Posted on February 28, 2009 by nanscorner
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
Pub. Date: January 1996
480pp
Series: Special Agent Pendergast Series, #1
Douglas Preston’s and Lincoln Child’s website: http://www.prestonchild.com/
Synopsis: (from www.bn.com)
Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum’s dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2009 by nanscorner
I came across this fun post on Should Be Reading’s blog and I’m excited to participate in it! She asks us:
What great books did you hear about / discover this past week? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS!
This week, I added Boy Toy to my TBR list. I read about it on J. Kaye’s [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2009 by nanscorner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Pub. Date: February 2009
ISBN-13: 9781416585831
A Barnes and Nobel Main Selection – reader’s guide
Chet the Dog’s Blog: http://www.chetthedog.com/
Synopsis, from www.bn.com
Meet Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of Dog on It, who works alongside Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator. Chet might have flunked out of police school (“I’d been the [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2009 by nanscorner
Take the quiz here: Which Lost character are you?
You Scored as SayidYou are Sayid! Although you were a member of the Iraqi National Guard during the Gulf war and tortured people, you are a smart and kind man that can solve any map to try to leave the island.
Claire
38%
Sayid
38%
Jack
31%
Sun
25%
Locke
19%
Kate
19%
Boone
13%
Michael
13%
Shannon
13%
Sawyer
0%
Charlie
0%
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by nanscorner
I know, another reading challenge… and I’m signing up 7 months into it already! August 1, 2008 – June 1, 2009
Goal: read 10 books from at least 5 different awards.
For the rules and to sign up go to: http://bookawardschallenge.blogspot.com/2008/05/book-awards-ii-rules-and-signup.html
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Maragaret Atwood, 320 pages, Arthur C. Clarke Award (1987)
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by nanscorner
I’m onto book number 2 for vacation! Woo hoo! I love being on vacation!!!!
More good news… I get to pick up my car today! Hooray!
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Posted on February 22, 2009 by nanscorner
Vacation has started and I’m loving being able to curl up with my current read whenever I want. This weekend, I have spent a lot of time at home since the car is still at the shop being repaired. With a storm on the way, I have not wanted to leave the house with my [...]
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