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This sounds like a great book and seems like something you'll really enjoy! Have a fantastic reading week and if you get a chance, stop by: Monday Reading's at There's A Book
My Hollywood sounds promising. I hope you're enjoying reading it :)
My Hollywood sounds like an interesting book. The book you have posted on the left - Prospect Park West - also sounds interesting. Have you read it yet?
I'll have to check this one out. Hope you have a great week!
Natalie :0)
Best summer experience I have had so far is the year I turned 40. I traveled with a friend to Europe. Fontenot and Thibodeaux experiences Europe!!!! We spent 14 days soaking up the culture and sharing times we will never forget. That summer I also participated in a professional development experience in Denver. The PD helped me grow in my profession and I formed new friendships. The experiences I had that summer helped set in motion the path that has led me to the wonderful life I have today.
My best Summer Vacation was at Long Beach, North Carolina, when I was 16 or 17 years old. My parents took my best friend, Freida and I to a cabin owned by my daddy's best friend on the week of the fourth of July. Freida and I had the best time arriving at the beach and looking at the waves hitting against the sand, and the ocean beyond with the shrimp boats at a distance.
After a restful sleep, we would go with my mother to collect seashells early in the morning. We collected various, beautiful seashells, such as the Devil's Pocketbook and the Starfish shell. Then we had a tasteful breakfast of blueberry pancakes.
We swam in the ocean, sunbathed on the shore, and built sandcastles. Then after lunch, we walked to the pavilion and walked on the Yaupon Pier. Then we ate at the Seafood Restaurant. After walking back to the cabin, we sat on the porch and watched the beautiful sunset. we would read Nancy Drew books and gab until we fell asleep, listening to the peaceful waves.
We enjoyed being together, playing together, and looking at God's beautiful ocean.
My best summer was before I hit puberty but was old enough to ride my bike to the pool with my little sister. Since I was too young to work I got to fully enjoy each summer day with lots of swimming and trips to the Dairy Queen.
My favorite summer is the summer my husband I got married. Not only was it my first summer as a married woman, but it was the first summer that I got to travel to another country! We spent our honeymoon in Florence, Italy and it was a magical time.
When I was 11, my parents let me stay with my Grandpop at his farm in upstate Pennsylvania. I felt completely independent and grown up, and loved both that feeling and the wonderful time I had pretending to be independent and grown up.
Best summer was probably when I was 20 years old-my girlfriend and I packed our backpacks, bought a Train pass and airlines tickets to Paris-We backpacked around Europe for 4 weeks and then I headed to Malta for another 4 weeks before flying through Paris again on my way home. I had so much fun-seeing all the countries, trying new food, meeting other backpackers and discovering the art of Europe.
I do remember being 7 and going to Malta-we landed in Paris and had a layover in Nice-when I saw the Coast I said I would return one day. I was not disappointed when I did.
Do you have a link for BH. Literary Escape-I have misplaced my flyer and I want to mark it on my calender.
When I was 15 I had my first 'real' boyfriend & still remember the butterflies in my stomach whenever we were together!
Each summer seems the best to me, as I feel I'm reborn again each time the season begins. I'm a summer-baby, so I assume that's why I have such an affinity for it.
Summers from childhood were wonderful. Swimming at the pool so often that I had a lingering scent of chlorine about me all the time...eating nectarines so sweet the juice dripped down my chin...going from carnival to carnival and never once caring how many calories were in a funnel cake...
Summers from my teen years were full of romance and drama, with a delicious faux-boredom thrown in. How could we ever be bored with all the entertainment available to us? But it fit in with the angst of the age, being bored.
Summers as an adult take on a less exciting role, as I still work and rarely have time off. But there is still always the promise of hot wind in my face and hair as I drive home from work. Music turned up and a feeling of flying and freedom when the only responsibility I have is to get myself home.
All summers are wonderful. Each one is its own lifetime and stays that way, encapsulated forever.
I think my best summer was the one right before my wedding. There was so much excitement with the planning and all of the showers!
The book sounds great! I hope I win. My favorite summer was the year I graduated from High School and my parents sent me to England for a month to spend time with family there. I stayed with my grandfather and really got to know him. We went on road trips to visit other family and to see his mother's thatched cottage. Amazing memories that I will cherish forever. I
This looks like my kind of book! I'm adding it to my list...thanks. :)
Here's my teaser...
http://westietherapy.blogspot.com/2010/05/teaser-tuesday-if-books-could-...
Barbara- I had a great time meeting and chatting with you last week-Do you ever make it out to LA? You have some great books here-I cannot wait to add them to my list.
Ever since its first appearance on the literary scene Zusak’s 'The Book Thief' has been welcomed everywhere with open arms. And, indeed, it deserves all the accolades! The story of Liesel growing up in Nazi Germany and told by a unique narrator, Death, is very poignant. The tale is woven with the themes of love, fear, compassion, and courage. It takes courage for the Hubemanns to take in Max Vandenburg, a young Jewish man. Mortality is another theme in the novel. Death constantly confirms that it is alive. A little complicated, you think? Shmoop might help. I found an answer to all my questions there.
Wow super intriguing teaser! Thanks for visiting The Crowded Leaf.
Great teaser! That book sounds like it has a lot of potential. I like the cover, too, and the title. Thanks for stopping by Let Them Read Books today! Happy reading!
Great teaser! Here is my Teaser Tuesday!
This sounds like an interesting book.....great teaser. I really like the cover, too. I will have to check this one out. Thanks for visiting my TT!
Very intriguing teaser. What a great book title also...
My teaser this week is from ADDITION by Toni Jordan (chick lit): http://www.bookloverbookreviews.com/2010/05/teaser-tuesday_25.html
That first book sounds like a great one to have open and around.
CMS -- what a great answer! And I am glad I found your blog.
Here is my answer on Rose City Reader.
That sounds like such a wonderful story. Can't wait to read more about Carolina and Turri. Thanks for sharing your teaser!
Mine is at The Eager Readers.