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Posts on ‘August 11th, 2008’

On Chesil Beach – Book Review

They were young, educated, and both virgins on this, their wedding night, and they lived in a time when a conversation about sexual difficulties was plainly impossible. -From On Chesil Beach, page 3-
Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach is the story of two people – Edward and Florence – who marry in 1962, on the [...]

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The Piker Press, a weekly ezine, will be periodically publishing reviews by Caribousmom on their site. This week a review of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is being featured. The Piker Press publishes a wide variety of short stories, serial novels, essays, creative non-fiction, poetry, book reviews, photography, and original comics. [...]

Mailbox Monday – August 11, 2008

It’s Monday and time to take stock of the gems that appeared in my mailbox this week.
House and Home, by Kathleen McCleary – I received this for the upcoming Book Tour hosted through TLC Book Tours. Here is the schedule for the book tour:
Wednesday, September 3rd: Hooked on Houses
Friday, September 5th: [...]