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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Mx3 Review: All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn
Reading level: Ages 8 and up Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Sandpiper; Reprint edition (August 17, 2009) ISBN-10: 054724878 Source: Personal Copy Twelve-year-old Travis and his sister Corey are sent to spend their summer vacation with their grandmother at her Vermont … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Review
Tagged haunting, inn, poor farms, vermont
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Mx3 Review: Ten by Gretchen McNeil
Reading level: Ages 13 and up Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Balzer + Bray (September 18, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062118781 Source: Publisher Best friends Meg and Minnie have been invited to an exclusive house party on Henry Island. The two friends are … Continue reading
Posted in Harper Books, Harper Teen, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller, YA
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Mx3 Review: Dolly-A Ghost Story by Susan Hill
Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Profile Books (October 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 1846685745 Source: Personal copy Two young cousins, Leonora and Edward, are sent to stay with their spinster aunt at her home, Iyot Lock. Edward, an orphan, becomes his aunt’s ward … Continue reading
Mx3 Review: Haunted by James Herbert
Paperback:240 pages Publisher:Pan Macmillan (May 4, 2007) ISBN-10: 033045157X Source: Personal Copy David Ash is called to Edbrook, an isolated English house, to investigate an alleged haunting. An investigator from Psychical Research Institute, Ash is a psychic…and also a skeptic. … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Review
Tagged England, ghost story, haunting
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TSS: 2012 Fall 24-Hour Read-a-thon Wrap Up Post
Well, while I technically didn’t read for the full 24-hours, I feel this read-a-thon was my most successful. For the past few years, I’ve stop when I get tired & head to bed. With a family with active and busy … Continue reading
Posted in Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon
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Fall 2012 24-Hour Read-a-thon Update Post!
It’s here! It’s here! My excuse to read for 24 hours, uninterrupted! I have piles, yes piles of book set aside to choose from. I don’t believe I’ll read more than 5 or 6 but I like to have my … Continue reading
Posted in Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon
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2012 Murder Monsters & Mayhem: Week 2 Wrap-Up/Link-Up
I certainly hope you’ve enjoyed the week two of Murder, Monsters & Mayhem! Here’s a quick wrap-up: Red Rain by R.L. Stine The Devil I Know by Jackie Barrett Author Alma Katsu Recommends Dark Historicals Ghost Town by Jason Hawes, … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem
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Mx3 Review: Red Rain by R.L. Stine
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Touchstone (October 9, 2012) ISBN-10: 1451636121 Source: Publisher Lea Sutter is a travel writer, struggling to make a name for herself. She heads to a small, isolated island off the coast of South Carolina. The island, … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Review, Touchstone Books
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Author Guest Post: Mary Sharratt, Author of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen
Yesterday, I reviewed Mary Sharratt’s enlightening historical fiction, Illuminations. Today, I’m pleased to welcome her for a guest post…about the first known description of the female orgasm, written by Hildegard von Bingen herself: Hildegard von Bingen: Reconciling Faith and Science … Continue reading
