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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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