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What’s On Your Nightstand, August 27 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
It’s the back to school edition! Even if you don’t live by the school calendar because you have kids too old or too young for the back-to-school season, or you don’t have kids and don’t teach yourself...
Rufus Goes to School #giveaway 27 Aug 2013 | 12:07 am
This week’s book giveaway on 5 Minutes for Mom is doing double duty and is also featured in their ongoing Back to School Giveaway Event 2013 , which is a HUGE set of giveaways and worth checking out. ...
The Book of Jonas 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
The Book of Jonas tells the story of how one young teen’s life is torn apart by the reality of war, and how ever after he and one soldier in particular are affected by the events set in motion that on...
Using Books as Springboards by Kate Messner {On Reading} 25 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Editor’s note: We are happy to welcome picture book and children’s fiction author Kate Messner, who is contributing this guest post. Be sure to check out Nancy’s review and giveaway of Sea Monster and...
On the Come Up 25 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Anna Simpson was 15, pregnant, and living with her mother in a housing project in Far Rockaway, Queens, when she was cast in an independent film. On the Come Up is a riveting, at times harrowing, rea...
Pi in the Sky 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
I love Wendy Mass for her humorous and heartfelt and sometimes quirky characters that result in novels that have the whole package, in my mind. When I started Pi in the Sky, which focuses on Joss, the...
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic 24 Aug 2013 | 06:03 am
Nora Fischer’s life isn’t going well. Her dissertation is stalling, and her adviser is threatening that Nora needs to do better. Her long-term boyfriend broke up with her on the weekend she thought he...
Instructions for a Heatwave 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Instructions for a Heatwave is a novel by Maggie O’Farrell set in 1976 London during — believe this or not — a heatwave. That doesn’t have much to do with the novel, but it does lend itself to a cleve...
What Maisie Knew: Books on Screen 22 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Way back in 1897, prolific writer Henry James’ novel What Maisie Knew was published. Reading it 116 years later, I was surprised that the story fit into that time period, and my images of an “old-fash...
This Is Paradise, a 5-Star Read 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Hawaii is paradise. It’s the ideal place – relaxation, sun, waves, warm water, tropical plants, and more. That’s the general vision of it, but it’s only the tourist’s view. This Is Paradise by Kris...
