Content Archives: December 2009
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December 10, 2009 07:30 AM EST
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Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman was a clever retelling of the Persephone/Hades greek mythos with a twist, told from Persephone's point of view and written for a young adult audience. I . . .
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December 09, 2009 11:24 PM EST
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Yup, I read yet another series of vampire novels, I’m blaming Alexander Skarsgård who plays Eric in ‘True Blood’ because he is so freaking hot that I just have to get . . .
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December 09, 2009 09:11 PM EST
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I just love good news and I got it today. The gentleman who writes for the Alzheimer's Reading Room wrote a wonderful review on 'my' book. I can't tell you what this means to me. How much I . . .
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December 09, 2009 06:20 PM EST
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Toward the end of each year, a few friends and I start an email thread about our favorite things in about a dozen different categories from the last 50 weeks or so. Books is a fixture on our best-of . . .
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December 09, 2009 04:07 PM EST
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Lisa Jackson- Deep Freeze (Zebra 2005) 3.25 Stars
Jenna Hughes is a beautiful actress on the top of her game. After disaster strikes the set of film, White Out, her sister is killed. To get . . .
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December 09, 2009 11:14 AM EST
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Are you looking to impress your friends with trivial facts or to have quick retorts for a child that’s constantly asking “why?” Try sharing some interesting facts …
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December 08, 2009 10:23 AM EST
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Read this book. Seriously. Read it. Those who are familiar with the IPCC and with the climate change discussions will have heard of Stephen H. Schneider . Not only did he receive . . .
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December 08, 2009 02:56 AM EST
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The Lives of Abused and Battered Women reviewed by Irene Brautigam
Barbara
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December 07, 2009 11:25 PM EST
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"Heaven's Keep" by William Kent Kreuger Published by Atria Books
Cork O'Connor, part Ojibwe, former Sheriff, has an argument with his wife, Jo, an attorney. She leaves on a chartered plane on . . .
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December 07, 2009 08:52 PM EST
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Milam McGraw Propst- The Adventures of Ociee Nash Series (Belle Bridge Books 2009) 3.75 Stars
The first book in the series, A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street , tells the tale of little Ociee . . .
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December 07, 2009 02:42 PM EST
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You may remember the review of the first book of Chester I wrote, assisted by my cat Jespah. You can read that here: Chester
Well, Chester's Back and I decided to hide it from . . .
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December 06, 2009 03:41 PM EST
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A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe's Tamerlane and Other Poems was sold at Christie's, New York City, for $682,500. The previous record for a book is believed to be $250,000 for a copy of the . . .
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December 06, 2009 01:14 AM EST
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The Burning Times: Jeanne Kalogridis
Medieval France 1357, the French Inquisition is in full force.
Sybille, a practioner and a a target for the church, flees her hometown to join a nearby sisterhood. . . .
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December 05, 2009 07:06 PM EST
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And no, I don’t mean in The Zone Diet sense. I called Richelle Mead’s last book, ‘ Shadow Kiss’ a page turner, but ‘Blood Promise’ is ten times the read . . .
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December 05, 2009 01:49 PM EST
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"As I said before, Grandma Bebe never did tell a story in a straight line like the chapters in a book. Following the thread of her sagas was like chasing a startled rabbit through the woods –– . . .
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December 04, 2009 09:20 PM EST
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Damn and I mean damn, this book was a fun read! The ending was intense in an action filled way. ‘Shadow Kiss’ is the third book of the Vampire Academy franchise by Richelle . . .
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December 04, 2009 08:20 PM EST
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Triangulation: Dark Glass is a bizarre, energetic, disorienting, and engaging collection of speculative fiction. Each story is brilliantly written; full of wit and creativity. Each story in the collection . . .
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December 04, 2009 08:15 PM EST
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In the second book Anne is grown up not to grown up but no longer a little girl she is now sixteen and gettin much more pretty that Gilbert is noticing her not that he never seen her at all. Of course . . .
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December 04, 2009 08:11 PM EST
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Seen the movie loved the movie. Now I am reading the books and have to say they are pretty good. So different then the movies so different. Anne Shirley comes to Green Gables as an orphan . . .
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December 04, 2009 08:05 PM EST
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Victoria McCallan was taken out of her sleep to go see the prince who happens to be Prince Kateb who takes her as his mistress so she can pay off her father's debts. The only problem she could really . . .
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