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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Blog Tour: Section 132 - Zeiner

SYNOPSIS:
Lillian is only 13 when her parents marry her to a middle-aged Bishop of a fundamentalist sect who practices polygamy. She is forced to live with her new husband’s many wives and children on his compound tucked away in the Canadian wilderness. The hardships of poverty and isolation...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Ninety Days - Clegg

Bill Clegg's Ninety Days, a follow up to his memoir Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, is a voyeur's peek into the life of a newly recovering addict.
Having recently completed a stint in rehab, Clegg is faced with returning to "normal" life, or the life he lived before drug abuse. Clegg is...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
50 Shades of Hilarious!
With all the hype around the net regarding 50 Shades of Grey, I just haven't found the interest in reading it.
Not that I have anything against erotica...I've just heard that it's not written very well. I mean, if you're going to read something like that, it better at least be GOOD, right?!
Anyway, I saw this over at Under My Apple Tree and found it utterly hilarious! Take a peek:
I...
Monday, July 09, 2012
Sunday Salon - 07/08/12

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Outside my window: Another lovely summer day, nice breeze...sucks being stuck indoors!
I am listening to: The radio and the a/c unit.
I
am reading: I Got This by Jennifer Hudson, a good, easy read so far.
I
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Tuesday, July 03, 2012
June 2012 ReCap...

Source: http://www.chaoticcompendiums.com/
June 2012 Update
June seemed to be a better month reading wise. I feel like I read books that were easier to get through. I still have a long way to go to meet my Challenges, but if I can keep this up I may just get there!
This month I read:
Total...
Teaser Tuesday - 07/03/12

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...
Trauma: My Life in the ER - Cole

I tend to enjoy memoirs about things that I could never do myself, particularly medical memoirs. I am enthralled by the medicine, but could not ever imagine putting in the years of study and work required to become a doctor. Trauma: My Life as an Emergency Surgeon by James Cole is exactly that, a...
What Teachers Make - Mali

At a dinner party one night, Taylor Mali was asked what he "makes" as a teacher. His response was a wonderful poem, which he eventually turned into a performance piece that went viral. He was even asked to perform it at various notable events.
Now,
it should be pointed out that I had never heard...
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