about birth order personalities and the childhood [...]

The Week Ahead: September 1 – 7, 2008

Monday 9/1 – September 1st!  Happy Labor Day!  Today I begin the LT Author Challenge, inspired by the Boston Bibliophile’s question last week, “who are your LibraryThing authors?”  A full explanation of the challenge is here; I’m still working on my list of books for the challenge, and will post it within the next few [...]

Book Review: *The Smart One* by Ellen Meister

The Smart One by Ellen Meister
Publisher: Avon A (August 5, 2008 )
Paperback: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 0061129623
ISBN-13: 978-0061129629

Have you ever read a contemporary novel and so connected with one of the characters that you could imagine him/her as a friend?  That’s the way I feel about Bev, the main character in Ellen Meister’s The Smart One.  Bev [...]

The Week Ahead: August 25 – 31, 2008

There’s still time to join us in planning “the week ahead”, and to enter to win a Page-A-Day Book Lover’s Calendar.  I picked up the calendar from our local bookstore, so I’m ready to send it out to the winner at the end of September.  Find the details here.

A snapshot of what may, or may [...]

Friday Finds: August 1, 2008

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 [...]