2009: Mailbox Monday – Monday #22

Six books in my mailbox this week! All of them ARCs.  See, I told you I’d lost my mind…     Circle of Souls and The Widow’s Season came to me from their respective authors.  Love is a Four-Letter Word was sent to me by the publisher, Penguin/Plume, though I don’t remember requesting it. (Doesn’t mean I didn’t!) I am a fan of Wendy McClure,

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2009: Challenges – 1st in a Series Challenge Completed

Another challenge completed! This one is the 1st in a Series Challenge hosted by J.Kaye. Here are the books I read: Five on a Treasure Island – Enid Blyton (Famous Five series) Claus, A Christmas Incarnation – C. John Coombes (Volume I of III) The Prey – Allison Brennan (Predator series) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson (Millennium trilogy) Vampire Academy –

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2009: Booking Thru Thursday – Preferences

It’s been a while since I participated in BTT! Well, here goes… This week’s topic is: Which do you prefer? (Quick answers–we’ll do more detail at some later date) Reading something frivolous? Or something serious? Paperbacks? Or hardcovers? Fiction? Or Nonfiction? Poetry? Or Prose? Biographies? Or Autobiographies? History? Or Historical Fiction? Series? Or Stand-alones? Classics? Or best-sellers? Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose? Plots?

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