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DNF: Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
Title: Daughters of Rome Author: Kate Quinn Publisher: Berkley Trade; Original edition (April 5, 2011) A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. The Year of Four Emperors will change everything-especially the lives of two sisters with a … Continue reading
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Kelley’s 2013 challenges and 2012 wrap up.
So, I’ve been kinda bored with all of the wrap up posts that have been hogging my Google Reader lately, but at the same time I feel like I should acknowledge what I did this year. Which is, in a … Continue reading
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Les Miserables (2012)
Ok, so I feel like I should apologize for the fact that my last three posts were movie, rather than book, reviews. After all, this a blog called theBOOKdorks. Eh, at least they were all movies BASED on books…so, anyway… … Continue reading
Ever – Gail Carson Levine
First of all, I have to say…this is NOT a fairy tale retelling. For the first 45 minutes of this audiobook, I thought this was a retelling of Snow White (I think I had it confused with Fairest) and I … Continue reading
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That’s All She Wrote…
So it was hard. And sketchy for a while. After a crazy month that left me bone-crushingly tired and behind in all things important (family, work, reading, bill paying, life), I am going to bed. Wake me up if the … Continue reading
A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons — Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
Ugh. I hate when my book club chooses nonfiction. Not because I dislike nonfiction per se, but simply because I want my pleasure reading to be…well, pleasurable. So often, nonfiction is too much like work! I do like NF sometimes … Continue reading
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Follower Friday #2
Welcome to Feature & Follow Friday, an event hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. Michelle was supposed to handle this one for today, but I’m impatient so I’m STEALING IT. Q: What book do you think would make a … Continue reading
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Princess of the Midnight Ball – Jessica Day George
Wellllllll, this one was a fail for me. I mean, fairy tale retellings, yay I love those! But this was a fairy tale that I’m not very familiar with – The Twelve Dancing Princesses. And then there was the problem … Continue reading
Feature & Follow Friday 1
Welcome to Feature & Follow Friday, an event hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. It’s a thing I’m trying out because Michelle and I recently realized that we just had our first blog birthday. And…we’ve totally been half-assing this … Continue reading
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