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Monthly Archives: November 2008

Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman

Posted on Saturday, 29 November 2008 by MissMeliss

The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman Get it from Amazon. The Zookeeper’s Wife sounds rather grim on the surface: it’s about the keepers at the Warsaw Zoo hiding Jews during the holocaust. As the blurbs on the back say, it’s a rough subject to find in such a beautiful book, and yet, … Continue reading »

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Teaser Tuesday: The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman

Posted on Monday, 24 November 2008 by MissMeliss

On Teaser Tuesdays readers are asked to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way … Continue reading »

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Review: Dog Years, by Mark Doty

Posted on Saturday, 22 November 2008 by MissMeliss

Dog Years by Mark Doty Get it from Amazon Dog Years was, perhaps, not the best choice of read for a time when I was convinced we were going to lose our chihuahua, Zorro. (He’s got a heart condition, and while we know we don’t have much time with him, he’s no longer in that … Continue reading »

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Booking Through Thursday: Honesty

Posted on Thursday, 20 November 2008 by MissMeliss

I receive a lot of review books, but I have never once told lies about the book just because I got a free copy of it. However, some authors seem to feel that if they send you a copy of their book for free, you should give it a positive review. Do you think reviewers … Continue reading »

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Teaser Tuesdays: Immoveable Feast, by John Baxter

Posted on Tuesday, 18 November 2008 by MissMeliss

Teaser Tuesday asks readers to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can … Continue reading »

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Review: On What Grounds, by Cleo Coyle

Posted on Tuesday, 18 November 2008 by MissMeliss

On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle Get it at Amazon In the first of the Coffeehouse Mysteries, a cozy series set in the fictional Village Blend coffeehouse in Greenwich Village, we met Claire Cosi, divorced writer, coffee addict, mother of a daughter going off to college, and ex-daughter-in-law of the woman who owns the coffeehouse, … Continue reading »

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