I am very late to The Martian party, but I finally listened to this Audie-winning audiobook. This is a thrilling read made even better by the stellar audiobook narration and I’m glad I read it before seeing the movie. At Comic-Con this summer I saw author Andy Weir on a “Book to Screen” panel and […]
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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature from The Broke and the Bookish. This week we are talking about book series we haven’t finished yet. I don’t read a lot of series books because I do find it hard to keep up with them. I participated in this topic in 2012 and looking at that list I […]
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In Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders, beloved author Harriet Wolf has passed away, though readers still hold out hope that the rumored seventh book in her best-selling series will someday see the light of day. In this story, Harriet shares her never-told story, and her daughter and granddaughters deal with Harriet’s legacy and try […]
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Mailbox Monday is a weekly event where we share our latest book arrivals. Link up and find new mailboxes to stalk at the Mailbox Monday blog. Books in the mail: Night Blindness by Susan Strecker – This one is coming out in paperback later this month- have any of you read it yet? It’s about a woman who returns home […]
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For a Comic-Con nerd such as myself I know surprisingly little about the “Queen of the Geeks” Internet personality Felicia Day. I’ve seen Day on Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but I’ve never seen an episode of her web series The Guild (or Supernatural for that matter — I’ve lost […]
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Two Across is a sort of romantic comedy about Stanley and Vera, two brilliant fifteen-year-olds who meet at the 1960 National Spelling Bee, where they tie for first place. How’s that for a meet cute? This is a fun and offbeat debut that made me appreciate the art (and romance) of the crossword puzzle! Stanley […]
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