Monthly Archives: March 2010

Book Review: If You Follow Me by Malena Watrous

Posted on March 22, 2010 by CarrieK

Title: If You Follow Me Author: Malena Watrous Genre: Contemporary fiction, multi-cultural fiction Publisher: Harper Perennial Rating: 3 and a half stars Source: ARC for TLC Book Tours First line: Dear Miss Marina how are you? Marina is still reeling … Continue reading →

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Mailbox Monday – March 22, 2010

Posted on March 22, 2010 by CarrieK

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 Map of True … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Salon – March 21, 2010 (The “bookish-links-for-Saturday-on-Sunday” edition)

Posted on March 20, 2010 by CarrieK

Since I didn’t do a links post last week, I have a ton of links to share with you. I didn’t get to them on time for Saturday, though, so the Sunday Salon it is. Author links: ~ Serena at … Continue reading →

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Books

Posted on March 20, 2010 by CarrieK

From the heart of this dark, evacuated campus I can hear the library humming in the night, a choir of authors murmuring inside their books along the unlit, alphabetical shelves, Giovanni Pontano next to Pope, Dumas next to his son, … Continue reading →

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Back up and running

Posted on March 19, 2010 by CarrieK

My apologies if you tried to visit my site in the last 24 hours or so. We were hit by some evil spammers who tried to hack my site, and then got their nasty little fingers into most of the … Continue reading →

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Help me prioritize my “I have to read this now!” books, please

Posted on March 19, 2010 by CarrieK

As I’m heading into the home stretch of my month of blog tours and review commitments, I am looking forward to being able to read a book from my own shelf, a book that I bought for myself. The ranking … Continue reading →

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Deep Bookish Questions from Tasha

Posted on March 17, 2010 by CarrieK

I saved this post from Tasha in my favorites for just a day like this, when I haven’t finished any books to review and don’t have time or energy to compose something brilliant – or even remotely interesting. So, without … Continue reading →

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Book Review: An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor

Posted on March 17, 2010 by CarrieK

Title: An Irish Country Girl Author: Patrick Taylor Genre: Historical fiction/fantasy Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy from the author’s publicist First line: “Run along, make your calls, and enjoy His Lordship’s booley,” … Continue reading →

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