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Throwback Thursday: 84, Charing Cross Road #TBT

November 30, 2017 by Ann Marie 4 Comments

84 Charing Cross Road

Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It’s Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I only started blogging about two years ago. Therefore, I have lots of old favorites to talk about. While I may not remember all of the details needed to write a complete review, I’m happy to share the ...

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Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: book blogger, bookworm, Epistolary Nonfiction, Helene Hanff, London, TBT, Throwback Thursday

First Chapter/First Paragraph: Wolf by Wolf

November 28, 2017 by Ann Marie 12 Comments

Wolf by Wolf

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Diane at Bibliophile By the Sea. Each week, participants share a paragraph (or two) from a book they are currently reading or are planning to read soon. Today I'm going to share the first couple of paragraphs of Wolf by Wolf. This is a book that's been sitting on my shelf for quite a while now. I'm woefully behind on ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: book blog, bookworm, Fiction, Ryan Graudin, Wolf by Wolf, WWII Fiction

Blog Tour and Giveaway: Unforgivable Love by Sophfronia Scott

October 9, 2017 by Ann Marie 4 Comments

Unforgivable Love

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Unforgivable Love: A Retelling of Dangerous Liaisons. Though I have never read the original version of Dangerous Liaisons or even seen a film or theater adaptation, I was intrigued by this book's description and couldn't wait to receive my copy. I was not disappointed. If you've been following my reviews for any length of time, you probably know that I ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: African American Fiction, Best Books 2017, book blogger, bookworm, Dangerous Liaisons, Family Dynamics, Fiction, Harlem, Literary Fiction, Sophfonia Scott

Blog Tour and Giveaway: Caroline: Little House, Revisited

October 1, 2017 by Ann Marie 5 Comments

Caroline: Little House Revisited

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour of Caroline: Little House, Revisited! As someone who grew up watching Little House on the Prairie and reading the much-celebrated books series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, I was very excited to hear about this book at Book Expo 2017. When I was offered the opportunity to participate in the blog tour, I jumped on it! Caroline's character, in both the book and ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction Tagged With: book blogger, Book Expo 2017, bookworm, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie, Sarah Miller

Throwback Thursday: Leaving Van Gogh #TBT

September 28, 2017 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It’s Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I only started blogging about two years ago. Therefore, I have lots of old favorites to talk about. While I may not remember all of the details needed to write a complete review, I’m happy to share the ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction Tagged With: bookworm, Carol Wallace, Fiction, Great for Book Club, Historical Fiction, TBT, Throwback Thursday, Van Gogh

Blog Tour: The Sworn Virgin by Kristopher Dukes

September 1, 2017 by Ann Marie 5 Comments

Sworn Virgin

As a avid reader of historical fiction, I was first attracted to The Sworn Virgin because it introduced me to a subject I knew nothing about - the sworn virgins of Albania. While I've read many novels with strong female characters that dared to reject their traditional societal roles, I had never read one set in Albania so that was also a big draw. When I began the book and learned that ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction Tagged With: book blogger, Book Review, bookworm, Family Dynamics, Historical Fiction, Kristopher Dukes, romance, Sworn Virgin, Women's Fiction

August Book Club – The Vegetarian and Blossom Restaurant

August 29, 2017 by Ann Marie Leave a Comment

For our August book club, the NYC Ladies of Fine Dining and Fiction read The Vegetarian by Han Kang. We held our discussion at Blossom on Columbus, a popular vegan destination on the Upper West Side. As for the book, I will say that I was in the minority, but not alone, in simply not liking it. Truth be told, I hadn't even finished it in time. Though it was a very short book, I found myself ...

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Filed Under: Book Club Meetup, Fiction, Literary Fiction, NYC, NYC Restaurant Review, Uncategorized Tagged With: Blossom NYC, Blossom UWS, book blogger, book club, Book Review, books I didn't love, bookworm, Fiction, great book club read, han kang, Man Booker Prize, NYC Restaurant Review, restaurant review

Blog Tour & Giveaway – The Child by Fiona Barton

July 11, 2017 by Ann Marie 12 Comments

The Child by Fiona Barton

I'm excited and honored to be posting today as a stop on the blog tour of Fiona Barton's latest book, The Child. The Child was a quick and enjoyable read from start to finish. It's told from the perspective of four different woman and differs somewhat from many multiple-perspective books in that only one is narrated in the first person. This gives the book a bit of an unreliable narrator feel, ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: blog tour, book blogger, bookworm, Family Dynamics, giveaway, mystery

Top Ten Tuesday: My Top Ten Turn Offs

April 25, 2017 by Ann Marie 10 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Here are the top then things that will make me instantly not want to read a book (in no particular order): A BAD COVER - This includes boring covers, covers that depict half naked men, most with any type of floral arrangement, too-perfect pool or beach scenes, and mythological creatures. Finally, if the cover looks like ...

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Filed Under: Other, Top Ten Tuesday Tagged With: book blogger, books I won't read, bookworm, top ten tuesday

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