I just got home after a grueling two days of travel (blizzards at home = thrilling; blizzards while traveling = exhausting) to find a delightful package from my Book Blogger Holiday Swap “secret Santa”! I received a copy of Intimations of Austen: Stories Inspired by the Works of Jane Austen by Jane Greensmith and To [...]
Thanks, mystery book blogger Santa!
December 28th, 2010 · No Comments
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Book Blogger Holiday Swap
November 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment
I just signed up for the Book Blogger Holiday Swap! I figure it’ll be a fun way to get more involved in the scene, as it were (see how I avoided saying “anything-osphere”? …Oh crap). And who doesn’t like getting a surprise package in the mail? If you also blog about books and like getting [...]
The empty places where we have yet to map
December 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Via Kristin Cashore: The Known Universe. Full-screen highly recommended. Thank you for making me miss science fiction. And just for fun, a Christmas card from somewhere else out there. Happy days-between-Christmas-and-New-Year’s, everyone! (Do those days have a name? Besides “The Dead Days,” that is. I want something a tad more uplifting. “The Winter Break That [...]
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Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances, by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
December 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
A train gets stuck in a snowstorm in Gracetown, NC (a literally one-Starbucks town, as we’ll soon see), late on Christmas Eve.* Revolving around this event are three interconnected tales of teen love, angst, and romping in the snow. I’m not usually a short story fan — by the time I get into it, it’s [...]
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