Booking Through Thursday: Being A Reader

Hosted by Booking Through Thursday. I was talking to a co-worker the other day about a book I’d read recently, and realized how very, very few people I can do that with. In my daily life, it seems like almost no-one reads anything more than a newspaper or a fashion magazine. I only have one person I can truly chat about books with … and...

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Book Review: Suicide Notes; By Michael Thomas Ford

What can I say about this book. It was daunting. The depth the main character brought you under his skin, his thoughts. to sum it up. it was triggering, if you have a cutting problem, do NOT read this book. But it is also kind of hilarious.....yet in the same time heartbreaking to read. It isn't as depressing as it...

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Booking Through Thursday: Blackout

Hosted by Booking Through Thursday. 1. How do storms affect your reading? Do you go for comfort reading? To answer that question, since everything electronic and computers shut down, I ended up picking up a book, and just curl up with a warm blanket and read when a storm rages on. 2. How do you deal with power outages? Do you...

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Book Review: The Maze of Bones (The 39th Clues 1); By Rick Riordan

I had my eye on this book for a long while now. I heard about the contest but that really didn’t tempt me (since it’s not applicable for me to join either). I broke down one day, when a friend offered me the book to read as he told me, it would be popular amongst my middle grade students. As method goes, I usually take a dash of spice and...

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Book Review: The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus 3) By Rick Riordan

Oh the Agony!!! The agony!! AGONY! Oh come on! Cliffhanger?! Why cliffhanger?? I have to wait another whole year to read what’s happening next? AHHHHH!!! I have had lingered my way through this book so I reach to the end slowly. But my urge to read through it overcame all that. I have finished reading this book for a while not...

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In My Mailbox Monday, Stacking the Shelves (30 October – 5th November 2012)

In My Mailbox hosted by The Story Siren.  Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. The Front; by Mandasue Heller When four old school friends decide to make some easy money, they pick the wrong target. Robbing a small supermarket on a Manchester estate looks easy—but with one of them wounded and a dead...

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