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P&P Readalong Review #4
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Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Chapters 31-40 should be subtitled: Lizzy is  clueless, tweenage drama, meddlesome friends, and lots o’ letters In this section, Darcy (and also his cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam) visit Elizabeth and the Collinses at the parsonage. Charlotte wants to believe at first … Continue reading →

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Kelley – P&P Readalong Week 3
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Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Chapters 21-30 –  from Rejecting Mr. Collins to Mrs. de Burg’s Well, Caroline Bingley has persuaded Mr. Bingley to leave town to marry Darcy’s sister, and Jane’s deludedly nice and doesn’t blame Caroline and is all martyrish sweetness and YAWN. … Continue reading →

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Kelley – P&P Readalong Week 2
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Posted on April 13, 2013 by

Chapters 11-20 – from Imprisoned at Netherfield to Mr. Collins’ Proposal More bitching about at Netherfield. Mean girls, mean Darcy, clever Lizzie. (I’m guessing that could sum up most of the book from here on out). There’s an awesome scene … Continue reading →

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Kelley – P&P Readalong Week 1
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Posted on April 9, 2013 by

First off, I don’t think I ever read Pride and Prejudice before, so I’ll be able to talk about this from a first-time perspective, yay! I’m doing an audiobook of this one, and also trying out the Audible listen + … Continue reading →

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P&P Readalong/Challenge Review #1
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Posted on April 6, 2013 by

I suppose I’m a bit of a Janeite: I visited her gravesite in Winchester while touring there, have read all her novels (both completed and unfinished), and even took an extra senior seminar to study her work in more depth … Continue reading →

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Life After Life – Kate Atkinson (ARC to be published April 2nd)
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Posted on March 26, 2013 by

**A copy of this book was provided by the publisher. Below opinions are my own.** So first I want to say straight out that I loved Life After Life. It’s a honkin’ big book, and it’s really not my “type” … Continue reading →

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Delirium – Lauren Oliver
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Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Summary: Lena lives in a future USA in which the government has decided that all the problems of the world were caused by love  – amor delirium nervosa – and has figured out a way to remove the ability to … Continue reading →

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Replay by Ken Grimwood
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Posted on March 11, 2013 by

Premise: Jeff Winston dies in 1988 of a heart attack. Then he wakes up in 1963, in college. He keeps going through the cycle, reliving this part of his life over and over, always dying on the same day and … Continue reading →

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Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
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Posted on January 5, 2013 by

Title: Song of Achilles Author: Madeline Miller Publisher: Ecco (August 28, 2012) Achilles, “the best of all the Greeks,” son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful— irresistible to all who … Continue reading →

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The Rapture of Canaan – Sheri Reynolds
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Posted on October 2, 2012 by

Synopsis: Ninah is a member of a cult-like “church,” the awesomely-named Church of Fire and Brimstone and God’s Almighty Baptizing Wind. Basically the church members are all related and the women can’t cut their hair, have to wear dresses, condemn … Continue reading →

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