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Read This Next, by Sandra Newman & Howard Mittelmark

November 9, 2010

Title: Read This Next Authors: Sandra Newman & Howard Mittelmark Pages: 414 Originally Published: 2010 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: HarperCollins Rating: ____________________________ Are you looking for more excellent books to read? I think we all are. I personally love lists of excellent books. And Read This Next is a list of “500 of the [...]

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The Financial Lives of the Poets, by Jess Walter

September 28, 2010

Title: The Financial Lives of the Poets Author: Jess Walter Pages: 290 Originally Published: 2009 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Harper Perennial Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Jess Walter’s TLC Book Tour for The Financial Lives of the Poets. Who can resist a title like that? I couldn’t, and I’m exceptionally glad that [...]

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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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The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, by C.W. Gortner

June 14, 2010

Title: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici Author: C.W. Gortner Pages: 416 Publisher: Random House Copyright: 2010 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on C.W. Gortner‘s blog tour with Pump Up Your Book! As a very young woman, the last of the illustrious Italian Medicis, Catherine de Medici is sent to France to [...]

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Manhood for Amateurs, by Michael Chabon

June 1, 2010

Title: Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son Author: Michael Chabon Pages: 306 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2009 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Michael Chabon’s second collection of essays centers around manhood, as the title suggests, but it’s more than that. There are pontifications on the shrinking freedom of childhood, [...]

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Newspaper Blackout, by Austin Kleon

May 28, 2010

Title: Newspaper Blackout Author: Austin Kleon Pages: 173 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2010 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ I think this is the best idea! Here’s how NPR summarizes the idea behind Newspaper Blackout: “Instead of starting with a blank page, Poet Austin Kleon grabs The New York Times and a permanent marker and eliminates the [...]

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The Queen of Palmyra, by Minrose Gwin

May 5, 2010

Title: The Queen of Palmyra Author: Minrose Gwin Pages: 390 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2010 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Minrose Gwin’s TLC blog tour for The Queen of Palmyra. It’s the 1960s.  Florence is twelve.  Her mother provides for the family by baking amazing cakes but drinks too much.  Her father [...]

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TOON Books

April 26, 2010

TOON Books is a delightful line of comics for children. 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, and Benny and Penny in The Big No-No. I enjoyed each of these books, and the two [...]

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