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Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator, by Jennifer Allison [Visual Review]

May 4, 2011 Reviews

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Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator, by Jennifer Allison, has been on my TBR list for a while now. I finally started reading it a few days ago, and was really glad I did. I loved this book! Gilda is such a fun, quirky character.
I also recently stumbled on Austin Kleon’s blog [...]

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Kobo eReader, and What I’ve Been eReading

August 30, 2010 Books and Reading

I was given a Kobo eReader for my birthday and yes, it’s definitely been keeping me busy!
I was able to move my library of ePubs bought from the Sony Reader Store onto my Kobo eReader – it was something I could have done before on my iPhone, by moving the ePubs to the Stanza app, [...]

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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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The “Mom, I Don’t Like To Read” Quest (and a Mini Review of Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld)

October 16, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s really quite a strange thing.
My older son (who, by the way, would be cranky if he knew I was blogging about him, so please keep this under your hats) has always insisted that he’s not a reader.
“Mom, I don’t like to read” is a recurring refrain around here. We’ve all been hearing some variation [...]

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Reading Temptations

October 9, 2009 Books and Reading

I really hate when this happens.
I’ve had Tana French’s The Likeness out from the library for a while now. It’s on its last renewal legs, so to speak, so I’ve got to either finish it up in the next few weeks or it has to go back to the library until I can check it [...]

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Allergies, Lots of Reading, and Finishing a DNF

September 28, 2009 Books and Reading

After looking forward to The Word on the Street all week, we all ended up missing the entire event. On Saturday, with the colder weather and the rain, allergies began hitting us – not the tiny-sniffle type of allergies, but full blown sinus-pressure, drippy nose (you wanted to hear that one, didn’t you?), cough [...]

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Interview: Author Joy Preble Talks About Her Writing Process

September 24, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

An interview with author Joy Preble!

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Review: Being Nikki, by Meg Cabot

September 7, 2009 Books and Reading

From the jacket flap:
Things aren’t pretty for Emerson Watts.
Em was sure there couldn’t be anything worse than being a brainiac the body of a teenaged supermodel.
But it turned out she was wrong. Because that supermodel could turn out to have a mother who’s gone mysteriously missing, a brother who’s shown up on her doorstep demanding [...]

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Fantasy Road Trip: Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle Trilogy

August 20, 2009 Books and Reading

My daughter Hayley and her friends recently made a video for Random House’s Fantasy Road Trip video contest:
If you could go on a fantasy road trip with a character (or characters!) from your favorite series, where would you go? What would you do along the way? How would you travel? Create a video and show [...]

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Review: L.A. Candy, by Lauren Conrad

July 17, 2009 Books and Reading

Jane Roberts and Scarlett Harp, best friends since grade school, are rooming together in L.A.; Jane is an intern for the famous and infamous event planner, Fiona Chen, and Scarlett’s starting her first semester at USC. While at a local nightclub hotspot, they’re spotted by reality TV producer Trevor Lord, who signs them up to [...]

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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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Flash Review: Jinx, by Meg Cabot

June 12, 2009 Books and Reading

Jinx, by Meg Cabot

The only thing Jean Honeychurch hates more than her boring name (not Jean Marie, or Jeanette, just . . . Jean) is her all-too-appropriate nickname, Jinx. Misfortune seems to follow her everywhere she goes—which is why she’s thrilled to be moving in with her aunt and uncle in New York City. Maybe [...]

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My Daughter Directs: A Short Film Inspired by Swimming in the Monsoon Sea

June 10, 2009 Books and Reading

Last semester my daughter, who was fourteen at the time, read Swimming in the Monsoon Sea, by Shyam Selvadurai, for her high school English class. She’s not really much of a reader, but she thought Swimming in the Monsoon Sea was a wonderful book: “It’s tragic and sad, yet beautiful. It makes you really think. [...]

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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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An Embarrassment of Library Riches

April 17, 2009 Books and Reading

It must be some sort of Murphy’s Law applicable to bibliophiles, I think. Work-wise it’s been quiet around here, which is why I’ve been able to keep up with all my reading even through all the renovations around here, instead of being stuck at my desk pounding on deadline after deadline. I always have a [...]

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The Chloe and Levesque Mystery Series

April 16, 2009 Books and Reading

Last month while knee deep in spring cleaning mode, I discovered a set of three books by Norah McClintock that I had purchased last year. The Third Degree, Over the Edge, and Double Cross all feature high-school student Chloe Yan and her stepfather Louis Levesque. McClintock has won five Arthur Ellis awards for juvenile crime [...]

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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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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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Mailbox Monday – A Big List

January 26, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s Mailbox Monday again – this is where I get the chance to list all the books that came into the house this past week.
This past week, I more or less made up for the the sparse new arrivals a few Mondays ago
I made the mistake of ambling over to Chapters.ca to buy a few [...]

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Review – The Squad: Perfect Cover, and The Squad: Killer Spirit

January 21, 2009 Books and Reading

The Snapshot Review
What I Liked: Likeable protagonist, a very intriguing and over-the-top (read: fun) story line, good dose of humour.
And I Learned: Cheerleading really is a tough sport. And the girls on the squad work hard!
Ms. Bookish’s Very Quick Take: Spy stories with a difference! These books were a fun and delightful read – I’m [...]

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Mailbox Mondays

January 19, 2009 Books and Reading

It’s Mailbox Monday again, and here’s what arrived at the Ms. Bookish household this past week!
Young adult/Mystery: Skeleton Creek, by Patrick Carman. This one is an ARC courtesy of the author. I’m very excited about this book because of the interactive video component – my daughter isn’t a big reader, but she’s a filmmaker [...]

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Review: Airhead, by Meg Cabot

January 11, 2009 Books and Reading

The Snapshot Review
What I Liked: Em Watts is just wonderful, the dialogue is very realistic (says this mother of a 15-year-old girl) and the story is pure fun.
BUT: it’s more of a prequel, and at the end, I felt like it wasn’t really a complete story on its own.
Ms. Bookish’s Very Quick Take: A great [...]

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Under the Christmas Tree …

January 9, 2009 Books and Reading

This is a bit late, but I have an excuse, since I wasn’t actually here after Christmas to write this post and Disney, incredibly enough, actually charges a daily fee for online access, so I also have an excuse for not writing this post while I was away on holiday. Not that I need an [...]

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