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Teaser Tuesday 3/9 The Beautiful Between

Teaser Tuesdays (Hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading) is here again.

The Beautiful Between by Alyssa B.

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Reading a Book You Hate?

My Friend Amy asked an interesting question a few days ago -- do you read books that you think you will hate? And, she was influenced by a post from Laura Miller.

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Brava, Valentine Giveaway Winners!

DrawingThanks so much for entering the Brava, Valentine giveaway!

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Brava, Valentine is Released and A Giveaway!

Well, Brava, Valentine has been released! yea! One great reading group pick for Adriana Trigiani, again!

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Teaser Tuesday 2/9 Daughters of the Witching Hill

Witching hillMy teaser today is from Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt (April 2010).

 

 

 

 

 

"We came into our powers, and they grew and grew till folk could not ignore the glimmer in Liza's wayward eyes, t

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Violence, Pain, Suffering -- Necessary in Meaningful Books?

SmileyquestionBooks speak the truth and truth can sometimes be awful, terrifying, violent. We, as readers, come to the "table" willingly to grow and learn in the painful truth of books. When does it get too much?

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Teaser Tuesday 1/26 Bloodroot

My teaser for Tuesday, January 26 comes from Bloodroot by Amy Greene. great reading group/book club pick!

I didn't say anything, but I hated the thought of Clint in a dead boy's clothes. I wondered which ones belonged to Louise's son.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

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World War II, Paris, and The Art World

picturesI love historical fiction. Sara Houghteling’s sweeping debut novel, Pictures at an Exhibition, draws on the real-life stories of France’s pre-eminent art-dealing familes and the forgotten biography of the only French woman to work as a double agent inside the Nazis’ looted art stronghold.

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