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The Call of the Title (Title Finds #2)

June 5, 2009 Books and Reading

I wasn’t sure I’d have very many titles for this week’s Title Finds post, but then I came across a few more yesterday (when I should have been working on my deadline – I know, I know).
So here’s this week’s batch of titles that caught my eye. Strange, quirky or downright weird titles don’t necessarily [...]

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Friday Finds – Lots of Fantasies

February 6, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s time for Friday Finds again! Here are the books I’ve discovered this week, that I’d love to add to my TBR pile:
Fantasy/Young adult: Family Bones, by Kimberly Raiser (discovered at Marta’s Meanderings)
Young adult: Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta (discovered at The Children’s Literature Book Club)
Children’s book: Indigo’s Star, by Hilary McKay (discovered at Book [...]

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Friday Finds: Another Eclectic Assortment

January 23, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s Friday Finds again! Here are the books I’ve added to my “i-want” list this week:
Mystery: And Justice There is None, by Deborah Crombie. I read a review of this book at Kittling: Books and remembered how much I had enjoyed the first book in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series I had read last summer, [...]

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Friday Finds: Mostly Mysteries

January 16, 2009 Books and Reading

This week’s Friday Finds – books that I’ve discovered this week, that I would love to add to my TBR pile – is heavy on mysteries …
Fidelis Morgan’s Countess Ashby de la Zouche mystery series (found at Kittling: Books):
French Lessons, by Peter Mayle (found at Beth Fish Reads)
The Journal of Curious Letters (13th Reality Series) [...]

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Language of Bees

January 14, 2009 Books and Reading

This is the first edition of Waiting on Wednesday here at MsBookish.com – each Waiting on Wednesday, I will be discussing a book that is to be released that I can’t wait to get my hands on. This week’s Waiting on Wednesday book is The Language of Bees, by Laurie R. King, the latest [...]

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My Books Wishlist for the Holidays

December 17, 2008 Books and Reading

It’s finally happened. I always have my nose in a book, but for some reason, friends and family tend to buy me book store gift certificates and book-related accessories – and never books.
Not that I minded either the gift certificates, or the book-related accessories. For example, one year I got this great portable book light [...]

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Friday Finds: Essays and Story Collections, Anyone?

December 12, 2008 Books and Reading

I’m not even going to say, “my goodness, the week has just flown by – it’s Friday Finds already!” because I suspect I might be saying that every Friday. (But it has flown by, don’t you think? Especially with the holidays looming ahead of us. And Ms. Bookish hasn’t bought a single gift yet …)
It’s [...]

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Friday Finds: Children’s Books

December 5, 2008 Books and Reading

This week I’ve pared down my “Friday Finds” list to the children’s books I’ve added to my “I Want To Read That!” list:
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets, by Nancy Springer: found via Semicolon. Here’s the Amazon synopsis:
Everyone knows Dr. Watson is Sherlock Holmes’ right-hand man—so when he goes missing, it’s a shock. Even Sherlock [...]

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Friday Finds

November 28, 2008 Books and Reading

I ended up with a huge list this week, so in this week’s Friday Finds post I’m paring the list down to my absolute “I must get my hands on this” list:
When Wanderers Cease to Roam, by Vivian Swift:
I found When Wanderers Cease to Roam through this review at Bermudaonion.
Synopsis from Amazon: “Filled with watercolors [...]

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Friday Finds: A Fantastical Week

November 21, 2008 Books and Reading

My list this week includes several fantasy books – making it a fantastical week! Almost all the items in the list have come from blog hopping – lots of fabulous book blogs out there, reading some really wonderful books that are very definitely new-to-me.
From Stella Matutina’s great list of Fantasy Picks for the Holidays Part [...]

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