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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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Heard of HarperCollins Huge Happening?

 

They call it the Free Books for a Year Sweepstakes, I call it AMAZING!  The winner gets a dozen copies of a twelve specially-selected books; that’s enough to keep your book group busy for a year (or more if you take a summer hiatus)!!

Titles include:

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Book Review: The Space Between Us

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Publisher: Harper Perennial (February 6, 2007)
Paperback: 352 pages
ISBN-10: 006079156X
ISBN-13: 978-0060791568
SheIsTooFondOfBooks Rating:  4.5 Stars

 

 

 

 

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