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[TSS] A Little Bit Holds Happy

January 17, 2010 Books and Reading

These past six months or so, I’ve really been getting a lot of use out of my library card. Ever since I signed up for Library Elf, that wonderful service that sends out reminder emails about books coming due or overdue, I’ve even managed to keep my library fines down to a minimum (you don’t [...]

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BBAW: One TBR Pile, Transformed

September 15, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

More BBAW fun: Show us your TBR pile. And as luck would have it, I’m actually really, really prepared for this post (which is quite an odd thing, as I’m not particularly well-known for preparedness).
A while back, I was tagged for the What’s On My Desk Wednesday meme, and I posted the following picture of [...]

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Review: Holly’s Inbox, by Holly Denham (Bill Surie)

August 10, 2009 Books and Reading

At the start of Holly’s Inbox, by Holly Denham (the pen name of Bill Surie), Holly Denham starts her first day as a receptionist at a busy corporate bank. From here the reader is taken into her email inbox as she emails several different people throughout the course of her work day. The reader gets [...]

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Another Book-Buying Binge! (Or, Why I Shouldn’t Go To Costco Anymore)

July 15, 2009 Books and Reading

Yesterday I accidentally indulged in another book-buying binge. Yes, in case you’re wondering, it was totally by accident. I had no intentions of splurging on anything when I entered Costco.
Unfortunately, since it’s summer, the book section at Costco is a dangerous place for a book lover to be. I think the marketing assumption is that [...]

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Vacation Reading List

June 25, 2009 Books and Reading

I’ve finally pared down my vacation reading list – room is limited, unfortunately, so I had to be very selective. Here’s what I’ll be taking with me on holidays.
Print books:

Audiobooks:

Ebooks:

I’m probably not going to be able to read all of these books, but I figure I’ll have something for nearly every reading mood that strikes [...]

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Incoming! L.A. Candy, by Lauren Conrad

June 18, 2009 Books and Reading

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s one of the latest new arrivals:
L.A. Candy, by Lauren Conrad
About the Book:
Los Angeles is all about the sweet life: hot clubs, cute guys, designer . . . everything. Nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts can’t wait to start [...]

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TBR Discovery: Ysabel, by Guy Gavriel Kay

June 16, 2009 Books and Reading

You know those books you’ve had in your TBR for a while now? You know, the ones that are way at the back, buried deep within the stack of books that partially block the way into the guest room? Yes, those books. The ones you bought a long, long time ago. You’ve been meaning to [...]

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Incoming! A Version of the Truth, by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack

June 15, 2009 Incoming!

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s one of the latest new arrivals:
A Version of the Truth, by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack
About the Book:
Thirty, newly single, and desperately in need of a paycheck, inveterate bird-watcher Cassie Shaw goes against her principles [...]

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Incoming! The Strain, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

June 12, 2009 Incoming!

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s the latest new arrival:
The Strain, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
About the Book:
A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades [...]

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Incoming! Crossed Wires, by Rosy Thornton

June 8, 2009 Incoming!

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s the latest new arrival:
Crossed Wires, by Rosy Thornton
About the Book:
This is the story of Mina, a girl at a Sheffield call centre, whose next customer in the queue is Peter, a Cambridge geography don, who [...]

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What’s Up Saturday – June 6

June 6, 2009 Life

I can’t believe we’re already a week into June. It’s shaping up to be a very busy month for me, as I’ve shifted several deadlines from July to June so that I can actually take off for a few weeks for a holiday. One thing about being a freelancer is that a real vacation can [...]

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Incoming! Wondrous Strange, by Lesley Livingston

June 1, 2009 Incoming!

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s the latest new arrival:
Wondrous Strange, by Lesley Livingston
About the Book:
Kelley Winslow is living her dream. Seventeen years old, she has moved to New York City and started to work with a theatre company. Sure, she’s [...]

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Book-Buying Binge

May 31, 2009 Books and Reading

It happens to me, on a fairly regular basis. I go on these book buying binges, and unlike other types of binges, afterwards it feels lovely. I had ample justification for this one, as a group of us on Twitter came up with a wonderful event: “No BEA? Books Anyway!”, hosted at Devourer of Books. [...]

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Incoming! Wit’s End, by Karen Joy Fowler

May 29, 2009 Incoming!

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s the latest new arrival:
Wit’s End, by Karen Joy Fowler
About the Book:
At loose ends and weary from her recent losses – a father, a beloved brother – Rima Lansill comes to the home of her legendary [...]

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Incoming! Women, Wisdom & Dreams, by Anne Scott

May 28, 2009 Incoming!

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s the latest new arrival:
Women, Wisdom & Dreams, by Anne Scott
About the Book:
Women, Wisdom and Dreams: The Light of the Feminine Soul, plays a vital role in empowering women in the work of healing their lives [...]

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Incoming! Do-Over! by Robin Hemley

May 26, 2009 Incoming!

