Category: Book review
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Splendid Spring Book Tag
Today, I found the Splendid Spring Book Tag on Paperbacks and Planners. Like most people, I am ready for gardening and reading outside in the sun. The tag was created by Victoria Mann over on Youtube. Everyone is welcome to participate. 1. Everywhere you look flowers are blooming! Choose a book you love or think you…
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Ice Out: #bookreview
In Ice Out by Susan Speranza, Vermont is a winter wonderland. Francesca’s life in the Vermont countryside with her husband and daughter is a dream until it becomes a nightmare. Francesca is a music teacher and professional flutist. She and her husband moved to Vermont from Eastern Long Island. They had a daughter, Addie, and…
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Pro-Wrestling Book Tag
Since I just finished watching “Dark Side of the Ring,” it seemed like a good time to do the Pro-Wrestling Book Tag. Does anyone have a favorite wrestler or a book about a wrestler? The Pro-Wrestling Book Tag was created by Neko Neha of the blog, BiblioNyan. She also runs a booktube channel of the same name where…
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My Favorite Murder Book Tag
Sophie from The Little Contemporary Corner and Lois from Lois Reads Books created the My Favorite Murder Book Tag. FYI: The ladies of the podcast My Favorite Murder, Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark, have written a book, Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered. If you participate, don’t forget to tag us so we can see your…
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Persephone: Women in MythaThon
For the Persephone prompt in the Women in MythaThon readathon, I chose Persephone by Kaitlin Bevis. Imagine being a teenage girl in modern times and discovering that you are a Goddess. In Persephone Persephone only discovers that she is the actual Goddess Persephone after a kidnapping attempt. Her mother, Demeter, sends her to the Underworld…
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St. Patrick’s Day Book Tag
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I found a St. Patrick’s Day book tag made by two bloggers – Emily at Embuhleeliest and Shivii at Brown Eyed Musings. You can find them at the following links: https://embuhleeliest.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/st-pattys-day-book-tag-original/ https://browneyedmusings.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/st-pattys-day-tag-original/ End of the rainbow: What book did you have a hard time tracking down a copy of? Early Ripening: American…
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For Her Dark Skin: Women in MythAThon
Intro: For the “Medea” prompt in the Women in MythAThon readathon, I read For Her Dark Skin by Percival Everett. Goodreads says it was published in 1955 before the author was born. Obviously, the date is wrong, the book was published in 1990. The book begins in Colchis, where Jason arrives to retrieve the Golden…
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The Feminist Book Tag
Photo by Thought Catalog on Pexels.com Yesterday, I found the Feminist Book Tag at the Bookish Rita blog. She found the tag at the Pace, Amore, Libri blog. I missed International Women’s Day but it’s never too late to give props to female authors and female characters. Anyone who wants to participate is welcome. 1. Your favorite…
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Daughters of Sparta: Women in Myth-A-Thon
Intro: For the “Clytemnestra” prompt in the Women in MythAThon readathon, I chose to read Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood. The book tells the story of Helen and Klytemnestra, sisters and princesses of Sparta. Before Helen is Helen of Troy, she is married to Menelaus. Klytemnestra is married to Agamemnon, who is Menelaus’s brother.…
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