Title: It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me Author:Ariel Leve Genre/Pages: Memoir/304 Publication: Harper Perennial; April 13, 2010 Rating: 4 Bookmarks Source: Review copy courtesy of publisher Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis:Vignettes of spare prose told in a morose tone, Ariel Leve convinces readers that she’s virtually friendless, assuredly neurotic–a hypochondriac–and resigned to lifetime of small [...]
Review and Giveaway: The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin
April 27, 2010 By
Title: The Queen of Palmyra Author: Minrose Gwin Genre/Pages: Fiction/416 Publication: Harper Perennial; April 27, 2010 Rating: 4 Bookmarks Source: Review copy courtesy of Harper Perennial Nat’s 1-Sentence Synopsis: Set in 1963 deep in the heart of the South, The Queen of Palmyra is the story of a young girl who bears witness to segregation, [...]
Reorganizing My Reviews
April 7, 2010 By
In another inspired round of organization, I spent a few hours working on some new search options for my book reviews. Until now, my book reviews were organized by review date, an extremely limiting way to order them. I started thinking about other ways to categorize my reviews. Maybe visitors would be interested in seeing [...]
Review: Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs
November 3, 2009 By
Title: Knit the Season Author: Kate Jacobs Genre/Pages: Fiction (Series)/272 pages Publication: G.P. Putnam’s Sons; November 3, 2009 Book Source: Review copy courtesy of G.P. Putnam’s Sons Rating: 4 Bookmarks The third installment of The Friday Night Knitting Club, Knit the Season is a feel-good holiday book that celebrates friendships, family, new milestones, and unlimited possibilities for the future. [...]
Review: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
October 21, 2009 By
Title: A Walk in the Woods Author: Bill Bryson Genre/Pages: Nonfiction/274 Publication: Broadway Books (Crown Publishing: Random House); 1999 Rating: 4.5 BOOKMARKS A hilarious account of one middle-aged man’s attempt to get in shape and commune with nature by walking one of the oldest hiking trails in the United States. Bill Bryson and his childhood friend, [...]
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