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Gone Girl: A Twisty Dark Road of Insanity
I’ve explained that I listen to NPR in the car because I find it keeps me alert and focused on the drive. I’m much less likely to get into an accident if I’m thinking about Syrian rebels than if I’m...
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Gardens in Literature: Secret, Forgotten, and Red
Good day, Bookworms! As you probably recall from an earlier post, I enjoy flowers and gardening nearly as much as I enjoy reading. Today we’re going to discuss a trio of books concerning gardens. Are...
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Airplane Reading: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Hello bookworms! I’m back! I was on vacation, but you’re not supposed to say things like that on the internet, because 20/20 says that’s an invitation to burglars to, um, burgle your home. As we did...
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Don’t Let the Bonnet Fool You: Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
I read a lot, obviously, but I also watch a lot of television. I’m only human. Sometimes I watch cheesy reality television. My latest fascination has been Amish: Out of Order on the National...
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Want an Action Movie in a Book? Read A Wanted Man by Lee Child
Hello my dear Bookworms! It’s Monday, which stinks, but it’s a short week, so that’s something to be excited about, right? Friday night, we had our latest meeting of the neighborhood book club. Now, I...
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Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore: A Whimsical DaVinci Code?
Salvate, Bookworms! That was a greeting in Latin… In honor of creepy secret societies everywhere, The Others, and, uh, Catholicism prior to Vatican II. I just read Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by...
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The Curious Incident of the Suburban Baby Shower
Hello My Bookworms, I’ve had a busy weekend! I took a road trip back to my old stomping grounds to help my mom throw a baby shower for my sister. Now, I have a number of honorary nieces and nephews,...
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Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (Top Ten Tuesday Rewind: Kickass Heroines)
What’s Up, Bookworms? The ladies at The Broke and The Bookish do an amazing job of coming up with Top Ten Tuesday prompts, you know? They’ve kept this going for a couple of years now, which is kind of...
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Maybe I’m A-Mazed by James Dashner’s The Maze Runner
Happy Monday, Bookworms! How was everyone’s weekend? Mine was busy and I got to spend it in Chicago with an array of my FAVORITE PEOPLE EVER! So. I am exhausted, but so happy. However. You are not here...
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We Might As Well Be Walking on The Sun: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
Hola Bookworms, The other day I reviewed The Maze Runner by James Dashner and I was all WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?! So of course, I continued the series and just finished The Scorch Trials. Here’s the deal...
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Awww, Sookie Sookie Now: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
Hello to my Bloodsucking Bookworms! Oh, that’s right. The REAL vampires are still “in the coffin.” I get it, I get it. I don’t blame you for keeping it to yourselves. Actually, I may have mentioned it...
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The Bookman’s Tale: A Novel of Obsession by Charlie Lovett
How fare thee, sweet Bookworms? Today we explore a book about books! A few weeks ago, one of my aunts left me a note on Facebook asking me if I’d read The Bookman’s Tale: A Novel of Love and Obsession...
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The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
Bonjour Bookworms! Remember back when I read Me Before You and I was all agog over Jojo Moyes? Her upcoming release (August 20th!) was listed on NetGalley and I hit the “request” button so...
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The Silent Wife… Says Farewell
Hey There, Bookworms! In case you’re new here, you should know that I’m an equal opportunity bookworm. Much as I absolutely ADORE you, my digital community, I sometimes interact with people face to...
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The Shadow of the Wind: A Fellowship of the Worms Experience
Greetings, Bookworms! The Fellowship of the Worms is back in session. Our book club choice this month was The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron. WARNING: We will be discussing the WHOLE book....
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Falling for Fall: Top Ten Tuesday
Good Day, Bookworms! It’s the middle of September now, so I’m feeling very Autumnal. Luckily, the ladies of The Broke and The Bookish seem to be feeling this way, too! Today’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday...
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier: The Fellowship of the Worms
Hello Bookworms, Before we start here today, I want to let everyone know that I am a-okay. You probably saw on the news the devastation wreaked on Central Illinois from a tornado outbreak. Some of...
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The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK is a saucy minx)
Howdy Bookworms! It will come as no surprise to my regular readers that I don’t typically go in for thrillers and mysteries. I do, however, go in for all things JK Rowling. If I didn’t know that Robert...
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Hi Ho, Bookworms! One of my all time favorite books as a kid was Harriet the Spy (review), but Flavia de Luce would give good old Harriet a run for her super-spy money! I finally got around to checking...
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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Greetings Bookworms, There’s little that drives me as crazy as when EVERYONE is raving about a book and I haven’t read it yet. Right now, that book is The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, and heck...
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