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Winners of Simon’s Cat Giveaway!

Winners of Simon’s Cat Giveaway!

It is that time again, time to announce the winners of another great giveaway courtesy of Anna from Hachette Book Group. Using random.org, the five winners are: Birdie S. Jane from Winning Readings Monie from Reading With Monie Sunny Lea Rosemary from Booking it Bus Style I have notified the winners by email and they [...]

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Hannibal’s Elephant Girl – Review

Hannibal’s Elephant Girl by Ariion Kathleen Brindley is set 229 BCE at a river camp near Carthage (North Africa) and follows Liada, a 12 year old girl, and her daily adventures. Liada is pulled from a raging river by Obolus, one of the elephants being trained for war at the camp. Liada has lost her [...]

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Perfect Timing – Review

Perfect Timing by Jill Mansell is chick lit done right! Poppy Dunbar meets the man of her dreams the day before her wedding. The chance encounter is the catalyst needed to call off her wedding and embark on an adventure in London with hopes of finding Mr. Right again. Of course, she meets an array [...]

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Teaser Tuesday (11.03.09)

Teaser Tuesday (11.03.09)

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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Loving chocolate in style (reviews/giveaways)

Loving chocolate in style (reviews/giveaways)

The holiday season is here! Time to wear that fancy new ensemble, attending get together after get together and partake in button-popping wonderful feasts. Oh, and the chocolate desserts. I am a huge fan of Project Runway and was rooting for Christian Siriano during season 4. He was so entertaining and added a spark to [...]

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