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- The Housekeeper Storyon Jun 9, 2013This is a story about two little girls who lost their mother at the ages of five and seven. She suffered from an auto immune disorder which is now called Crone's and can now be treated with steroids, but at that time, cortisone was an experimental...
- Pinterest - "Books Worth Reading" and Much More!on Feb 8, 2012 in The Spell You Cast Erin O'RiordanHi, I'm Erin O'Riordan, the author and book blogger at Pagan Spirits. Together with my husband, Tit Elingtin, I write crime novels such as The Smell of Gas (Melange Books, 2011). I also write erotic romance. I'm a book fanatic, so when I'm not writin...
- Notable Literary Deaths of 2011on Jan 1, 2012 in Samuel Menashe Anne McCaffreyAs we make a clean break of 2011 and start fresh in 2012, let's pause to remember some of the literary lights we lost in the previous year. Anne McCaffrey - the U.S. born-Irish writer was best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series of fantasy nove...
- Crime thriller 'Eminent Domain' - the reviewson Nov 10, 2011 in Erin O'RiordanEminent Domain by Erin O'Riordan and Tit Elingtin: A young couple buys the waterfront home of their dreams. After years of rehab to their home, they find it was all in vain. The government is going to take it from them. Feeling robbed of his liberty,...
- on Sep 28, 2011Another list of books to readThe 100 most popular bookshttp://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AEKkPF/www.worldbooknight.org/your-books/the-wbn-interactive-top-100-books...
- The HelpThe Help, Race, Southern Authors, and Popular Opinion By Jamie PaulI was recently attempting to look up books "like The Help" with the idea of reviewing a couple here, and was sad to discover that many sights were just listing other book...
- Good Girl Gone Bad (Word)on Sep 3, 2011 in Inga Muscio popular cultureAttention: the following post contains a word some consider offensive. It is used here in the context of linguistic exploration. Pop singer Rihanna raised a few eyebrows on Thursday, Sept. 1, when she was spotted wearing a necklace engraved with a ce...
- The Path Between the Season Sep 1, 2011By: David McCullough“The creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914”700 pages soft cover ...
- Why I Love Bookstoreson Aug 25, 2011Why I Love Bookstores by Sparrow July 26, 2011 "Used book hunt with surprising finds" by Scott A. Rosenberg in the newspaper am New York (Wednesday, July 20, 2011) told the story of a unique consumer project. Scott A. Rosenberg and his e...
- A Clean StartA Clean StartBy Mandy Calvin I should be happy. However when you expected so much out of life as I did years ago anything lower than those expectations is a failure. I sighed and stepped out of my old, rusty car. From the driveway, I looked u...
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