R.I.P. Mama Bear...

As a Pennsylvania native, it was impossible to grow up without ever reading (at least some of) the Berenstain Bears series.  Written and illustrated by Pennsylvania natives Jan and Stan Berenstain, and in later years by son Michael, this series charmed pre-schoolers and young children for...

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Mailbox Monday #2 - 02/27/12

Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week and explore great book blogs. Mailbox Mondays has gone on tour since Marcia at A Girl and Her Books, formerly The Printed Page passed the torch. February's host is Kim of Metroreader. Another...

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Monday - 02/27/12

Sheila at Book Journey hosts this weekly event where we celebrate what we are reading for the week, as well as books completed the previous week. As is typical, I planned my "on deck" reads and then promptly put them aside when something else caught my eye. Perhaps I am too fickle, but...

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Booking Through Thursday - 02/23/12

http://btt2.wordpress.com/ What do you look for when reading a book blog? Does the blogger have to read the same genre? Do you like reviews? Personal posts? Memes? Giveaways? What attracts you to a book blog? And–what are your favorite book blogs? When I am deciding whether to follow a...

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A Stolen Life - Dugard

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Lee Dugard is the memoir of a little girl.  But, it is also a memoir of a grown woman. Jaycee was only eleven when Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy kidnapped her. One of the "lucky ones", rather than using and killing her, Jaycee became their captive.  For eighteen...

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Rolling Pennies in the Dark - MacKinnon

*This book was an advanced reading copy sent to me, free of charge, for my honest review and opinion.  All comments in this review are the honest opinion of the blogger. According to his new memoir, Rolling Pennies in the Dark: A Memoir with a Message*, Douglas MacKinnon grew up in inner-city...

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Teaser Tuesday - 02/21/12

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.   Anyone can play along! Just do the following: -Grab your current read -Open to a random page -Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that...

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Monday - 02/20/12

Sheila at Book Journey hosts this weekly event where we celebrate what we are reading for the week, as well as books completed the previous week. Currently Reading: Rolling Pennies in the Dark (Douglas MacKinnon) Just Finished: Voices of the Dead (Peter Leonard) On Deck: Triggered...

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Friday Faves - 2/17/12

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. Please join us...

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Blog Tour: Voices of the Dead - Leonard

*This book was an advanced reading copy sent to me, free of charge, for my honest review and opinion.  All comments in this review are the honest opinion of the blogger. TITLE: Voices of the Dead AUTHOR: Peter Leonard PUBLISHED BY: The Story Plant ISBN-10: 1611880327 ISBN-13: 978-1611880328...

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Valentine's Wins Again...

Valentines = 36* Me = 5* For the vast majority of my life, I have been alone on Valentine's Day.   Whether because I was single (as most 1-14 year olds are), because I was dating jerks (as many 15-35 year olds do), or because I was boycotting the whole "over-capitalized-too-much-hype-silly-card-store-holiday"...

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Awkward Family Photos - Bender/Chernack

AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com is a hilarious website that enables humor appreciating folks to post embarrassing photographs and stories for the benefit of others who, quite frankly, want a good laugh at the expense of others (because let's face it, they too have a pile of these embarrassing photos at...

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Out of the Blue - Henderson

Tillie Harris is alone when she goes into labor. She is unpacking her newly moved home and her husband is traveling. She doesn't even know her neighbors. She has no family close by, except for her estranged father. Tillie is terrified of losing her baby, so she calls him for help. So begins Out of...

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Monday Mailbox #1 - 02/13/12

Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week and explore great book blogs. Mailbox Mondays has gone on tour since Marcia at A Girl and Her Books, formerly The Printed Page passed the torch. February's host is Kim of Metroreader.   I...

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Monday - 02/13/12

Sheila at Book Journey hosts this weekly event where we celebrate what we are reading for the week, as well as books completed the previous week. Been so busy with the wedding this week, still working on this... Currently Reading: Voices of the Dead (Peter Leonard) Just Finished: A...

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Sunday Salon - 02/13/12

02/13/12 Well this week just totally got ahead of me!  I kept thinking, "Oh, I'm going to sit down and blog today..." and then a million other things caught my attention and no blogging got done. I guess I've got to just chock this one up to a "vacation week" and move forward!  Work and...

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Friday Faves - 02/03/12

  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. Please...

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January 2012 ReCap...

Courtesy of http://www.chaoticcompendiums.com/ January 2012 Update It was a not a great reading month for me.  Typically, between all my other activities and goings on, I can read minimum one book a week.  Some months are better and some are worse. But, on average, 50-60 books a year...

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Booking Through Thursday - 02/02/12

http://btt2.wordpress.com/ Have you ever read a random book left in a waiting room or on a park bench, etc., and did you like it? In college, I used to find myself at the local laundromat weekly. I have always considered laundry time relaxing and restful.  So, though I usually had classwork...

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Library Loot - 02/01/12

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course...

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