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The Borders Conundrum
The demise of Borders has been roiling around in my mind and, like many, I have very mixed feelings about it. The big publishers and wholesalers are being very quiet about it but we know they have huge outstanding bills with Borders so they’re probably thinking they have little chance of being paid, this when [...]
February 25, 2011
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It’s Just One Of Those Days
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January 24, 2011
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My Favorite Books Of 2010
These are at the top of my list of books read in 2010, books that caught me and kept me— 1.  The Breach by Patrick Lee—Thirty years ago, in a facility buried beneath a vast Wyoming emptiness, an experiment gone awry accidentally opened a door. It is the world’s best-kept secret–and its most terrifying. Trying [...]
January 2, 2011
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A Furry Happy New Year To You!
Cheers from all our friends— ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy 2011 to Everyone!!
January 1, 2011
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And Now—The Winners Of The Last ARC Contest Of 2010!
Here they are, the winners of all these wonderful ARCs! Shirley Nienkark—Fool by Christopher Moore (2009)—A man of infinite jest, Pocket has been Lear’s cherished fool for years, from the time the king’s grown daughters–selfish, scheming Goneril, sadistic (but erotic-fantasy-grade-hot) Regan, and sweet, loyal Cordelia–were mere girls. So naturally Pocket is at his brainless, elderly [...]
December 27, 2010
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Greetings of the Season
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And booklovers everywhere thank the fine librarians at the University of San Francisco for this glorious tree : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May you and yours have a very Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2010
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Our Christmas Friends
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
December 23, 2010
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The Last ARC Contest Of 2010!
Here it is, my last giveaway of the year, a collection of ARCs destined to make 7 readers happy. Leave comments on every post between now and next Sunday night, the 26th, and each comment will earn you another entry. You can also say which ARC you’d prefer but I make no guarantees that’s the [...]
December 19, 2010
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Hodgepodge
Congratulations to Lynn Demsky! Lynn has won the set of three books in the Angels of Mercy series from mystery author CJ Lyons! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is just too funny not to share—as seen on McSweeney’s, by a highly entertaining writer— How to Put On a Sports Bra BY ANNA LEFLER 1. Approach the sports bra [...]
December 16, 2010
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Happy Birthday, Drew!!!
Have a great 17th!! 17? Oh, my, your mom must be really old {evil grin}.
December 8, 2010
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