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Lesa's Book Critiques (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Traveling with Pomegranates isn't a travel book. It isn't the story of a mother and daughter. It's not an analysis of the changes in a woman's life, or the search for the strength and divinity in ourselves. Instead, authors Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor have combined all of those elements in a book that spans ten years. In 1998, when Sue Monk Kidd took her daughter, Ann, to Greece, both women were...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Ever since she published Sugar ten years ago, novelist Bernice L. McFadden has felt marginalized by the literary fiction world--exiled in the name of diversity. In an email interview with GalleyCat, she explained her problem with labels in the contemporary publishing industry: "[Publishers] have placed all African-American authors in one box, forcing them to compete for the attention of ONE audience,"...
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Joystory (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
See yesterday's post for my acceptance of the challenge and my answers to the starting meme questions. So upon deciding to accept this Women Unbound 'women's studies' reading challenge last night, I started pulling potential books off my shelves, both owned and borrowed, and combing through my bib slips for titles and authors of library books I know are in the system, especially those I've got bookmarks...
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Ken Hawkins (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Summary: Get a double dose of Kidds at the Blue Bicycle Books Author’s Luncheon Series on Friday November 13th. Link: http://thedigitel.com/node/7018
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SevenMinutesToMidnight (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
I just watched the 2008 film The Secret Life Of Bees , from the bestselling novel by Sue Monk KIdd , and set in South Carolina , in the summer of 1964 . Lily , played by Dakota Fanning , escapes from her horrible father ( Paul Bettany ) with their black maid Rosaleen ( Jennifer Hudson ) , and ends up living with a family of black sisters , played by Queen Latifah , Alicia Keys and Sophie Okonedo ,...
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At Home With Books (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
This challenge is from Diane at Bibliophile By the Sea . Here are the guideline for the challenge: Between now and December 31, 2009, make a list of between 10 and 20 Books to Read Before You Die. The books on your list can come from your stacks or the library, and be in print or audio format. Once you've created your post with tentative titles, THEN sign up using Mr. Linky, by pasting the link to...
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Lesa's Book Critiques (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
It's a little early to review Beth Hoffman's debut novel, , but my review of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt appears in the October 1 issue of Library Journal . I'm predicting right now that this will be one of the favorite books for book discussion groups next year, so watch for the book in January. And, write a note to yourself now for your TBR pile now. My review is reprinted here, with permission. Hoffman,...
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jo(e)'s page (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Monking Friend and I have been going to the monastery together for more than twelve years. Sometimes another friend will join us, but often it is just the two of us. Her friendship is part of my monastery experience. We know each other's husbands and kids, we read many of the same books, and we can talk for hours about our lives. Monking Friend and I are opposites in many ways: she's an introvert,...
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Poor Kelly Corrigan, first-time author, didn't get invited to this weekend's National Book Festival on the Mall to plug her 2008 memoir, "The Middle Place." She won't be rubbing shoulders with heavyweight authors such as Sue Monk Kidd, John Grisham or Pulitzer winner Junot D'az. No major newspaper...
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At Home With Books (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page . This mailbox post covers books that I received or bought in the past two weeks. Geektastic edited by Holly Black - Contest win from Books By Their Cover for having a really geeky story. The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer - Contest win from Maymay's Memos . Traveling With Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor - Review copy. Uglies by...
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The Dead Letters (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
"The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd is one of my favorite books. They made a movie from it, but I hadn't had the chance to watch it until the other night. Watching the movie and the themes the story deals with made me stop and think. Why is it that some people can see others simply as fellow human beings while others need to catorgerize and label? As a child I was taught that no matter...
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At Home With Books (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
And the winners are: Etirv , who wins The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose! Stacie and Kerri , who each win a copy of Traveling With Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor! I will be emailing the winners very soon.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
"Traveling with Pomegranates," a mother-daughter memoir by Sue Monk Kidd ("The Secret Life of Bees") and Ann Kidd Taylor, relates the two authors' struggles with identity both at home and abroad, as they travel through Greece and France. The authors will discuss their book Wednesday at the Seattle Public Library.
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At Home With Books (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Today's giveaway is for two hardcover copies of Traveling With Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor. From the Publisher: Sue Monk Kidd has touched millions of readers with her novels The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair and with her acclaimed nonfiction. In this intimate dual memoir, she and her daughter, Ann, offer distinct perspectives as a fifty-something and a twenty-something,...
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