Review: The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock Series: Dairy Queen, #2 Published: 2007, Graphia Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Format: Paperback, 277 pages  Source: Borrowed from library Contains spoilers for Dairy Queen (my review) Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble   I’d promised myself that I’d really work on talking more, talking about uncomfortable things, because I could...

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Top Ten Favorite Beginning Lines in Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the bloggers of The Broke and the Bookish. Once again, I altered the prompt slightly so I could just focus on some of my favorite literary beginnings (and I didn't want to spoil anyone by discussing book endings). I love a strong opening sentence, so here are some of my favorites. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.  —Pride and Prejudice by...

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Review: Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt

Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt Published: 2009, namelos (Originally 2006) Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Format: ebook   Source: Personal purchase Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble Each man, when he dies, sees the landscape of his own soul. If ever a book deserves to be reviewed entirely by snippets of itself, it would be Martine Leavitt's Keturah and Lord Death. While...

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Waiting on The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights any upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst Publication Date: October 29, 2013 Lost your way? Your dreams?  Yourself? Welcome to Lost. It was supposed to be a small escape. A few hours driving before turning around and heading home....

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Top Ten Aspects of a Book That Make Me NOT Want to Pick It Up

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the bloggers of The Broke and the Bookish. I altered this prompt slightly to be: Top Ten Aspects of a Book That Make Me NOT Want to Pick It Up. This is basically a companion post to a previous Top Ten Tuesday where I listed my Top Ten Aspects of a Book That Make Me Want to Pick It Up.I believe this calls for a certain type...

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Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Published: 1994, Public Domain Books (Originally 1890) Genre: Classic Source: Personal ebook Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.  First...

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