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The Champagne of Propane. The dinosaur. Der Wunder Wiener. The white Volkswagen Beetle perched atop an auto body shop. Fans of Megan McCafferty’s Jessica Darling series will recognize these landmarks as stops on Marcus Flutie’s Five Wonders of Pineville tour. This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the release of Sloppy Firsts, and we’re going [...]
I haven’t been accepting many books for review in the last few months because my schedule’s been pretty hectic, and the pressure of too many TBR books might very well send me over the edge! That said, I lifted my self-imposed review sanctions and managed to score an ARC of Bumped by Megan McCafferty from [...]
I recently grabbed a my well-read copy of Bill Bryson’s A Walk In the Woods because I was in serious need of a laugh. Bryson’s writing never fails to make me laugh; his turn of a phrase and sharp wit crack me up. My husband glanced over to see what I was laughing about and [...]
Thanks to everyone who entered to win the Jessica Darling series. As a last minute bonus, I was also able to give away two copies of the first book in the series–Sloppy Firsts–as 2nd and 3rd prizes! Random.com selected the following winners: Congratulations BOOKISH PATTY for winning the entire series! You’ll really enjoy these books. Congratulations are [...]
In 1981, Santa brought me a Hello Kitty diary; I was 7 and totally smitten with Hello Kitty (as evidenced by the infamous Hello Kitty Heist of ’81). This diary began my 25+ year love affair with writing longhand. Don’t get me wrong, we had a Commodore 128 and were hip to technology, but I loved to [...]
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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