Story Time – If You Take A Mouse To School by Laura Numeroff
This morning I kicked off another year of Story Time at our local library. This is one of my favorite things to do and I am so glad I have the time to do it and the kids to offer it to. Today we had four kids from ages 1 1/2 – 4 years old…
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LAST OF THE SEALS By: Greg Messel Published: April 23, 2012 *** This is a featured guest review by my husband, Pat. After seeing the book in my stash, he thought the book sounded interesting and so I offered the review to him. Mystery, romance and baseball in 1957 San Francisco. Sam Slater is…
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ONE BREATH AWAY By: Heather Gudenkauf Published: June 26, 2012 ***** In her most emotionally charged novel to date, “New York Times” bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf explores the unspoken events that shape a community, the ties between parents and their children and how the fragile normalcy of our everyday life is so easily shattered. In…
Read More Book Review: The Replacement Wife by Eileen Goudge
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THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU By: Joshua Henkin Published: June 19, 2012 *** It’s July 4, 2005, and the Frankel family is descending upon their beloved summer home in the Berkshires. But this is no ordinary holiday. The family has gathered to memorialize Leo, the youngest of the four siblings, an intrepid journalist and adventurer who…
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LONE WOLF By: Jodi Picoult Published: February 28, 2012 **** Edward Warren, twenty-four, has been living in Thailand for five years, a prodigal son who left his family after an irreparable fight with his father, Luke. But he gets a frantic phone call: His dad lies comatose, gravely injured in the same accident that has…
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