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Review: Letters to Kelly by Suzanne Brockmann

Posted in Books, Contemporary, Review, Romance, TBR Day Review, tagged , on 21 January 2009 | 2 Comments »

Title: Letters to Kelly
Author: Suzanne Brockmann
Copyright: 2003
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Silhouette Intimate Moments
Setting: Present day Boston and Cape Cod in Massachusetts
Part of a series: no
Grade: C-
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So here I sit, writing letters that have no hope of reaching you until I am free to deliver them myself. With luck, that will be soon. For your eighteenth [...]

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BTT: Sing! Sing a Song…

Posted in Booking through Thursday, Music, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 15 January 2009 | 6 Comments »

But, enough about books … Other things have words, too, right? Like … songs!
If you’re anything like me, there are songs that you love because of their lyrics; writers you admire because their songs have depth, meaning, or just a sheer playfulness that has nothing to do with the tunes.
So, today’s question?
* What songs … [...]

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Reading Challenges–2009

Posted in Books, Reading Challenge, tagged , , , on 13 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I participated in only one reading challenge last year (Keishon’s TBR Books Challenge). This year I’m participating in several reading challenges:

TBR Challenge
Reading My Name Challenge
Contemporary Romance Challenge
Re-Read Challenge

I have put the challenges along with links to information about them on my blog sidebar.

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Reading My Name Challenge 2009

Posted in Books, Reading Challenge, tagged on 12 January 2009 | 4 Comments »

I am joining several reading challenges this year. This sounds like a fun challenge (and one I should be able to complete)!

Challenge: “…read at least two books by authors that share your name OR book titles with your name in them. They can share your first name, middle name or last name. They can share [...]

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Favorite Books–2008

Posted in Booking through Thursday, Books, Contemporary, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 8 January 2009 | 2 Comments »

It’s a week or two later than you’d expect, and it may be almost a trite question, but … what were your favorite books from 2008?
(It’s an oldie but a goodie question for a reason, after all … because, who can’t use good book suggestions from time to time?)
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I was going to post a list [...]

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New Authors Read in 2008

Posted in Books, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 6 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I read books by 30 new (or new-to-me) authors last year. My favorite authors were:

Joanna Bourne–The Spymaster’s Lady (historical romance)
Eva Ibbotson–A Countess Below Stairs (young adult historical romance)
Ann Aguirre–Grimspace (science fiction)
Elizabeth Vaughan–Warprize (science fiction)
Donna Jo Napoli–Hush (young adult historical fiction)
Colleen Gleason–The Rest Falls Away (paranormal)
Julia Spencer-Fleming–In the Bleak Midwinter–the first in the series (mystery)
Gillian Summers–The [...]

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Happy New Year! A Look Back at 2008 Books

Posted in Books, Contemporary, Family, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 4 January 2009 | 4 Comments »

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a good holiday season and a fun new year. We spent the a few days over New Year’s with my husband’s family in Iowa. That was lots of fun.
We had a wonderful Christmas. Our children were home for part of the time which made our Christmas especially [...]

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