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I donned my tour guide cap today and escorted my cousins and aunt into the city for a bit of holiday cheer. We did the requisite visits to Times Square, the TREE, St. Patrick’s, FAO Schwartz, and all of the store windows along 5th Avenue. Believe me when I say we were not alone. At [...]
I’ve secured my place on Book Blogging’s Naughty List with my dearth of posts and reviews. I’ve been baking with my sister, shopping, and READING! It’s been glorious. In between all of those wonderful things, I’ve been thinking about my blogging friends and want to wish everyone a very happy holiday and wonderful 2012!
Title: Little Gale Gumbo Author: Erika Marks Genre/Pages: Fiction/400 Publisher: NAL Accent Release Date: October 4, 2011 Rating: 3.5 Bookmarks Source: Publisher (unsolicited) Natalie’s 1-Sentence Synopsis: Spanning more than 40 years, Little Gale Gumbo tells the story of New Orleanian Camille Bergeron as she uproots her two young daughters and moves to a tiny island in Maine to escape an abusive [...]
Sporadic Mailbox Monday participant that I am, this week’s haul is really two weeks’ worth of books from a variety of sources. I love stocking up on good reads as the weather gets colder; the stocking up part is complete, now I’m just waiting for the cold weather. I’ll take it from the top of [...]
I’ve always aspired to be one of those effortlessly creative people with an eye for design and color. Sadly, those things just don’t come easily to me; choosing paint colors for the walls in my house was a spectacular trial-and-error affair. Believe me when I tell you Benjamin Moore’s Incense Stick is too dark for [...]
Welcome aboard, I'm Natalie! I'm 37, married to a dream boat, and live in New Jersey. It's all about books here! I read, recommend, review, and revel in them. Have a book you'd like me to review? Visit my Review Policy for details. Want to drop me a line? February 9, 2012
The Girl with the Crooked Nose
by Ted Botha
courtesy of Penguin Publishers
February 25, 2012
The Book Club Cookbook
by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp
courtesy of Tarcher Publishers (Penguin USA)
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