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s the latest new arrival:
Do-Over!, by Robin Hemley
About the Book:
Robin Hemley’s childhood made a wedgie of his memory, leaving him sore and embarrassed for more than forty years. He was stepped on in kindergarten and picked [...]

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Do You Suffer From Magazine Overload?

May 26, 2009 Books and Reading

The state of my TBR pile is disastrous right now – it seems I can’t move without bumping into a pile of books, sitting on a book, tripping on certain special “floor editions”, pulling out clumps of them in order to get at the sun lotion or umbrella (depending on the weather) … I could [...]

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Incoming! The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, by Joshilyn Jackson

May 25, 2009 Incoming!

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s the latest new arrival:
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, by Joshilyn Jackson
About the Book:
Laurel Gray Hawthorne hasn’t seen a ghost in the thirteen years she and her husband have lived in their beautiful gated community. Then, [...]

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Incoming! The Anna-Mae Mysteries: The Golden Treasure, by L.S. Cauldwell

May 22, 2009 Incoming!

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s the latest new arrival:
The Anna-Mae Mysteries: The Golden Treasure, by L.S. Cauldwell
About the Book:
Twelve-year-old Anna Mae Botts, her eight-year-old brother Malcolm, and Anna Mae’s best friend Raul Garcia, face a ghostly black fist on their [...]

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Incoming! Audition, by Barbara Walters

May 20, 2009 Incoming!

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s the latest new arrival:
Audition, by Barbara Walters
About the Book:
Barbara Walters, arguably the most important woman in the history of television, has had an amazingly full life. In the bestselling Audition, she describes her extraordinary public [...]

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Incoming! Frog or Prince: The Smart Girl’s Guide to Boyfriends, by Kaycee Jane

May 19, 2009 Incoming!

Welcome to a new feature here at Ms. Bookish – Incoming! chronicles new additions to my ever-growing TBR pile. I am inspired in creating this new feature by J. Kaye who writes great posts about each new book she receives. I, of course, don’t welcome nearly as many new books into my household as she [...]

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This Week’s Library Loot

May 6, 2009 Books and Reading

I didn’t get a chance to visit the library last week but fortunately (I think) they keep holds for four days and I managed to squeak in at the last minute and pick up another batch of books.
Then the phone rang with another automated message …
So here’s this week’s library loot:
Mystery: The Language of Bees, [...]

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Mailbox Monday – May 4

May 4, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s Mailbox Monday, when book bloggers talk about the book titles that came to their house that week. Here’s what arrived in the Ms. Bookish household:
Mystery: Long Time No See, by Susan Isaacs. Via Bookmooch. Judith Singer (last seen in Isaacs’ Compromising Positions) is back, this time to investigate the death of Courtney Logan, former [...]

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Friday Finds – May 1

May 1, 2009 Books and Reading

When I was a child, my mother was always telling me, “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.”
I’ve been thinking that the same applies when it comes to books. I was taking a look at the links I’ve been hoarding this week, links to blog posts about books that I simply must have in my [...]

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Mailbox Monday – March 9, 2009

March 9, 2009 Books and Reading

Here are the books that arrived at the Ms. Bookish household this past week:
Mystery: Bones, by Jonathan Kellerman. I have read all of Kellerman’s previous Alex Delaware books, and I’m definitely looking forward to this latest one – I’ve been waiting and waiting for it to come out in paperback (which it did before my [...]

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Mailbox Monday – March 2

March 2, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s time for Mailbox Monday again – Mailbox Monday is hosted each Monday by the Printed Page, and it’s a wonderful opportunity to check out the books people have added to their TBR piles in the last week.
Here’s what arrived in my home this week:
Chick lit: Midori by Moonlight, by Wendy Tokunaga. I won this [...]

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Mailbox Monday (Feb 9)

February 9, 2009 Books and Reading

Here’s what arrived at the MsBookish household this past week:
Mystery: Fatal February, by Barbara Levenson, courtesy of Lance from Hidden Staircase Mystery Books. I will be posting an author interview with Barbara Levenson here on February 17, so stay tuned, everyone!
Chick Lit: Houston, We Have a Problema, by Gwendolyn Zepeda, ARC courtesy of Hachette Book [...]

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Library Loot: Mostly Mysteries – and BBC Audio

February 4, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s time for Library Loot, where book bloggers share what they brought home from the library this past week.
I love going to the library, although these days, because I’ve been very efficiently using the library’s request holds system, I normally just pop in, grab my on hold books off the hold shelf, take a quick [...]

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Mailbox Monday: A New (to me) Series

February 2, 2009 Books and Reading

After last week’s enormous Mailbox Mondays post, I actually thought I wouldn’t have anything at all to include for today’s post. But as it turns out, I did receive some new books:
Contemporary romance: Sundays at Tiffany’s, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet, which I won at A Circle of Books. I had this book [...]

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Found Treasures From My Book Stash

January 27, 2009 Books and Reading

This year my husband and I seem to be in a major de-cluttering mode; one result is that I have been going through my books trying to figure out which ones to add to Bookmooch, which ones I should give away and which ones I really want to keep.
And so of course, I’ve been [...]

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