I can’t believe it’s Saturday already – this week sped by! And we are inundated with boys this weekend, adding Michelle’s two to our three. Natalie is leaving this afternoon for a sleepover at a friend’s house, and she can’t get out of here soon enough. 
What are you doing this Saturday? I bet you it’s quieter at your house!
Congratulations to Diana, the winner of Tapestry of Love by Rosy Thornton. I’ll be e-mailing you for mailing info, Diana, so watch your inbox. For the rest of you, I still have two giveaways open, so be sure and check them out below in the “Giveaways” section.
Discussion starters:
~ Boston Bibliophile: Personal Life and Sharing – How much? How little?
~ Jenn’s Bookshelves: Comparing Apples to Oranges – All Books Are Not Equal.
~ A Literary Odyssey: Discussion – Your reading speed
~ Amy says “Ask me a question! Suggest a topic!”
Reviews and blog posts that have me adding to my to-read list:
~ Exodus by Julie Bertagna, reviewed by Susan at Bloggin’ ’bout Books
~ The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins, reviewed by Marie at Boston Bibliophile
~ Troubles by J.G. Farrell, also reviewed by Marie
Book lists:
~ Huffington Post readers pick their favorite Irish books.
Book to movie news:
~ Here’s the trailer for Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, the film based on Lisa See’s novel.
~ Clive Owen is playing Ernest Hemingway in an HBO biopic.
~ Matthew Fox will play an assassin in the film version of James Patterson’s I, Alex Cross.
~ Taylor Swift and Danny DeVito lend their voices to the animated version of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax.
Giveaways:
~ Enter to win a galley of Geraldine Brooks’ latest novel, Caleb’s Crossing.
~ There is also still time to enter to win a Focus Features Jane Eyre prize pack.
Other links of interest:
~ A friend of Kevin’s from high school lives in Japan. Here is his story of experiencing the earthquake, tsunami, and aftermath. He’s an excellent writer – if you’d like to read a first-person account in English, check it out.
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I love Clive Owen — so excited that he’ll be playing Hemingway!
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Me, too, Rebecca!
Me three!
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I love your weekend updates… you always provide me links to check out. I think I have Outside Boy on my book shelf. Off to check out the review and then raid my shelves!
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Sheila – it sounds like a terrific read!
Thank you for sharing the link to the first hand account of the earthquake. Living in California and having lived through our 7.2 quake I can kind of relate but the quake in Japan was so much worse than any of us could have imagined. I’m glad your friend survived and is doing well.
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Kathleen – stories like his and the ones that came out of the quake in California make me so grateful that I live far away from any earthquake zones!