TGIF at GReads (27 January 2012)

TGIF is hosted by Ginger at GReads! Question of the Week: Buy or Borrow: Where do your books that you read come from? The bookstore? The library? Do you prefer to own a book, or have it on loan? Putting the cards out, I am a high school librarian, so some of the books I read would be from the library itself. But that’s...

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Feature and Follow Friday

RULES To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:  (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee and Alison Can Read}  (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers  Put your Blog name and URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like...

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Teaser Tuesdays (24 January)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t...

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And the Dragon Year Begins

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NF Book Review: 100 Must-Read Life-Changing Books By Nicholas Rennison

rate } ♠♠♠♠ genre } non-fiction | booklist | reference release day } 25th September 2008 acquired } 22th January 2012 publisher } A&C Black format } paperback isbn } 9780713688726 pages } 148 pages source } borrowed age group } general interest } all ages awards } - Buy @ Amazon.com | Nolly...

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Still Durian Season

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Love is a Cycle

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It’s Durian season in Brunei!!!

And they come in all shape, sizes and color! ...

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Children Book Review: Garbage! Monster! Burp! By Tom Watson

rate } ♠♠♠♠♠ genre } fiction | picture book | children release day } 9th March 2011 acquired } 15th January 2012 publisher } Tom Watson format } e-book isbn } B004RCNVWG pages } e-book source } bought age group } children interest } all ages awards } - Buy @ Amazon.com | Nolly Book | D BookHaus...

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When She BBQ

We decided we have a BBQ today… Yummy! What we had was Crabs, Lambchops and Chicken wings! ...

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YA Book Review: The Lipstick Laws; By Amy Holder

rate } ♠♠♠♠♠ ♥ genre } fiction | young adult | chick lit | bully | high school release day } 4th April 2011 acquired } 02th January 2012 publisher } Houghton Mifflin Harcourt format } paperback isbn } 9780547363066 pages } 240 pg. source } bought age group } PG 13+ interest } pg 13 + all ages awards...

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BTT: Interview Part 2: 12/1/2012

  Hosted by Booking Through Thursday. 1. What’s your favorite time of day to read? At night, just before bed every night and early in the morning if it’s off day from work. 2. Do you read during breakfast? (Assuming you eat breakfast.) Yes. Read a few lines from the Quran for my day. 3. What’s your favorite breakfast...

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Teaser Tuedays (10 January 2012)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t...

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New York Times (NYT) Most Notable 2011

Read more about each book (including links to NYT reviews) on this page. FICTION AND POETRY 01. THE ANGEL ESMERALDA: Nine Stories.By Don DeLillo. 02. THE ART OF FIELDING. By Chad Harbach. 03. THE BARBARIAN NURSERIES. By Héctor Tobar. 04. BIG QUESTIONS. Or, Asomatognosia: Whose Hand Is It Anyway? Written and illustrated by Anders Brekhus Nilsen. 05. THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC. By Julie Otsuka. ...

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Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2011

The Publisher's Weekly Interactive Guide to the best books of 2011 can be found here. PW's Top Ten Books of 2011 The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock State of Wonder by Ann Patchett After the Apocalypse by Maureen McHugh Bossypants by Tina Fey Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie There but for the by Ali Smith Hemingway's Boat by Paul Hendrickson...

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2012 Fairy Tales Challenge

  January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012 Hosted by Tif Talks Books I am so excited to announce that the Fairy Tale Challenge is returning for 2012!  For all those who love fairy tales, both in writing and on the screen, this is your opportunity to share your love with other fans.  Just as last year, we will have four different...

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2012 Dewey Decimal Challenge

  January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012 Hosted by The Introverted Reader The Challenge:  Read any non-fiction book(s), adult or young adult. That's it. You can choose anything. Poetry? Yes. Memoirs? Yes. History? Yes. Travel? Yes. You get the idea? Absolutely anything that is classified as non-fiction counts for this challenge....

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2012 The Doctor Reading Challenge

Rules *challenge runs 1 January to 31 December 2012 - any books must be read in the 2012 calendar year to count *any format is allowed *cross-overs between challenges allowed *link your post/reviews from your blog, goodreads, shelfari, librarything or the comments section (no blog necessary!) *no list is needed beforehand...

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Teaser Tuesdays; (Jan 3)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too...

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Review Policies & Requests

  First and foremost, book blogging is a hobby that I have enjoyed for years now and I honestly love it. Nevertheless, I am not a full time professional book reviewer (well.. not yet). What you can expect from my blog. ♠ Honest reviews. I reserve all rights to be true to my opinions of any books I be reading. Though, I...

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