Masterpiece Theater–Sense and Sensibility

The last two weeks of Jane Austen on PBS’ Masterpiece Theater show tonight and next week–April 6.
The last Austen shown is Sense and Sensibility.
The synopsis from the PBS website:
Sisters Elinor (Hattie Morahan, The Golden Compass) and Marianne Dashwood (Charity Wakefield, Jane Eyre) have opposite approaches when it comes to the pursuit of love. One [...]

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Cover-Up

This week’s question comes from Julie, who asks:
While acknowledging that we can’t judge books by their covers, how much does the design of a book affect your reading enjoyment? Hardcover vs. softcover? Trade paperback vs. mass market paperback? Font? Illustrations? Etc.?
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My enjoyment of a book is not affected by the external (cover, size of book, [...]

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Google Image Meme

I was tagged by Chartroose for a meme called Google Image Meme. Here are the instructions:
Go to Google Image Search. Type in the name of the last book you really enjoyed (I say that because you may not have enjoyed the last book you read). Perform the search. Now, obviously you’re going to [...]

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April 2008 Books

What books do you want to buy in April? Here are the April books on my list:
Personal Demon

By Kelley Armstrong

Women of the Otherworld, Book 8

Hardcover on sale March 25

Urban Fantasy

Bitten is one of my all-time favorite books

A Lady’s Secret

By Jo Beverley

Set in the Malloren world

Mass Market Paperback on sale April 1

Historical Romance set in Georgian [...]

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The End

You’ve just reached the end of a book . . . what do you do now? Savor and muse over the book? Dive right into the next one? Go take the dog for a walk, the kids to the park, before even thinking about the next book you’re going to read? What?
(Obviously, there can be [...]

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TBR Day–Review: A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson

My TBR Day review (see the Avid Book Reader blog for more details) for March 2008:

Book Read: A Countess Below Stairs
Author: Eva Ibbotson
Copyright: 1981 (However, this has been in my TBR pile for only about a year–but long enough!)
Genre: Historical Romance (originally published as an adult romance, now published as young adult fiction)

After the [...]

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Review: Twist by Colby Hodge

Abbey Shore never intended to be the savior of the world; it was just something that happened—like her father’s tragic death and the fact that she’s now poor and “flipping” houses in the Chicago suburbs to finish college. And there’s more: behind a crumbling wall in her current renovation, a swirling vortex hides. It’s a [...]

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Review: Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco

In the alleys of the decrepit Boston neighborhood known as the Weird, fairy prostitutes are turning up dead. The crime scenes show signs of residual magic, but the Guild, which polices the fey, has more “important” crimes to investigate and dumps the cases on human law enforcement.
Unshapely Things is the first in a new urban [...]

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Playing Editor

Suggested by John :
How about a chance to play editor-in-chief? Fill in the blanks:
__________ would have been a much better book if ______________.
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Books I would have edited differently…that is difficult to decide.
Sometimes I’ve stopped reading books because I wondered how they ever got published! I don’t remember the names of those. Sometimes I wish books [...]

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Snow Days

I got back from the West Coast just in time for our big snowstorm and blizzard! We got 12+ inches on Friday and Saturday and since we didn’t have anywhere to go I enjoyed it.

My husband came home early on Friday and worked the rest of the day at home. In between working he shoveled [...]

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