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November 22, 2011 reading

Book Talk: The Heroine’s Bookshelf, by Erin Blakemore (TLC Book Tour)

The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder Erin Blakemore (Facebook) (Twitter) (Blog) Harper (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 006195876X / 9780061958762) Nonfiction/literary criticism/biography, 224 pages Source: personal copy Reason for reading: Participation in TLC Book Tour to support the paperback release* Opening lines (from the Introduction): “In times of struggle, there are as many reasons not to read as there are to breathe. Don’t you have better things to do? Reading, let alone […]

October 11, 2011 reading

Book Talk: Fathermucker, by Greg Olear (TLC Book Tour)

Fathermucker: A Novel Greg Olear (Facebook) (Twitter) (tie-in blog) Harper Paperbacks (2011), Edition: Original, Paperback (ISBN 0062059718 / 9780062059710) Fiction, 320 pages Source: Publisher provided Reason for Reading: TLC Book Tour Opening lines: “Fatherhood is fear. Fatherhood is disappointment. Fatherhood is anger and envy and lust. And the surest guarantee of fatherly success is a Spock-like mastery of those base emotions. Mister Spock, not Doctor. “Good fathers conquer fear. They become One with their phobias. Like […]

August 23, 2011 reading

Book Talk: By Nightfall, by MIchael Cunningham

By Nightfall: A Novel Michael Cunningham (Facebook) Picador, 2011; Trade Paperback (ISBN 0312610432 / 9780312610432) Fiction, 256 pages Source: Hardcover, provided by publisher Reason for Reading: Review and BOOK CLUB discussion hosted at Linus’s Blanket today Opening Lines: “The Mistake is coming to stay for a while. “‘Are you mad about Mizzy?’ Rebecca says. “‘Of course not,’ Peter answers.” Book description, via the publisher’s website:Peter and Rebecca Harris, midforties, are prosperous denizens of Manhattan. He’s […]

June 22, 2011 reading

Book Talk: Anthropology of an American Girl, by Hilary Thayer Hamann (TLC Book Tour)

Anthropology of an American Girl: A Novel Hilary Thayer Hamann (Facebook) (Twitter) Spiegel & Grau (2010), Edition: Revised, Hardcover (ISBN 9780385527149 / 0385527144) Fiction, 624 pages Source: Publisher, via TLC Book Tours in support of the paperback release Reason for Reading: blog tour, personal wishlist Opening lines: “Kate turned to check the darkening clouds and the white arc of her throat looked long like the neck of a preening swan. We pedaled past the mansions […]

June 13, 2011 reading

Book Talk: Nerd Do Well, by Simon Pegg

Nerd Do Well: A Small Boy’’s Journey to Becoming a Big Kid Simon Pegg (Twitter) Gotham (2011), Hardcover (ISBN 1592406815 / 9781592406814) Nonfiction/memoir (mostly), 368 pages Source: ARC from publisher, via TLC Book Tours Reason for reading: Blog tour, known writer (although not known for books), guilty-pleasure genre Opening lines: “It was never my intention to write an autobiography. The very notion made me queasy. You see them congesting the bookshop shelves at Christmas. Rows […]

May 11, 2011 reading

Book Talk: Faith, by Jennifer Haigh (TLC Book Tour)

Faith: A Novel Jennifer Haigh Harper (May 2011), Hardcover (ISBN 0060755806 / 9780060755805) Fiction, 304 pages Source: ARC from publisher, via TLC Book Tours Reason for reading: Blog tour, personal interest (known author) Opening lines*: “Here is a story my mother has never told me. “It is a day she’s relived a thousand times, the 21st of June, 1951, the longest day of that or any year. A day that still hasn’t ended, as some […]

April 6, 2011 reading

Book Talk: The Uncoupling, by Meg Wolitzer (TLC Book Tour)

The Uncoupling Meg Wolitzer Riverhead Hardcover (2011), Hardcover (ISBN 159448788X / 9781594487880) Fiction, 288 pages Source: Publisher, via TLC Book Tours Reason for reading: blog tour Opening Lines: “People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to feel like a meal eaten long ago, which you remember with great tenderness. The bright points of silver. The butter in its oblong dish. The corpse […]

February 24, 2011 reading

Book Talk: Devotion, by Dani Shapiro (TLC Book Tour)

Devotion: A Memoir Dani Shapiro Harper Perennial (2011), Trade Paperback (ISBN 0061628352 / 9780061628351) Nonfiction/memoir, 272 pages Source: publisher, for TLC Book Tours Reason for reading: blog tour, personal interest Opening Lines: “A woman named Sandra was cradling my head in her hands. We were in a small room – just the two of us – and it was so quiet I could hear the ticking of her watch. The air smelled faintly of eucalyptus.” […]

January 12, 2011 reading

Book Talk: The Lotus Eaters, by Tatjana Soli (TLC Book Tour)

The Lotus Eaters: A Novel Tatjana Soli St. Martin’s Press (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0312611579 / 9780312611576) Fiction (historical/20th century), 400 pages Source: Publisher, via TLC Book Tours Reason for reading: Blog tour Opening Lines: “The city teetered in a dream state. Helen walked down the deserted street. The quiet was eerie. Time running out. A long-handled barber’s razor, cradled in the nest of its strop, lay on the ground, the blade’s metal grabbing the sun. […]

November 24, 2010 reading

Book Talk: Unstoppable in Stilettos, by Lauren Ruotolo (TLC Book Tour)

Unstoppable in Stilettos: A Girl’s Guide to Living Tall in a Small World Lauren Ruotolo HCI (2010), Edition: 1, Paperback (ISBN 0757315143 / 9780757315145) Memoir/self-help, 200 pages Source: Publisher. via TLC Book Tours Reason for reading: Review/blog tour Opening Lines (Chapter 1): “Seventy-five steep white concrete steps separate me from my hotel room in Santorini, Greece. I know because I counted them. But the motivation to descend each step down the cliff, where my hotel […]

November 12, 2010 reading

Book Talk: Outside the Ordinary World, by Dori Ostermiller (TLC Book Tour)

Outside the Ordinary World Dori Ostermiller Mira (2010), Edition: Original Paperback (ISBN 0778328899 / 9780778328896) Fiction: 400 pages Source: Publisher, via TLC Book Tours Reason for reading: Blog tour/review Opening Lines: “I’m pacing circles in the family therapist’s waiting room, trying to discern what my daughter is saying on the other side of that door. Hannah hasn’t spoken to me in days, but she seems to have plenty to say to a stranger: I can […]

November 10, 2010 reading

Green Books Campaign: An Election For the Ages

This review is part of the Green Books Campaign.Today 200 bloggers take a stand to support books printed in an eco-friendly manner by simultaneously publishing reviews of 200 books printed on recycled or FSC-certified paper. By turning a spotlight on books printed using eco- friendly paper, we hope to raise the awareness of book buyers and encourage everyone to take the environment into consideration when purchasing books. The campaign is organized for the second time […]

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