The Truth About Crusie Ships - Herring

A supposed finalist in the "Global eBook Awards", The Truth About Cruise Ships by Jay Herring is a behind-the-scenes look at cruise ships, their crew, and the reality of how cruises run. Herring, who signed on for several contracts with Carnival Cruise Lines, worked as the ships' IT manager...

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Tuesday Tunes - 1/28/14

A good lyric is like a great book... Jack and Diane John Cougar Mellencamp, Artist & Writer Little ditty 'bout Jack and Diane, two American kids growin' up in the Heartland. Jacky's gonna be a football star, Diane's debutante backseat of Jacky's car. Suckin' on a chili dog outside...

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Mondays - 01/27/14

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. A busy week already, Purely Vocals is taking part this week in the annual Hingham Cabaret... Starting with a full day of "tech" (noon until 11pm) yesterday, the week continues with  rehearsals or shows every night until Saturday....fun...

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UnReading

Deb at  Readerbuzz recently wrote about "unreading", which she defines as perusing a few pages or sometimes a chapter or two of books to decide if she really wants to keep going. Personally, once I open a book I feel guilty about stopping.  Do you ever feel that way?  I've have finally...

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Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy - Foxlee

*This book was received free of charge for review  from Netgalley for my honest review and opinion.  All comments in this review are the honest opinion of the blogger. Ophelia is a sad little girl. Her mother died three months, two weeks and seven days ago. Her older sister, Alice, is...

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Mondays - 1/20/14

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Now Reading:  Early Decision (Lacy Crawford)Moby Dick (Herman Melville) Just Finished:  Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy (Karen Foxlee) On Deck Oh so many... ...

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Sunday Salon - 1/19/14

If you are interested in other Salon posts, visit the Facebook page to get links.LifeHello bloggies!It was a calm and boring week here, which was kind of nice actually. The students are back and classes have begun, so it's typically busy. It will soon be time to start preparing for May's graduation!I'm...

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Coreyography - Feldman

Many women, and presumably some men, my age remember clearly "The Two Coreys". In many cases, Corey Feldman and Corey Haim were our first crushes. Their zanny, 1980's comedic "teen-flicks" are classics in our memories ("I don't need your BMW, I've got a Mercedes!"). But sadly, these once adorable,...

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Mondays - 1/13/14

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.   Now Reading:  Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy (Karen Foxlee) Moby Dick (Herman Melville) Just Finished:  The Truth About Cruise Ships (Jay Herring) On Deck: What do you think should be nex...

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Sunday Salon - 1/12/14

If you are interested in other Salon posts, visit the Facebook page to get links. Life Hello bloggies! So, the past week was my return to work after the holidays. That first full week back is always tough, but since the students still haven't returned it was at least fairly calm. I had...

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Five Days at Memorial - Fink

Though we can can never really know what occurred at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans in the days during, and following, Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Sheri Fink has presented as thorough a picture of the events of those five eventful days as possible in First Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a...

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Tueday Tunes - 1/7/14

A good lyric is like a great book... 11:59 It's January Scrawl, Artist   January came too soon Survived the holidays Without you But who are you You are anyone I wish I knew And tonight I wish I knew Everyone single one of you First day Champagne Old acquaintances are far apart Tonight...

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Mondays - 1/6/14

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Now Reading:The Truth About Cruise Ships (Jay Herring) Moby Dick (Herman Melville)   Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy (Karen Foxlee) Just Finished:  Coreyography (Corey Feldman) On Deck: So, so many! But this is...

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Bout of Books Read-a-thon - January 2014

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading...

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Sunday Salon - 1/5/14

If you are interested in other Salon posts, visit the Facebook page to get links. Life Hello bloggies and welcome 2014! I'm sad to see the holiday pass, but I'm... Well, I'm... Hmmm, I don't want to sound like a Negative Nelly here, but I'm not really excited yet about the new year....

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2013 End of Year Book Survey

Created by Jamie at The Perpetual Page-Turner 1. Best Book You Read In 2013? (If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want or 2013 release vs. backlist) Fiction: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller Non-Fiction: My Extraordinary Ordinary Life by Sissy Spacek YA:...

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