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It’s memoir madness around here at Chez Book Line and Sinker. I’ve got a stack of 12 memoirs* on my nightstand–some read, some waiting to be read, and other waiting for reviews. I’m a huge memoir fan but haven’t ever read this many in a row. I’ll probably need a heavy dose of ‘beach reads’ [...]
Think back to when you were four years old and what do you remember? Can you recall large swaths of time, conversations, clothing, daily events, and all the other minutiae, or are your memories more like mine–snapshots of events, some colored by recollections of other family members? I turned four in 1978 and have a [...]
Participating in Mailbox Monday two weeks in a row is a new personal record! Thanks to Amy at Passages to the Past for hosting. I couldn’t wait to share these titles with my blogging buddies and get some feedback on them. Love to know if you’ve read, reviewed, or are interested in any of the [...]
While snowbound last week, I began cobbling together a spreadsheet of the books I want to read in 2011. Yep, I’m officially a nerd with a customized Excel spreadsheet to track my future reads. I have a wall calendar to keep track of reviews and now a spreadsheet to organize the books I plan to [...]
Title: Dead End Gene Pool Author: Wendy Burden Genre/Pages: Memoir/288 Publication: Gotham; April 1, 2010 Rating: 2.5 Bookmarks Source: Review copy courtesy of Gotham Books Nat’s Single Sentence Synopsis: Born into a family whose name is synonymous with wealth, Wendy Burden, great-great-great-great granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, pens a well-written memoir that strips away the facade, [...]
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? May 31, 2012
From the Outside Looking Indian
by Rupinder Gill
Courtesy of Berkley/NAL Penguin Group
June 12, 2012
Between You and Me
by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
courtesy of Engelman & Co.
July 3, 2012
The Next Best Thing
by Jennifer Weiner
courtesy of Engelman & Co.
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