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    My 5 Favorite Food Blogs and Magazines

    by Janna November 7, 2016
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    You might be wondering why I am writing about food on a blog about books, but I’m over here wondering why I HAVE NOT written about food yet. I love the Food Network channel and it’s the only reason I …

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    Lazy Sunday TBR List Roundup

    by Joli November 6, 2016
    by Joli November 6, 2016

    Happy Sunday! Here’s what the LQ ladies have added to our TBR lists in the past couple of weeks. What have you added? We like recommendations! Aubrey I’m currently reading A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, recommended by Janna. People’s stories …

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    Book Review: The Boy is Back

    by Kathleen November 3, 2016
    by Kathleen November 3, 2016

    Early in my teaching career, Meg Cabot wrote The Princess Diaries series for tweens and teens. The books are about a New York City teenager with frizzy hair and big feet who’s minding her own business when she learns she’s royalty. …

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    Review: The Professor and the Madman

    by Janna October 31, 2016
    by Janna October 31, 2016

    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has long been criticized for being pretentious and elitist with a touch of sexism. But it has also been praised and continues to be praised as one of the most significant publications in history. Dictionaries …

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    Book Review: Excellent Women

    by Aubrey October 28, 2016
    by Aubrey October 28, 2016

    Where to begin?! I absolutely adored this book. It’s full of interesting women, clever observations, and examines important issues regarding women in the 1950s. I had never heard of it before, and read it completely on a whim when it …

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    Review: News of the World

    by Joli October 26, 2016
    by Joli October 26, 2016

    I blame Little House on the Prairie for my interest in fiction about settlers and the West. There’s something about that era in American history that I love…something about surviving on the land and caring about things that were truly …

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    Audiobook Review: The Underground Railroad

    by Kathleen October 25, 2016
    by Kathleen October 25, 2016

    You probably know that Oprah Winfrey picked The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead for her book club in September. For some readers, Oprah’s attention is a deterrent, but not for me. From Charles Dickens to Jane Hamilton, a lot of my favorites are …

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    Audiobook Review: Born Standing Up

    by Aubrey October 24, 2016
    by Aubrey October 24, 2016

    Steve Martin is one of my all-time favorite comedians and actors. As a 90s kid, I grew up watching Father of the Bride (Parts I and II), Bowfinger, and more. I love Martin as bumbling detective Clouseau in The Pink …

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    Lazy Sunday TBR List Roundup

    by Joli October 23, 2016
    by Joli October 23, 2016

    We have a much longer list of what some of our contribs added to their TBR lists this week! Check it out and let us know what you added. Aubrey I just finished Commonwealth this week! It’s exactly as awesome …

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