Monthly Archives: August 2010

Mini-reviews: The Fiddler’s Gun by A.S. Peterson; Christine Falls by Benjamin Black; The Impostor’s Daughter: A True Memoir by Laurie Sandell

Posted on August 17, 2010 by CarrieK

I find myself in the position of being behind on reviews again, and, although each of these books fully deserves its own, full-length review, I’m going to fall back on my catch-up method of doing mini-reviews. Title: The Fiddler’s Gun … Continue reading →

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Book Spotlight: Thumbing Through Thoreau: A Book of Quotations by Henry David Thoreau

Posted on August 17, 2010 by CarrieK

As I stood on the edge of Walden Pond, about to make a symbolic leap into what had become in my mind a scared place, Hawthorne’s poetic observation was not present in my thoughts. For a summer day, it was … Continue reading →

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Mailbox Monday – August 16, 2010

Posted on August 16, 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 Warrior Heir by … Continue reading →

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Completed – Support Your Local Library Challenge

Posted on August 15, 2010 by CarrieK

Challenge host: J. Kaye’s Book Blog I am committing to the Just My Size Challenge: to check out and read 50 library books during 2010. 1. Questions About Angels: Poems by Billy Collins 2. Paper Towns by John Green 3. … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Salon – August 15, 2010 (the “what I was reading in the hospital” edition)

Posted on August 15, 2010 by CarrieK

After two nights sleeping in my own bed, I am starting to feel more human again, more like myself. I’ve also gotten through two nights of giving Natalie her evening IV antibiotics and then starting her on the IV nutrients … Continue reading →

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We’re home

Posted on August 13, 2010 by CarrieK

We are home! I’m too exhausted to say anything else, but we will be sleeping in our own beds tonight.

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At the hospital again

Posted on August 10, 2010 by CarrieK

Natalie is back in the hospital, at least until Thursday. I won’t have time to do constant updates here, but if you want to be informed, you can friend me on Facebook, where I’m doing short updates when I can.

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Audiobook Mini-reviews: The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson; The Help by Kathryn Stockett; and Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman

Posted on August 9, 2010 by CarrieK

Title: The Girl Who Stopped Swimming Author: Joshilyn Jackson Genre: Contemporary fiction Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from my personal library; audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Joshilyn Jackson First line: … Continue reading →

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