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Welcome to Booksie's Blog! I write reviews of what I've read, some of which were books sent by publishers or authors. If you would like for me to read and review your book, please contact me. I'd love to have the chance to review for you although I don't usually read to deadlines. My email address is skirkland@triad.rr.com I can't accept everything but I do read and review everything I accept. I average about 10-12 reviews a month. I tend to favor physical books over ebooks for review.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson

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I've enjoyed all of Kate Atkinson's books immensely, and this one was no different. She writes of people who are often disconnected...
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Saturday, October 25, 2008

A Sight For Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell

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Francine has had a rough start to life. When she is seven, her mother is murdered by a man who comes to the house, and Francine escapes by ...

Make A Joyful Noise by Chariss Walker

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Chariss Walker has written a book to give hope and help to individuals facing various life issues, through a Christian filter. She divides ...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali This is Ayaan Hirsi Ali's biography in which she details how she went from being a typical Muslim woman to ...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino

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Natsuo Kirino does not write about pleasant people or situations. A few months ago, I read her book, Out , that takes as it's subject m...
Saturday, October 4, 2008

Music And Silence by Rose Tremain

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This book entranced me from the very first page. It is easily the best book I've read in months, perhaps the entire year. Music and Si...
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Massacre River by Rene Philoctete

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Massacre River by Rene Philoctete is a stream of consciousness novel about the repression and dictatorship of life in the Dominican Republi...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

The Snake Charmer by Jamie James

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The Snake Charmer by Jamie James is a fascinating look at a herptologist, Joseph Slowinski and his life and career. That life was cut tragi...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

Death's Half Acre by Margaret Maron

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Title: Death's Half Acre Author: Margaret Maron Publisher: Hachette Book Group Genre: Mystery Website: www.HachetteBookGroupUSA.com ...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard

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The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard Winner of the 2004 Miles Franklin Literary Award, The Great Fire explores how individuals put their liv...
Tuesday, September 9, 2008

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

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Written in fresh street talk vernacular, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao exploded onto the literary scene last year. It follows the liv...
Friday, September 5, 2008

Half Of A Yellow Sun

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Half Of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie This book, which won the Orange Prize in 2007, follows a couple and their families during ...
Sunday, August 31, 2008

Review of Setting Boundaries With Your Adult Children

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The author of Setting Boundaries With Your Adult Children has lived the nightmare that the book is about; she has an adult son that has fail...

Wild Week

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It has been a wild week here. We got over 10 inches of rain from tropical storm Fay in three days. In addition, on Wednesday we had tornad...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Guns, Germs and Steel

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Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond I found this book to be incredibly interesting. Dr. Diamond, a professor of geography at UCLA and ...
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The Smart One

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The Smart One by Ellen Meister Title: The Smart One Author: Ellen Meister Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 978-0-06-112962-9 Genre: Wome...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

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What an incredibly busy week! It was the first week back from vacation, so I had lots of work to catch up on. Then I had a new staff membe...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

Sunday, August 17, 2008

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Finally, I caught up on all the email that piled up while we were on vacation. It took 3 days to read it all. Now I can start working on ...
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I'm the former CIO of a large community college, and an avid reader. I've reviewed here and for Curled Up With A Good Book, Amazon's Vine Reviews program and on Netgalley and Edelweiss. I also work with several publishers. The majority of books reviewed on this page were sent to me free of charge.
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