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April 25, 2011 reading

Faith ‘n’ Fiction Book Talk: What Good is God?, by Philip Yancey

What Good Is God?: In Search of a Faith That Matters Philip Yancey Hachette/FaithWords (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0446559857 / 9780446559850) Nonfiction (Religion/Christianity), 304 pages Source: Purchased e-book (Kindle format: ASIN B003YFIVGI) Reason for Reading: April 2011 Faith ‘n’ Fiction Roundtable discussion Opening Lines (from the Prologue): “In late November 2008, my wife and I were completing a tour of India sponsored by my publisher. I had spoken on themes from my books in five cities, […]

April 14, 2011 reading

Book Talk: The Wilder Life, by Wendy McClure

The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie Wendy McClure Riverhead Hardcover (2011) (ISBN 1594487804 / 9781594487804) Nonfiction (memoir/literature), 352 pages Source: ARC from publisher (pub date 4/14/11) Reason for reading: Review copy; 24-Hour Readathon, Spring 2011 Opening Lines: “I was born in 1867 in a log cabin in Wisconsin and maybe you were, too. We lived with our family in the Big Woods, and then we all […]

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.” […]

February 16, 2011 reading

Book Talk: At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson

At Home: A Short History of Private Life Bill Bryson Doubleday (2010), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover (ISBN 0767919386 / 9780767919388) Nonfiction (reference/domestic life), 512 pages Source: purchased (e-book for Amazon Kindle: ASIN: B003F3FJGY) Reason for reading: Independent Literary Awards non-fiction short list Opening Lines: “In the autumn of 1850, in Hyde Park in London, there arose a most extraordinary structure: a giant iron-and-glass greenhouse covering nineteen acres of ground and containing within its airy vastness […]

February 10, 2011 reading

Book Talk: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot Crown (2010), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover (ISBN 1400052173 / 9781400052172) Nonfiction (science/history), 384 pages Source: personal copy (gift) Reason for reading: Independent Literary Awards Non-Fiction short list (runner-up) Opening Lines: “There’s a photo on my wall of a woman I’ve never met, its left corner torn and patched together with tape. She looks straight into the camera and smiles, hands on hips, dress suit neatly pressed, lips […]

February 9, 2011 reading

Book Talk: The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson Random House (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0679444327 / 9780679444329) Nonfiction/History, 640 pages Source: purchased (e-book for Amazon Kindle: ASIN B003EY7JGM) Reason for reading: Independent Literary Awards Non-Fiction short list (WINNER) Opening Lines: “The night clouds were closing in on the salt licks east of the oxbow lakes along the folds in the earth beyond the Yalobusha River. The cotton was at last […]

January 19, 2011 reading

Book Talk: Let’s Take the Long Way Home, by Gail Caldwell

Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship Gail Caldwell Random House (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 1400067383 / 9781400067381) Nonfiction/memoir, 208 pages Source: purchased (e-book for Amazon Kindle: ASIN B003E8AIHU) Reason for reading: Independent Literary Awards non-fiction short list Opening Lines (Chapter 1): “I can still see her standing on the shore, a towel around her neck and a post-workout cigarette in her hand—half Gidget and half splendid splinter, her rower’s arms in defiant […]

January 3, 2011 reading

2010 in Review – Reading: final Bookkeeping, and Books of the Year!

As befits a book-blogging accountant, I’ll begin this look back at the year in reading with a little number-crunching: Total books read: 56 Fiction: 45 Adult: 33 YA: 12 Nonfiction: 11 Memoir: 8 History: 2 Other: 1 (music) Number of pages read: No idea, although I suppose I could do the math…but I’m really not all that interested in crunching this particular number at this point, so never mind! (Do you keep track of […]

December 13, 2010 reading

Book Talk: Sisterhood, Interrupted, by Deborah Siegel

Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone WildDeborah Siegel (blog)Palgrave Macmillan (2007), First Edition, Paperback (140398204X / 9781403982049)Nonfiction (history/gender studies), 240 pagesSource: Personal/purchased copyReason for reading: Topic of interest, blogging author Opening Lines (from the Introduction): “On February 15, 1969, the day I was born, the newly formed women’s liberation movement launched its national attack on domesticity. In New York City, members of the Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell – WITCH – stormed […]

December 9, 2010 reading

Book Talk: Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music, by Marisa Meltzer

Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music Marisa Meltzer Faber & Faber (2010), Edition: 1, Paperback (ISBN 0865479798 / 9780865479791) Nonfiction (music/women’s studies), 176 pages Source: personal/purchased copy Reason for reading: topic of interest; blogger recommendation (Viva la Feminista) Opening Lines (Chapter 1): “The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, is the kind of university that offers neither grades nor majors. Its central quad is called Red Square; its concrete-block, riot-proof buildings are nestled among […]

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 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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