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08 Oct

Weekend Book Buzz – 7/8 October 2017

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz! It’s been another busy week of spring school holidays here, and there’s even more busyness in the bookish world! Plenty to keep us reading. 🙂
07 Oct

The Case of the Clobbered Cad (Debra E. Marvin) – Review + Giveaway

~ About the Book ~ Inspired by the famous Girl Detective, the members of the Olentangy Heights Girls’ Detective Society, affectionately known as the Nosy Parkers, spent their formative years studying criminology, codes, and capers. Unfortunately, opportunities to put their unique skills

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07 Oct

All This Time (Melissa Tagg) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Bear McKinley’s past refuses to let go. Ten years ago, Bear gave up everything—his freedom and his reputation—for his mess of a family. But after years of distance and too many attempts at starting over, he finally has a new life doing noble work in Brazil . . . until his

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06 Oct

First Line Fridays – 6 October 2017 – Where We Belong (Lynn Austin)

Welcome to the first week of First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books! More about that at the end. First, I’ve just started on Lynn Austin’s new release, Where We Belong, so I’m looking forward to a good read this weekend!
05 Oct

Written in the Dust (Christina Coryell) – Review

~ About the Book ~ There are two basic types of people you’ll come across in small towns. Planters have the land in their blood and want to stay forever. Dreamers long for the day they will finally escape. Holly Christian? Definitely a planter. She’s never considered leaving for greener

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04 Oct

Word Nerd Wednesday – Cacoethes

Wednesday is here again, Word Nerds! It’s been several weeks since we’ve played What Do You Think It Means, so I thought it must be about time for another round this week. And the word I have for you today is cacoethes (kak-oh-EE-theez). So, here are your definition choices: A)  An

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03 Oct

Top Ten Tuesday – Book Boyfriends

Well! This is quite possibly the most difficult Top Ten Tuesday post I have ever had to put together, because the topic for this week from the girls at The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Book Boyfriends. Now, I’m a happily married, strictly monogamous woman, but I’m sure you can

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02 Oct

The Pretender: A Blackguard in Disguise (Ta'Mara Hanscom) – Review + Giveaway

~ About the Book ~ Set in South Dakota in 1975, where eighteen-year-olds could order 3.2 beer in a bar, and loaded guns were kept under the counter. Frankie Valli sang “My Eyes Adored You,” and American soldiers returning from Vietnam struggled with their new reality. It’s within this

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