Review: Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir
Recommended for: people who enjoy memoirs, readers interested in the psychological impact of WWII Teaser quote: For decades, readers have wondered what Anne Frank might have become, had she lived. My mother’s coming-of-age story may provide some indirect insight, and shed light on the long-term impact of the Holocaust, and other tragedies, on the children involved. (pg. 3) My rating: 3.5 /5 My thoughts: I think it’s important to start this off with WHY I chose this book. After the birth of my 1st son, I thought it would be nice to start a family tree. I realized that I didn’t know very much about my mom’s side of the family. My maternal Grandma passed away in the early 80’s leaving my Grandpa as my only known relative. My maternal grandparents, although not … Read entire article »
My First Award!
Today is a good day! I have received my first blog award, thanks to Sarbear over atMy Life is an Effing Fairytale. This award was started by Bookin With BINGO and here are the rules:This “B-I-N-G-O” BEAUTIFUL BLOG AWARD means that this blog is…B: BeautifulI: InformativeN: NeighborlyG: GorgeousO: Outstanding My nominations are as follows (and, might I add, no daubers are necessary here!): Beautiful: Park Avenue Princess for having a blog fit for a queen. Informative: Wordsmithonia for informative and fun blogs (and for being way better at Balderdash, I bow to your genius, lol.) Neighborly: Litandlife for stopping by my blog and making me feel at home Gorgeous: Life or something like it has a background with gorgeous scenery. I would love to find a place like that, where I could sit with my book … Read entire article »
Mailbox Monday
Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. My goodies this week (Now to find the time to read them all!!!) : Canadian cover VS US coverI like the US much better!! What do you think??? Going to be a huge hit! Love the Bones T.V. show, 1st time reading Kathy Reichs can’t wait to read this one! What books did you get? … Read entire article »
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Review: Demons of the Past by Erin Durante
I posted an excerpt to this book last week, which you can link to here: Demons of the Past. I received a copy of the second book in this series, Stones of Time, from a contest at Goodreads. I hadn’t had a chance to start reading it yet when I received this book, the first of the Damewood trilogy, in the mail the following week. I wasn’t expecting it, so it was a pleasant surprise, especially because I’m the type of person that likes to read an entire series, in order, when possible. As I read the premise of the book, though, I wasn’t sure it was something that I would enjoy, but I decided to give it try. Princess Nadia is used to court life, castles, princes, the whole bit plus … Read entire article »
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The Friday 56
I found this meme over at The Book Resort (originating fromStorytime with Tonya and Friends) Rules:1- Grab the book nearest you. Right now.2- Turn to page 56.3- Find the fifth sentence.4- Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.5-Post a link along with your post back to this blog.6- Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.“Driving west on the Eisenhower, I let my thoughts wander.Where had Laszlo Tot gone his last hours on earth? What had he done? Had he invited death by some act of stupidity?” 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs Let me just add here: TGIF! Have a … Read entire article »
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Another award!!!
Being a recipient of this award affirms that this blog invests and believes in the Proximity – nearness in space, time and relationships.This blog receives this great award as a further way to re iterate that it is exceedingly charming, and aims to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Thanks to Lisa over at Book Blab for once again thinking of me. She is my BBFF (Best Blog Friend Forever)! I didn’t start blogging so I could talk to myself so this award means a lot to me. …and passing this along to Deb over at Bookmagic and Teddyree over at The … Read entire article »
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Word Verification Balderdash
A fun & exciting weekly meme over at Sheila’s blog http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/ All you need to do is write down a few of those crazy word verifications when you post and make up your own definition. I forgot to write them down!!!! My word I remember from this week: egape – what happens when someone online drives you crazy…you go egape! … Read entire article »
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Word Verification Balderdash, week 3
Here’s a weekly meme, originated by Sheila at One Persons Journey through a world of booksTake all those word verifications you get when posting comments on other blogs and make up definitions for them. Here are mine for the past week: vaket – a valet at 5 star hotels whose sole purpose is the carrying of guests’ kites cacents – a cascading or fading accent, like when someone pretends they are from another country but you notice changes in their voice, the more they speak; particularly used by bar hopping girls with assumed identities to ward off unwanted attention faramp- 1-the ramp on the far side of the highway, 2- when the amplifier on the teenage kid next door’s new stereo gets cranked too far that you can’t hear yourself … Read entire article »
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Giveaway!!
While you’re browsing around on the blogs, head on over to He Followed Me Home. There’s a giveaway happening for a copy of Bend Toward the Sun by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie. Good Luck, all!! … Read entire article »
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Thoughtful Thursdays
Here’s a meme hosted by He Followed Me Home that talks about how books transform our own lives into something different as we read them. When I was younger (and very shy) books were how I dealt with life; I didn’t have to deal with real people if my head was in a book. Now, that I’m older and better equipped to deal with the big, bad world, I use books to take me away to a different time/place when actual travel or change of circumstance isn’t possible. It’s a freedom from the mundane experience of every day life. This week I’m a princess in a feudal society of the future. The world had become so technologically advanced and overrun with demons that a third world war changed everything, causing the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Demons of the Past, Thoughtful Thursday
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