Monthly Archives: July 2009

Book Review: Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure by Emma Campbell Webster

Title: Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure Author: Emma Campbell Webster Genre: Choose your own adventure for grown-ups Publisher: Riverhead Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars First line: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a … Continue reading

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Book Review: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Title: Death Comes for the Archbishop Author: Willa Cather Genre: Literary classic Publisher: Vintage Classics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars First line: One summer evening in the year 1848, three Cardinals and a missionary Bishop from America were dining … Continue reading

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Self-analysis: sexual content in books

My recent review of The Way Home by George Pelecanos has me wondering something about myself. Why did I react so strongly against the sexual content in that book, when I have read other books with descriptive sexual content – … Continue reading

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Audiobook Review: The Way Home by George Pelecanos

Title: The Way Home Author: George Pelecanos Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Dion Graham First line: No one could say why it was … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesdays – July 21, 2009

I am sad to say I’m still making my way through Scottsboro by Ellen Feldman and To the Nines by Janet Evanovich. A crazy-busy weekend of visiting with my sister, capped off by a Tae Kwon Do tournament, and then … Continue reading

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First lines quiz #11 – National Book Award Edition

~ I will post the first sentences of ten books. (I skip any beginning quotations or prefaces. If I think more than one sentence is necessary, I’ll post two.) ~ You guess the titles and authors and leave your guesses … Continue reading

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Mailbox Monday – July 20, 2009

Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Printed Page. If you’re eager to tell the rest of the book blogging world about the wonderful books you’ve received this week, click over and share your link. The Invention of Everything … Continue reading

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Movie Review – The Changeling

Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie, is the true story of Christine Collins, a single mother whose young son was kidnapped from her home while she was working. The LA Police Department is already being accused of corruption and incompetence, and wants … Continue reading

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