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Review: The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston
My name is Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, and my age is three hundred and eighty-four years. Each new settlement asks for a new journal, and so this Book of Shadows begins… In the spring of 1628, the...
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Spotlight: P. B. Ryan's Nell Sweeney series
Recently in one of our frequent emails, Jane asked me, "BTW, who is P. B. Ryan?" Indeed.P. B. Ryan is Patricia Ryan, author of historical romances and a series of mysteries set in Boston in the late...
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My dad taught me to read when I was three. My kindergarten teacher was thrilled with me; one less rugrat to teach their ABC's to was probably a bit of a relief. Now, I am thirty-three and after...
View ArticleBecause Mondays Suck
This is not book-related so it totally doesn't count what with the hiatus and all but! I was talking to my mother the other day and have discovered that my parents have lost their marbles: they want to...
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Review: Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade
After being sent back from the light, Alona Dare - former homecoming queen, current Queen of the Dead - finds herself doing something she never expected: working. Instead of spending days perfecting...
View ArticleThe 2.0 Version (Or, I'm Back! Now, With Food!)
Hello. I would like to reintroduce myself.My name is Jen and I have been a book addict for most of my life. Being a bookworm totally suits me and my books have always been a major part of my existence...
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Week-Long Cookbook Review, Monday
To start off this new direction I'm heading here, I've begun a week of cooking from one particular cookbook:I've had this book for a few months now. When I first learned about America's Test Kitchen's...
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Week-Long Cookbook Review, Tuesday
This crab cake looks like a crabby patty. Can you tell I was watching Spongebob earlier today?I live in Maryland. I have lived in Maryland all of my life except for those two years we won't speak of....
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Week-Long Cookbook Review, Wednesday
I realize it's Friday and that I missed posting Wednesday's dinner review yesterday but, you see, when you take two small children to a swimming pool and chase them around for several hours, it wears...
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Cookbook Review Wrap-Up: America's Test Kitchen 2011
As you no doubt noticed, last week I petered out after three days of recipes from this cookbook. I didn't cook much dinner on Thursday (BLT sandwiches) and Friday we ate out (and had a surprisingly...
View ArticleHot
People, it is hot.The bugs are gone.My glasses fog up when I open the front door.The humidity has been so consistently high that the water I set out on the front porch for the cats has not evaporated...
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Book Review: The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
Every crime scene tells a story. Some keep you awake at night. Others haunt your dreams. The grisly display homicide cop Jane Rizzoli finds in Boston's Chinatown will do both.In the murky shadows of an...
View ArticleI Am Three Years Old
Folks, today is my blog's three year anniversary.Whoopee.This here blog is currently a mess. I promise that I will be working on it just as soon as I figure out what I'm going to do here.I'm not a big...
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A Picture a Day Keeps the Ennui Away
My partner-in-crime, Jane, is working on something that is taking my breath away: 365 Project. Posting a pic a day, every day this year, is giving her something to do while all the rain in Minnesota...
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AAD Recap
(This is the only picture I took outside and it's across the street from the hotel.)This time last week, Jen from Not Now, I'm Reading and I were on our way to Philadelphia for Authors After Dark. She...
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Book Review: Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, Special Agent Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As he stalks his wife's betrayers-a chase that takes him from...
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Tune in Tuesday
Tune in Tuesdays at GReads! is a weekly feature hosted by Ginger from GReads! that showcases music - her other passion in life besides books! Each week she posts a new or old song in hopes to gain more...
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Tune in Tuesdays (2)
Tune in Tuesdays at GReads! is a weekly feature hosted by Ginger from GReads! that showcases music - her other passion in life besides books! Each week she posts a new or old song in hopes to gain more...
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Book Review: Deadly Sins by Kylie Brant
An unknown assassin has appointed himself judge, jury, and executioner, brutally taking out high-level human targets citywide. It's just the kind of case that will test the resolve of a tough FBI agent...
View ArticleYes, I've Changed the Template (Again)
I like to fidget with things. My most recent favorite thing to play with is the template/background of my blog. It's been a constant source of dissatisfaction for me since I've somewhat changed the...
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