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Submitted by The Thin Red Line
The editors at America’s Test Kitchen, based in a Vermont farmhouse and stars of a PBS television series have a new for 2008 cookbook out. The Cook’s Country Cookbook, a new 2008 release features five hundred “classic, regional and heirloom recipes”. It is an ambitious book which attempts to chronicle [...]
Mailbox Monday - January 19, 2008
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
What arrived in YOUR mailbox this week? Visit Marcia at today’s post on The Printed Page to leave a link to your post and see what other readers acquired! Here is what arrived at my house:
The Midnight Examiner by William Kotzwinkle, which I won from CB James at Ready When You Are, [...]
The Sunday Salon
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
This week I read The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister. Usually when I finish a book, I really enjoy the sense of completion from striking another title off my TBR list and moving on to the next. But turning the last page on this one was similar to [...]
WSR Challenge Roundup #2
Submitted by Book Nut
I’m still looking for quotes from books to start this off… leave them in the comments or email me at mmfbooks AT gmail DOT com.
Since none of you quoted anything, or sent anything, you’re stuck with another one of mine, from The Royal Road to Romance, by Richard Haliburton, which takes place [...]
Babymouse Extravaganza
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Babymouse: Rockstar and Babymouse: Monster Mash
by Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm
ages: 6-10 (but I like them, too!)
We got a present from my younger brother and his wife for Christmas. I spent the month of December trying to figure out what it was; I figured it was a game of some sort because [...]
Skulduggery Pleasant
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by Derek Landy
ages: 10+
First sentence: “Gordon Edgley’s sudden death came as a shock to everyone — not least himself.”
I haven’t had this much fun reading a book since… well, since I read Anna Smudge.
Stephanie is your normal 12-year-old girl. That is, she thinks she is, until her uncle dies a mysterious death [...]
The Corrections
Submitted by The Thin Red Line
My apologies for this week’s lack of posts. I have been suffering my annual severe winter cold, which seems to be making the rounds around here, and have not felt up to posting. I apologize also for being unable to credit one of the books blogs I read for recommending [...]
Breathing Out the Ghost
Submitted by Book Nut
by Kirk Curnutt
age: adult
First sentence: “Let me tell you about the time your grandfather took a sledgehammer to the car.”
Um, no.
No, no, no.
That’s what I should have said when they asked if I wanted to be a part of this book tour. My gut instinct said no, and I should have listened.
It’s [...]
Library Loot #2
Submitted by Book Nut
Cold and windy today… not a fun day to venture out to the library. But we do it. If only because story time started today, and we LOVE story time.
Here’s our haul; enough to fill “only” one (very large) bag.
For A and K:
Frankenstein Takes the Cake, by Adam Rex
Are You Ready to [...]
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
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by E. Lockhart
ages: 12+
First sentence: “I, Frankie Landau-Banks, hereby confess that I was the sole mastermind behind the mal-doings of the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds.”
When I picked this book up Monday, I was totally enthralled with Frankie. Totally loved her, the narrator, the references to Wodehouse, the neglected positives. (Gruntled. [...]
Wild Magic
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by Cat Weatherill
ages: 8 - 12
First sentence: “Mariana felt fantastic.”
This book takes of where the fairy/folk tale The Pied Piper of Hamelin leaves off. What happens to the children when the Piper leads them away? What drove the Piper to do it in the first place? What kind of world is it [...]
Getting Sucked in by Twilight
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
Twilight is one of those books that, even if you haven’t read it, you know what it’s about. It’s a phenomenon, a force, a sensation. You’ve heard it’s amazing. You don’t need me to tell you.
I resisted the lure of this book for months, but my preteen daughter begged and [...]
Teaser Tuesday
Submitted by Book Nut
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you 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 have [...]
Mailbox Monday
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
Mailbox Mondays are hosted by Marcia of The Printed Page. Check out her blog to see what other bloggers found in their mailbox last week.
I got a few books this week. Here they are:
Breathing Out the Ghost by Kirk Curnutt, from the author himself. I am totally excited to read this [...]
The Best and the Rest of 2008
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
What do an Afghani woman in a bhurka, the manager of a Red Lobster restaurant in Connecticut, Queen Juana la Loca of Spain, a stroke victim in Paris who can only communicate by blinking one eye, and a family with a magical apple tree have in common? They’ve all ended [...]
Well-Seasoned Reader Roundup #1
Submitted by Book Nut
I thought it’d be fun, this time around, to do a mini-carnival every week for the duration of the challenge, highlighting the reviews I’d read that week.
And, I also thought, it’d be nice to start off my round-ups with a taste from the books we’re reading. So, from A Year in the [...]
Chalice
Submitted by Book Nut
by Robin McKinley
ages: 12+
First sentence: “Because she was Chalice she stood at the front door with the Grand Seneschal, the Overlord’s agent and the Prelate, all of whom were carefully ignoring her.”
I’ve tried to type a summary of the book, but I’m not getting very far. Part of that is because it’s [...]
Geeky Linky Love
Submitted by Book Nut
Weekly Geeks is back! Thanks to all who have taken over for Dewey…
This week’s Geek is:
In the spirit of the amazing community building that Dewey was so good at, tell us about your favorite blogs, the ones you have bookmarked or subscribe to in your Google Reader, that you visit on a [...]
Friday Fill-ins 1-9-09
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
1. It’s January; hot chocolate time!2. A night out is what I crave most right now.
3. Cork and wine go together like feet and fuzzy socks.
4. Time with friends is so nourishing.
5. Let us dare to be more spontaneous.
6. All are welcome in my home.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to an evening with my [...]
Hey! Pass it on…
Submitted by Book Nut
Weekly Geeks is starting up again on January 10th! Head over to weeklygeeks.com for the details and to grab a new button or two.
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Library Loot #1
Submitted by Book Nut
YAY! Eva and Alessandra have come up with a weekly meme that I can totally get behind: Library Loot. And since trips to the library are a weekly thing for me, I will always have something to share.
My library pickings, at least during the school year have several elements to it: finding [...]
Submitted by Book Nut
by Frances Mayes
ages: adult
First sentence: “The silhouette of Alghero rises from the Mediterranean.”
At one point, while reading this collection of travel essays, I thought, “When Frances Mayes is lyrical in her writing, I feel lyrical.” Not a very lyrical sentiment, true, but an honest one. As I discovered before, when Mayes writes [...]
Delurk! Delurk!
Submitted by Book Nut
It’s National Delurking Week. Yeah, I didn’t know either. But, thanks to Mother Reader, I am now informed (she’s so good at that). And in the spirit of the whole thing, I’d love it if you left me a comment. Either here, or somewhere else on the blog. (C’mon Dad, now’s your [...]
Bloggy Awards Musing
Submitted by Book Nut
There are two things I really like about receiving Blog Awards:
1) Discovering blogs out there of people who read me and I had no idea they existed (sorry, but it’s true; I don’t have time for everyone). In this case, Rebecca at Just One More Page who gave me the Butterfly Award.
Here [...]
Tuesday Teasers 1-6-09
Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
Miz B and Teaser Tuesdays asks you to:
Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) 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 [...]
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