Books

I just wanted to share how happy I am that I finally got my Color Nook all set up. I may have mentioned before that I bought one. It was maybe 6 months ago. I got it because, well, I’d wanted one ever since I knew they existed, but also because I was reading...
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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs I chose this book based on the cover alone. I have a fascination with old tymie things and photographs in particular, tickle my fancy. I really didn’t have much of an idea what this book was about but I knew it was told in part...
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Title: Look Again Author: Lisa Scottoline Publisher/Date: St. Martin’s Press; 2009 This is the story of a woman who adopted a little boy about a year old when he was basically abandoned in a hospital while he was recovering from a serious heart defect. A couple years later she gets one of those cards...
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Title: Sharp Objects Author: Gillian Flynn Publisher/Date: Three Rivers Press (July 31, 2007) Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn While this is Gillian Flynn’s first book, it’s the second one I read. I tend to use Bookmooch whenever possible and her second novel, Dark Places was available before this one, so that’s how it happened....
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Title: Drowning Ruth Author: Christina Schwarz Publisher/Date: Ballantine Books (July 31, 2001) Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz This is an odd one, but I good story. It takes place in Wisconsin and begins in 1919. A woman (not named Ruth, oddly) drowns before the book opens. She has left behind her sister who lived...
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