Beth’s Book Review Blog is giving away three Thumb Things. Thumb Things are wonderful devices from Barnes and Noble that allow readers to hold their paperbacks open with only one hand…without breaking the binding! This giveaway ends on Feb. 1st.
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Beth’s Book Review Blog is giving away three Thumb Things. Thumb Things are wonderful devices from Barnes and Noble that allow readers to hold their paperbacks open with only one hand…without breaking the binding! This giveaway ends on Feb. 1st.
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Another great Jane giveaway is going on at J. Kaye’s Blog. The book being given away is Cassandra and Jane by Jill Pitkeathley. It looks like an amazing read. Enter the contest here: Giveaway Post
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Another great Jane giveaway is going on at J. Kaye’s Blog. The book being given away is Cassandra and Jane by Jill Pitkeathley. It looks like an amazing read. Enter the contest here: Giveaway Post
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(click here to purchase Jane Eyre: The Graphic Novel)
Synopsis from Publisher
Jane Eyre is a plain, determined and intelligent child. Orphaned and poor, she is adopted by her Aunt and Uncle Reed. The death of Uncle Reed allows her unpleasant aunt to send her away to a grim charity school, where she continues her [...]
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Synopsis from the Publisher
The private and social worlds of the wealthy Bertram family are revealed through the eyes of Fanny Price, a “”poor relation”” living with the Bertrams, who has fallen in love with their son, Edmund.
Mansfield Park is my absolute least favorite Austen novel. This is the only Austen novel that I have to [...]
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Synopsis from the Publisher
Featuring an introduction by the novelist Margaret Drabble, the classic novel tells the story of a naive young woman who is invited to a mysterious old country manor, where she imagines she is a character in a Gothic novel.
I am not quite sure what to think of this novel. I liked it [...]
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I decided to join this challenge because I think I am capable of reading 20 books in one year barring a complete decent into laziness.
I will track my progress here
1. Title::A Fortunate Age
Author(s):: Joanna Smith Rakoff
Genre:: Coming of Age Drama
Finished: 1/21/2009
Rating: ** Stars
2.Title::Mansfield Park
Author(s):: Jane Austen
Genre:: Romance
Finished: 1/12/09
Rating: *** Stars
3.Title::Northanger Abbey
Author(s):: Jane Austen
Genre:: Romance
Finished: 1/13/09
Rating: [...]
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The aim of the challenge is to read four classics by the end of 2009. This list is very tentative. You never know when I may get bored. I am also going to aim for possibly 10 because I can’t make myself shave my to read list. If anyone wants to join, here is the [...]
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I joined this challenge because you would think a girl who has well over 8,000 books in her collection would be able to say to herself “I don’t think I should buy any more books today”. Maybe now I’ll read some of them. It’s a sad story. Join at this link: http://readingwise.wordpress.com/ryob-2009/
1.Mansfield Park-Jane Austen
2.Northanger Abbey-Jane [...]
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