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Title: The Violets of March Author: Sarah Jio Genre/Pages: Fiction/304 Publisher: Plume Release Date: April 26, 2011 Rating: 3.5 bookmarks Source: Author via the publisher Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis: Set on the enchanting island of Bainbridge in the Puget Sound up in the Pacific Northwest, Sarah Jio’s debut novel weaves together two stories about love, loss, [...]
Last week, I solicited advice from other book bloggers on writing a successful book blog. This topic isn’t a new one–I’ll include other bloggers’ related links in this series–but I was contacted directly for advice on starting a book blog and belatedly asked around to make sure I didn’t miss anything. (For the follow-up to [...]
Last week, I received a friendly email from someone looking for advice on starting her own book blog. She wanted to know some general things about blogging, Blogger, the book blogging community, and also had more specific questions. I sat down and typed a response to her, knowing full well that I’m not the Book [...]
Title: On Maggie’s Watch Author: Ann Wertz Garvin Genre/Pages: Fiction/304 Publisher: November 2, 2010; Berkley Books Rating: 2.5 Bookmarks Source: Publisher Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis: When a very pregnant Maggie Finley returns to her Wisconsin hometown from the big city, the safe haven she and her husband are seeking proves elusive as they learn their neighbors [...]
Title: The Girls from Ames Author: Jeffrey Zaslow Genre/Pages: nonfiction/320 Publication: Gotham; April 21, 2009 Rating: 3 Bookmarks Source: Gotham Books “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” – Anais Nin Nat’s 1-sentence synopsis: [...]
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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