The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 – 1945) – Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) – So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2010’
March 30th Giveaway: Patrick Taylor Irish Country Series
An Irish Country Doctor, by Patrick Taylor ISBN 978-0-7653-1995-1 343 Pages Published by Tor/Forge (2004, 2007) An Irish Country Village, by Patrick Taylor ISBN 978-0-7653-2023-0 419 Pages Published by Tor/Forge (2008) An Irish Country Christmas, by Patrick Taylor ISBN 978-0-7653-2072-8 479 Pages Published by Tor/Forge (2008) This week, thanks to publisher Tor/Forge, I will be [...]
March 28th Giveaway: An Irish Country Girl
An Irish Country Girl, by Patrick Taylor ISBN 978-0765320711 320 Pages Published by Tor/Forge (January 2010) This week, thanks to publisher Tor/Forge, I will be giving away a hard cover edition of Patrick Taylor’s newest book: An Irish Country Girl (read my review of the book). The drawing will take place on March 28th. ABOUT [...]
An Irish Country Girl – Book Review
Kinky thought it was interesting how different parts of the country had their own lore. Where she came from, some people believed that if a man didn’t shave on a Sunday he’d never get a toothache, but if you had a toothache or a gumboil, then carrying the two jawbones of a haddock in your [...]
TLC Book Tour and Guest Post: Author Tatjana Soli
The Lotus Eaters, by Tatjana Soli ISBN: 978-0312611576/0312611579 400 pages Published by St. Martin’s Press (March 2010) Today I am touring Tatjana Soli’s amazing novel The Lotus Eaters (read my review). I loved this book about a strong-minded female photojournalist working in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Tatjana Soli paints a searing portrait of an [...]
The Lotus Eaters – Book Review
California was infinitely far away. California was gone. Even her dreams were shaped by this land – rice paddies stretched flat to the horizon, mountains and jungles, fields of green rice shoots and golden rice harvests like rippling fields of wheat, lead curtains of monsoon rain, bald gaunt hides of water buffalo, and, too, Saigon’s [...]
Sunday Salon – March 21, 2010
March 21, 2010 I am posting my Sunday Salon a day late this week as I was in no condition to post it yesterday. I ended up in the emergency room at 5:00 am with unrelenting, severe abdominal pain. Six hours later, there was not really a good explanation of the pain other than it [...]
Mailbox Monday – March 22, 2010
Welcome to this week’s edition of Mailbox Monday hosted every Monday on Marcia’s blog The Printed Page. This is where I highlight the books which have arrived at my home each week. If you want to play along, visit Marcia’s post today and link up your Mailbox Monday post, as well as visit other readers’ [...]
New Winner Chosen: Raven Stole the Moon
Raven Stole the Moon, by Garth Stein ISBN: 978-0-06-180638-4 464 pages Published by Harper Collins (2010) Natasha at Mawbooks has let me know she already owns this book and asked that I draw a new name. So once again, I used random.org to chose a name from this list: Coconut Library J.T./Bibliofreak Natasha/Mawbooks Barbara Verbatim [...]
Winner: Eric Van Lustbader’s Books
First Daughter, by Eric Van Lustbader ISBN: 978-0-7653-6142-4 454 pages (mass paperback) Published by Tor/Forge (2008) Last Snow, by Eric Van Lustbader ISBN: 978-0-7653-2515-0 414 pages (Hardcover) Published by Tor/Forge (2010) Today’s giveaway for Reading for a Cure goes to another lucky winner who will receive TWO books by Eric Van Lustbader: First Daughter AND [...]
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