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Friday 56 - