Mondays - 12/31/12

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Just finished up in time for the New Year... Currently Reading:  The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance (Catherine Ryan Hyde) Just Finished: Both of Us (Ryan O'Neal) On Deck: A brand new year and a TBR list of over 6,000! ...

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Sunday Salon - 12/30/12

If you are interested in other Salon posts, visit the Facebook page to get links. Wrapping up 2012: After a very busy December, with PV performances each weekend and then getting hit with a week of the flu (of the fever kind, not the stomach bug kind thankfully!), this past weekend was a crazy...

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Tuesday Tunes - 12/25/12

A great lyric is like a great book... Cold December Night Michael Buble (Artist) Michael Buble, Alan Change (Writers) Stockings are hung with care As Children sleep with one eye open Well, now there's more than toys at stake 'Cause I'm older now but not done hoping The twinkling of the...

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A very Merry Christmas to all!...

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Friday Faves - 12/21/12

  Welcome to Friday's Fave Five. It's Friday so that makes it time to look back over our week and look for those things we are grateful for. It may be big or it may be small and you have to dig for it, but there are always things we can be thankful for. ...

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A Father's Love - Goldman

David Goldman, a model/fisherman from New Jersey, had no clue when he married a Brazilian beauty that his life would be thrown into such chaos. After just four short years of marriage, and the birth of one son, Bruna Bianchi abducted their son and moved back to her home country of Brazil with her parents. ...

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It's beginning to look a lot like XMas!

The holidays are well underway here in Massachusetts! Despite the rain and 40 degree weather, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Last week was a mess for me... The flu with 102 degree temps, a death in the family, and then of course Friday's events. The week was a loss for reading and blogging. Oh...

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Friday Faves - 12/7/12

  Welcome to Friday's Fave Five. It's Friday so that makes it time to look back over our week and look for those things we are grateful for. It may be big or it may be small and you have to dig for it, but there are always things we can be thankful for. ...

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November 2012 ReCap...

November 2012 Update A crap reading month by all accounts, I just couldn't focus on anything for the first part of the month. I began more than one and just...couldn't. finish. anything. This month I read: Total Read: 1 Adult: 1 YA/children's: 0 Abandoned: 0 YTD - 43+ Including: Does...

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The Winter of Our Disconnect - Maushart

After years of blank stares and grunted responses, Susan Maushart decided the time had come for a change, for The Winter of Our Disconnect. She imposed a six-month black-out period on her family on all screen electronics (TVs, iPads/iPods, computers, etc) called it "The Experiment", during which ...

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Tuesday Tunes - 12/4/12

A great lyric is like a great book... That Ol' Wind Garth Brooks, Artist Leigh Reynolds, Writer  She dropped her boy at school on time, One less worry on her mind, Now it's off to work and on the radio. Come's an old familiar song, And then the D.J.'s voice comes on, And...

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Does This Mean You'll See Me Naked - Webster

Does This Mean You'll See Me Naked? (Field Notes from a Funeral Director) is  a common question for Robert Webster.  As the owner and director of a funeral home, he hears this question surprisingly often. Spoiler alert: yes, your funeral director will see you naked.  But you'll be...

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Tuesday Tunes - 11/27/12

A great lyric is like a great book... In My Life The Beatles, Artist Lennon, John & McCartney, Paul, Writers   There are places I rememberAll my life, though some have changed.Some forever not for better,Some have gone and some remain. All these places have their moments With...

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Mondays - 11/26/12

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Despite a busy holiday week, after several of weeks of beginning books I just couldn't get "into", I finally was able to settle into a couple of books!  Currently Reading:  The Winter of Our Disconnect (Susan Maushart) Just...

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Happy Turkey Day!!

...or as a friend says, "Happy Fat American Day"! Wishing all my American readers a very Happy Thanksgiving! Hoping it was filled with family, friends and many reasons to be thankful, as mine was. I have countless blessings to be thankful for this year...family, friends, my kitty, health (mine and...

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Tuesday Tunes - 11/20/12

A great lyric is like a great book... A nice little song to remind us all to be thankful! Oklahoma  Billy Gilman, Artist John Allen and D. Vincent Williams, Writers Suitcase packed with all his things Car pulls up, the doorbell rings He don't wanna go He thought he'd...

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Mondays - 11/19/12

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Currently Reading: Does This Mean You'll See Me Naked? (Robert Webster) Just Finished: Absolutely nothing.... On Deck: So many great options, if I could just get through something!...

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WWWednesdays - 10/14/12

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… Usually Wednesdays are saved for new reviews, but it has been a very slow reading/blogging week for me! So, I figured I'd join in this week... What are you currently reading?  I Think I Love You by Allison Pearson...

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Tuesday Tunes - 11/13/12

A great lyric is like a great book... Gunpowder & Lead  Miranda Lambert, Artist & Writer County road 233, under my feet Nothin' on this white rock but little ole me. I've got two miles, 'til he makes bail And if I'm right we're headed straight for hell! I'm goin'...

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Slow week...

Crap, its been a slow week, blogging-wise. I hadn't finished a book last week, so I didn't post a review. And again this week, I just haven't gotten there yet!  I don't know why.  I have a wealth of great books available to me via my ipad and library...I just have not been able to get "into"...

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Tuesday Tunes - 11/6/12

A great lyric is like a great book... When I Was A Boy  Dar William, Artist & Writer   I won't forget when Peter Pan came to my house, took my hand I said I was a boy; I'm glad he didn't check. I learned to fly, I learned to fight I lived a whole life in one night We saved...

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