Monthly Archives: August 2011

5 Best Books: Based on a True Story

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

5 Best Books is a meme hosted by Cassandra at Indie Reader Houston.  This week’s topic:  the 5 best books based on a true story     My list, in no particular order: Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally.  This is a novel … Continue reading →

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I’m ba-ack!

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

  I just spent a wonderful week with my two nieces in Toronto and two nieces and nephew in Winnipeg.  They are all getting so big so fast (they range in age from 20 months to almost 10 years) and … Continue reading →

Posted in book buying

Gone Spoiling…..

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

I’m off to Toronto to visit my 20-month old nieces and then to Winnipeg to visit my two nieces (9 and 5) and nephew (7) in what I am fondly referring to as Auntie Sue’s Whirlwind Rugrat Spoiling Tour. The … Continue reading →

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5 Best Re-Reads

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

The 5 Best Books meme is hosted by Cassandra at Indie Reader Houston. This week:  The 5 Best Re-Reads   If it wasn’t for the fact that my to-read shelves are literally overflowing with books I haven’t even read once, … Continue reading →

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Summer at Tiffany

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart Published:  2007 by Avon Source:  Purchased Do you remember the best summer of your life?      So begins this wonderful memoir of an era that could easily be viewed as the best of times … Continue reading →

Posted in memoir, non-fiction, Reading Challenges, reviews

5 Best Real People in Fiction

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

The 5 Best Books meme is hosted by Cassandra at Indie Reader Houston.   This week’s topic:  The 5 Best Real People in Fiction   John Singer Sargent  and Virginie Gautreau in I am Madame X by Gioia Diliberto.  This … Continue reading →

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Tobacco Wars

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

Tobacco Wars by Paul Seesequasis Published:  2010 by Quattro Books Source :  Received from publisher as part of TLC Book Tour   It shames me to say that I have not read much Native Canadian or American literature.  In fact, … Continue reading →

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