Monthly Archives: July 2009

Book Review: Big Bad Bunny by Franny Billingsley

Big Bad Bunny is tired of being treated like a baby.  Instead of being Baby Boo-Boo, she runs away to become Big Bad Bunny.  She travels through puddles and vines, until she reaches an insurmountable obstacle: a huge hill! She suddenly becomes frightened and wants the one person she ran away from – her mom. Big [...]
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Kitties and Readers Unite!

Is it just me or do a lot of people who have a fetish with books, also happen to have cats and some people have A LOT OF CATS! My aunt reads all the time and she has two cats.  My sister-in-law also reads, is in a book club and has two cats. I [...]
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Booking Through Thursday: Guilt, Sin, and Sex as Humor

Booking Through Thursday Challenge for July 30th, 2009: What’s the funniest book you’ve read recently? As usual, I’m going to have to shift this question to suit my needs.  I realize that I have not read anything funny recently!!  I have been way too serious with my book reading. The only book that would come close to [...]
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What Book? Wednesday: Vampire Lovers

What Book? Wednesday Question: Vampire tales abound these days, especially with the release of the True Blood series and the Twilight movies. However, there are plenty of books out there surrounding vampires, some way before Stephenie Meyer even thought about writing Twilight. With the release of these very popular books and movies/shows surrounding [...]
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Book Review: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

A biographer, Margaret Lea, is asked to write the true life story of the infamous author, Vida Winter.  Vida Winter is known for giving the press and anyone who asks a story of her life that is false.  Vida, upon her deathbed, promises to tell Margaret the truth.  Behind Vida’s story are secrets that have [...]
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