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Historical Fiction Reading Challenge

Posted in books, challenges, lists, tbr, tagged , on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Historical Reading Challenge Begins Tomorrow!
Hosted by Annie
Timeframe: April 1 – October 1
Challenge: 6 historical fiction books

Here are my picks…

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Lakeshore Chronicles 1

Posted in books, reviews, tagged , , , , on March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Summer at Willow Lake
Susan Wiggs
Fiction/Romance, Published 2006
Read March 2008
4.5/5
From the Beginning:
“Olivia Bellamy tried to decide what was worse. Being trapped at the top of a flagpole with no help in sight, or having help arrive in the form of a Hells Angel.
Her plan to raise the flags over Camp Kioga for the first [...]

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Planet Earth Reading Challenge

Posted in challenges, lists, tagged , , , , , on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

As a geologist, I simply cannot pass up this reading challenge!
Planet Earth Reading Challenge
When: 2008
What: Read one book about each of these four parts of our planet that are studied by earth scientists:

Lithosphere: the rocky (and molten) part of our planet
Hydrosphere: the oceans and the water cycle
Biosphere: evolution and the global ecosystem
Atmosphere: our [...]

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the e-book world

Posted in ebook on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So who knew there was this entire world full of digital book readers…I must be so behind the times!
Trying to cure, or at least, start limiting my book collecting habits of late, I decided to get a Sony EReader last month so at least if I buy the book it won’t take up as much [...]

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March’s Audiobook

Posted in audiobook, books, reviews, tagged , , , , on March 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict
Laura Viera Rigler, Published 2007
Audible.com – March 2008
3/5
General Overview:
In this Jane Austen-inspired comedy, love story, and exploration of identity and destiny, a modern L.A. girl wakes up as an Englishwoman in Austen’s time.
Why did you choose this book?
It was on sale, duh! =) My ratings for audiobooks and books I [...]

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Another $1 Find…

Posted in books, reviews, tagged , , , , , on March 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Lauren Willig, Published 2006
Read March 2008
4.5/5
From the Cover:
“Setting off for England, Eloise is determined to finish her dissertation on that dashing pair of spies, the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian. But what she discovers is something the finest historians have missed: the secret history of the Pink [...]

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Kim & Jason

Posted in comics, sticky, totd on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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