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The Day the World Ends, by Ethan Coen

May 10, 2012

Title: The Day the World Ends Author: Ethan Coen Pages: 128 Originally Published: 2012 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (Random House) ____________________________ My brother, of Bitchin’ Film Reviews, is a movie blogger. So, when I had the opportunity to review the poetry collection of filmmaker Ethan Coen (of the Coen brothers), he agreed to do a [...]

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The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg

May 7, 2012

Title: The Power of Habit Author: Charles Duhigg Pages: 302 Originally Published: 2012 Format I Read: Adobe Digital Edition (via Netgalley) Publisher: Random House Rating: ____________________________ While I usually eschew books with any sheen of self-help about them, I could not resist the very title of The Power of Habit. Habits are something I am [...]

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TOON Books: The Shark King

April 21, 2012

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of TOON Books, a delightful line of comics/graphic novels for children. I’ve read and reviewed almost every book in the TOON Books line here on The Bluestocking Society, including Jack and the Box, Stinky, Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever, Luke on the Loose, Benny and Penny [...]

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M.C. Higgins, the Great, by Virginia Hamilton

March 26, 2012

I didn’t know much about this Newbery Medal (and National Book Award) winner by Virginia Hamilton except that I’d never read it, so I jumped at the chance to get the ebook from Open Road via NetGalley. Here’s the blurb: Mayo Cornelius Higgins perches on top of a homemade forty-foot tower, considering two destinies. Behind [...]

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Clair de Lune, by Jetta Carleton

March 13, 2012

Jetta Carleton is the author of a little-known but well-loved novel called The Moonflower Vine. It was, so far as anyone knew, her only book. After her death, her family looked for the manuscript she had been working on but assumed it was lost in a tornado. However, the manuscript was bequeathed to an old [...]

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TOON Books

February 2, 2012

TOON Books is a delightful line of comics for children. I’m an admitted fan, and I’ve read and reviewed several TOON Books here on The Bluestocking Society, including Jack and the Box, Stinky, Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever, Luke on the Loose, Benny and Penny in The Big No-No, Benny and Penny in The [...]

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Scarlet, by A.C. Gaughen

January 17, 2012

Title: Scarlet Author: A.C. Gaughen Pages: 304 Originally Published: 2012 Format I Read: Kindle (NetGalley) Publisher: Walker & Company (Bloomsbury) Rating: ____________________________ This is a retelling of the Robin Hood story – with a bit of a twist. Okay, lots of twists. But the major one is that one of the merry men is a [...]

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River in the Sea, by Tina Boscha

January 10, 2012

Title: River in the Sea Author: Tina Boscha Pages: 306 Originally Published: 2011 Format I Read: Kindle Publisher: Self-Published Rating: ____________________________ Tina Boscha contacted me a few weeks ago, asking me to read her self-published historical fiction novel. I was captivated by her email and her description of the book – which is based on [...]

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