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Love Virtually by Daniel Glattauer

Love Virtually – Daniel Glattauer Translated from the German Gut gegen Nordwind by Jamie Bulloch and Katharina Bielenberg MacLehose Press, 2012 Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * Love Virtually is, as the...

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Every Seventh Wave by Daniel Glattauer

Every Seventh Wave – Daniel Glattauer Translated from the German Alle sieben Wellen by Katharina Bielenberg and Jamie Bulloch MacLehose Press, February 2013 Review copy provided by publisher Buy:...

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The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth – Edith Wharton Girlebooks, Originally published: 1905 Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * There are qualities to The House of Mirth that reminded me of other books around the theme of...

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War and Peace: Check-In #2

February is over, which means it is time for another check in for Amy and my War and Peace Read Along. Amy shared her thoughts earlier this week. And you can find the Mr. Linky to link to your own...

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The Exiles Return by Elisabeth de Waal

The Exiles Return – Elisabeth de Waal Persephone Books, March 2013 Review copy from the publisher Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * In The Exiles Return, Elisabeth de Waal, Edmund de Waal’s grandmother,...

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The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

The Best of All Possible Worlds – Karen Lord Jo Fletcher Books, 2013 Review copy from the publisher Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * The Best of All Possible Worlds is part science fiction, part romance,...

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Bitter Greens by Kate Fortsyth

Bitter Greens – Kate Forsyth Allison and Busby, 2013 Review copy from The Book Depository Buy: Bookdepository * In Bitter Greens Kate Forsyth tells the stories of three women. In part, it is a...

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War and Peace: Check-In #3

Yay! We have made it through Book or Volume I of War and Peace! This means we are at 23%, according to Good Reads. Congratulations! For me, this part was a little easier to read than the previous one....

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Possession by A.S. Byatt

Possession – A.S. Byatt Vintage, 1991 Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * That’s right, I have finally read Possession. And I loved it, as everyone predicted I would, though that love was not present from...

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Thursday’s Children by Rumer Godden

Thursday’s Children – Rumer Godden Virago Modern Classics, April 2013 (First published 1984) Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * Thursday’s Children is about the Penny family. Mother concentrates all her...

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Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham

Fables: Animal Farm – Bill Willingham / Mark Buckingham / Steve Leialoha DC Comics, 2003 Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * Fables: Animal Farm is part of a series of comics about fairy tale characters who...

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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie – Ayana Mathis Hutchinson, Random House, 2013 Review copy from Netgalley Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is the story of Hattie Shepherd who moves...

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Christine by Alice Cholmondeley (pseudonym of Elizabeth von Arnim)

Christine by Alice Cholmondeley Girlebooks, originally published 1917 Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * Free download: Project Gutenberg, Girlebooks Christine claims to be a collection of letters written...

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War and Peace: Check-In #4

The selected section for the month April during the War and Peace Read Along were the first two parts of Book II. I have to admit that I found these two parts much more enjoyable than the parts we read...

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Irises by Francisco X. Stork

Irises – Francisco X. Stork Narrated by Carrington Macduffy Listening Library, 2012 Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * I think I might not need explain why I chose this particular audiobook. Given my first...

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Rapunzel’s Revenge & Calamity Jack

While I was visiting Ana last week, I borrowed some of her books. Well, in this case, some of her borrowed books. Not that her shelves aren’t interesting. In truth, they are amazing and looking them...

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The First Rule of Swimming by Courtney Angela Brkic

The First Rule of Swimming: A Novel – Courtney Angela Brkic Little Brown and Company, May 2013 Review copy from Netgalley Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * The First Rule of Swimming is the story of two...

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald Alma Books, 2012 First published in 1925 Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * Look, who needs another post about The Great Gatsby? Particularly right around the movie...

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Charlotte Temple by Susanna Rowson

Charlotte Temple – Susanna Rowson Girlebooks, first published 1791 Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * Or read for free: Girlebooks | Project Gutenberg Charlotte Temple is titled after its main protagonist....

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Sorcery & Cecelia by Patricia M. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot – Patricia M. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer Harcourt, 2004 Buy: Amazon | Bookdepository * Sorcery & Cecelia is an epistolary novel about two...

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