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You Are “Not Alone”: A Review and a Story
It is incredibly difficult to read about depression. It is even harder to write about it. Depression is like an evil mist, infecting your mind, surrounding your body telling you that you are all...
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BlogHer Book Club: The Lake of Dreams Review
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. That’s pretty much how I felt about Kim Edward’s (the author of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter) latest, The Lake of Dreams. I had very good intentions...
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BlogHer Book Club Review: The Weird Sisters
Of the four books I’ve read for BlogHer’s Book Club, Eleanor Brown’s The Weird Sisters is my absolute favorite. (You can read all my book club reviews here.) From the first few pages, I was captivated...
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BlogHer Book Club Book Review: The First Husband by Laura Dave
In The First Husband by Laura Dave, Annie Adams finds herself alone and adrift when her long time boyfriend dumps her for another woman. They were supposed to be moving to London so he could shoot a...
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BlogHer Book Club Review: My Life Map
When I first got the email from the BlogHer Book Club advertising My Life Map: A Journal to Help You Shape Your Future by Kate and David Marshall, I was immediately intrigued. I enjoy setting goals...
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TBR Challenge 2013: We Love Short Shorts!
In hopes of tackling all the books that are either on my to-be-read (TBR) list or piled percariously on my shelves, I’m joining Wendy the Super Librarian’s TBR Challenge this year. This month’s theme...
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“Intellectual Foreplay”
While browsing the shelves at my public library, I came across this very interesting book. I had been poking around the relationship section looking for something fun and/or helpful to read. I had...
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TBR Challenge 2013: New-To-You Authors
This month’s “assignment” was to read a new-to-me author. I’ve had A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant on my TBR list since before it was published (after rave ARC reviews) and I grabbed a print copy the...
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TBR Challenge: More Than One – A Lady By Midnight by Tessa Dare
There are a couple of authors that are auto-buys for me – Nora Roberts, Julia Quinn, JR Ward (only The Black Dagger Brotherhood series), J.D. Robb, Loretta Chase, and Tessa Dare. It doesn’t matter...
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TBR Challenge: Lovely RITA – Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
This month’s theme for the TBR Challenge is Lovely RITA, meaning read books in your pile that have won or been nominated for the prestigious award. The RITAs are the awards given out by the Romance...
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TBR Challenge: Classic Romance – Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught
There are few books in romancelandia that stir up controversy like Judith McNaught’s Whitney, My Love. Some people love it, others loath it, and some are “meh” about it. First published in 1985, it...
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Proactiv Review: My Adult Acne Experiences
As a teen I never suffered from the usual hormonal acne problems. Oh sure, I had the occasional pimple that I was sure everyone was looking at, but I never had major breakouts. I took decent care of...
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TBR Challenge: Steamy Reads – Entwined with You by Sylvia Day
I had intended to read something from my TBR shelf for this month, but then my library request for Entwined with You by Sylvia Day was filled so I decided to read this book instead of something else....
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TBR Challenge: The One Where I Was Supposed to Read a Western
This month’s TBR Challenge assignment was westerns. I have never been a big western reader, but after reading a review for Rosanne Bittner’s Wildest Dreams , I thought I might enjoy it so I requested...
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TBR Challenge: Scary Reads – Out of Control by Suzanne Brockman
This month’s TBR Challenge is “scary reads” – paranormal or suspense – perfect for October, right? I’m not big on reading (or watching or doing) anything that’s going to keep me up at night. I don’t...
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TBR Challenge: Holiday Reads – Season For Temptation by Theresa Romain
I was pretty excited when I realized that I had an actual holiday story on my TBR shelf. Y’all know I like to stick to the themes, so obviously I was thrilled that I didn’t have to go track something...
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Awesome Things That Happen On Twitter
I have long professed my love for Twitter. I feel like I can be myself more than I can on Facebook and most of the people I follow are awesome and not sharing long ranting posts full of song lyrics or...
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TBR Challenge: Short Shorts – The Witching Hour and Winter Rose by Nora Roberts
It’s that time again! Time for the 2014 TBR (to-be-read) Challenge! January is all about short books – short stories, novellas, category romances, and the like. Last year I read a novella that had...
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TBR Challenge – Recommended Reads: A Night of Scandal by Sarah Morgan
(I’m back! Well, sort of. Let’s see how long I can stick with it. ) This month’s TBR Challenge was “recommended reads”. I collect a lot of recommendations from friends and librarian colleagues, but I...
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