August 2010

August 2010 Summation

August 31, 2010

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in August. Books Read – August 2010 Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert – 8/7/2010 Finny, by Justin Kramon – 8/10/2010 Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins – 8/25/2010 August Total = 3 Year-to-Date Total = 20 I recovered a bit in my reading this month. Still not stellar, [...]

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Readers Uncovered

August 30, 2010

Readers Uncovered is a biweekly feature, featuring readers and their answers to tough reading questions. WHAT IS YOUR MOST RELIABLE SOURCE OF BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS, AND HOW DID IT EARN THAT STATUS? Social media, no question. Book blogs, Twitter, even interactive newsletters from my library. One of the great things about using a variety of social [...]

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The Sunday Salon (4)

August 29, 2010

Happy Sunday, everybody! This has been a busy couple of weeks for me. Here’s a run down on my doings. I recently started a new feature called Readers Uncovered in which readers share their thoughts on reading related questions. It will appear biweekly (or is it bimonthly?) – the second and fourth Monday of each [...]

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Bleak House Readalong – Week 1

August 26, 2010

How are you all doing on Bleak House? I admit that I’m a little behind the group. According to the schedule, I should be through Chapter 7 and working on Chapters 8-13. But, I confess, Mockingjay threw that all off. (It was worth it, though.) Anyway, I’m on page 53 of my Barnes & Noble [...]

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Literature 101: Setting

August 25, 2010

Literature 101 is a ten-part course based on 10 Literary Concepts Every Reader Should Know. WEEK 3: SETTING Setting is, essentially, the context in which a story occurs, including the time, the place, and the social environment. DISCUSSION Setting, it appears, is a pretty simple concept. So why is it one of the key literary [...]

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Finny, by Justin Kramon

August 19, 2010

Title: Finny Author: Justin Kramon Pages: 366 Originally Published: 2010 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Random House Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Justin Kramon’s TLC blog tour for his debut novel, Finny. We first meet Finny as a pert 14-year-old who feels misunderstood by her peacemaker mother, pompous father, and people-pleaser brother, Sylvan. [...]

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Readers Uncovered

August 16, 2010

Readers Uncovered is a biweekly feature, featuring readers and their answers to tough reading questions. IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ONE, AND ONLY ONE, BOOK THAT WOULD BEST REPRESENT YOU AS A READER, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY? Before reading my answer, stop to consider what single book you would choose for yourself. It’s like [...]

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The Sunday Salon (3)

August 15, 2010

Happy Sunday, everyone! I only have time to post a few things today. And unfortunately, posting will be semi-light this week, because I have to go out of town to a funeral. But here are the reading highlights from my week. I finished FINNY on Tuesday. My review will appear this Thursday on the TLC [...]

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