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The Sugarless Plum (Zippora Karz) – Review

by christine (booktumbling) on 20. Nov, 2009 in book reviews

Author Zippora Karz offers an insightful look at her struggle to manage diabetes as a solo ballerina in her memoir The Sugarless Plum: A Ballerina’s Triumph Over Diabetes. Ms. Karz’s love of dance started at an early age and with the encouragement of her family and ballet teacher, she was able to earn a place [...]

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Teaser Tuesday (11.17.09)

by christine (booktumbling) on 17. Nov, 2009 in book meme

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: * Grab your current read * Open to a random page * Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page * BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what [...]

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Winner of Fierce Style and Chocolate: A Love Story

by christine (booktumbling) on 16. Nov, 2009 in giveaway winners

It is that time again, time to announce the winner of another great giveaway courtesy of Hachette Book Group and me. Using random.org, the winner is: Stacy from Stacy’s Books I have notified Stacy by email and she will have 48 hours to respond with her mailing information or another winner will be chosen. If [...]

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This and That (new winner, awards, e-reader giveaways)

by christine (booktumbling) on 12. Nov, 2009 in awards, e-readers, giveaway winners

I thought I would update, share and exclaim over a few tidbits. First of all, I had to select another winner for the Simon’s Cat giveaway. So, without further ado: Congrats to Marie from Kids, Cats, Books and Chaos! ————————————– I was lucky enough to receive a couple of awards. The “Ooh La La! I [...]

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Rough Country (John Sandford) – Review

by christine (booktumbling) on 10. Nov, 2009 in book reviews

Virgil’s always been known for having a somewhat active, er, social life, but he’s probably not going to be getting too many opportunities for that during his new case. While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of northern Minnesota, he gets a call from Lucas Davenport to investigate a murder at a [...]

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