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New URL!
Hi everyone! As you may or may not have noticed, I have a new URL! You can now find me here. https://www.hopelessbibliophile.com/ Never fear though, my old URL is automatically set to redirect you here if you forget or haven’t updated your feeds. My feedburner subscription has also been updated, along with my grab button information. In other words, it’s official! Stay tuned for more changes coming slowly. This place is finally shaping up to be what I always wanted it to be. If you subscribed to me via Networked Blogs you’ll have to resubscribe because the app wouldn’t let me…
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This or That? with Angie Smibert!
Today I’d like you all to welcome Angie Smibert, author of Momento Nora, to my blog! She’s here to play a little game of This or That? For those of you who may not have seen one of these posts before, it’s where I give her a series of questions with two answers, and she picks her favorite! Let’s see what she chooses! Whale, or dolphin? DOLPHIN. I like whales, but dolphins seem joyous. Coffee, or tea? TEA, THEN COFFEE. I drink several cups of nice strong English tea during the day. Then I switch to coffee. Sometimes I write at…
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Book Review: Separate Kingdoms
Media Type: Book Title: Separate Kingdoms Author: Valerie Laken Publisher: Harper Perennial Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: February 1, 2011 Source: TLC Book Tours ======================= Intended Reading Group: Adult HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart From Valerie Laken, the Pushcart Prize–winning author of Dream House, comes a powerful collection of short stories charting the divisions and collisions between cultures and nations, families and outsiders, and partners and misfits searching for love. Set in Russia and the United States, these are boldly innovative stories—tales of fractured, misplaced characters moving beyond the borders of their isolation and reaching for the connections…
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Book Review: Fourth Grade Fairy
Media Type: Book Title: Fourth Grade Fairy Author: Eileen Cook Publisher: Aladdin Pages: Paperback; 176 Release Date: April 19, 2011 Source: Galley Grab ======================= Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade Content Screening: Clean as a whistle. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart All Willow Doyle wants is to be normal, to fit in at her new school, and to have a best friend. But there’s no way Willow will ever be normal. There isn’t anything normal about her or the Doyle family. Willow comes from a long line of fairy godmothers and she’s expected to be one too when the time comes. (At the moment…
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Ccchanges!
Well as you can tell, this is a much different place then it was yesterday! I’m in the process of changing my blog completely, including the name. For now the URL will be the same, until I finish tweaking my new drop-down navigation bar. If you look at it now you’ll just see “section” because it’s not done yet. Later this week I’ll have a new domain name and I’ll share it with you all! For now, please bear with me. Posts will go up as normal, since what I’m working on now doesn’t affect the post section :). Thanks!
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Book Review: The Night Fairy
What would happen to a fairy if she lost her wings and could no longer fly? Flory, a young night fairy no taller than an acorn and still becoming accustomed to her wings — wings as beautiful as those of a luna moth — is about to find out. What she discovers is that the world is very big and very dangerous. But Flory is fierce and willing to do whatever it takes to survive. If that means telling others what to do — like Skuggle, a squirrel ruled by his stomach — so be it. Not every creature, however,…
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March – In Review
I’m in the process of redoing my blog again! This time it’ll be something I plan on keeping, so there is no new button for this feature yet. Just FYI! ***** Books Read & Reviewed in March: * The Betrayal – Sheila Hendrix (2/5) * Angelology – Danielle Trussoni (3/5) * Nickel Plated – Aric Davis (3/5) * When Colors Bleed – Estevan Vega (4/5) * Chasing Alliecat – Rebecca Fjelland Davis (4/5) * Like Mandarin – Kirsten Hubbard (5/5) * I Am J – Cris Beam (5/5) * The Opposite of Amber – Gillian Phillip (5/5) * Kat, Incorrigible…
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Book Review: Through Her Eyes
Media Type: Print Book Title: Through Her Eyes Author: Jennifer Archer Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: April 5, 2011 Source: Received for promotional book tour. ———————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Just Kissing! ———————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good ghost story mixed with some sweet romance. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sixteen-year-old Tansy Piper moves with her grandfather and her mother, a horror writer, to the setting of her mother’s next book–a secluded house outside of a tiny, desolate West Texas town. Lonely and upset over the move,…
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Book Review: Love Ya Like A Sister
If you want something done right, then do it yourself. At least, that’s what people say. But does that include having three girlfriends at the same time–and stealing a car? Life is simple for Randy: 1) he loves his girlfriend and 2) he likes his motorcycle. And even if he really likes his motorcycle and only thinks he’s pretty sure he loves his girlfriend, it’s still the same difference. Easy to know, easy to think about. Then Randy’s life gets complicated. In one week he makes friends with a senior girl and her five-year-old sister, his girlfriend dumps him, and…
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Are you ready for iClue?
I’ve been asked to be a part of this FANTASTIC event and I can’t wait! Here’s all the info! Do You iClue? 6 Authors 6 Mysteries 6 Chances to Win an iTouch Six authors were talking one day and realized that even though their books ran the gamut from sci fi to romance, contemporary to ghostly, they all had one thing in common: a really good mystery. These authors–Lisa & Laura Roecker, Mandy Hubbard, Adele Griffin, Kimberly Derting, Lee Nichols & Beth Revis decided they wanted to give their readers a little more mystery…and if they solved that mystery, there needs to be a great prize,…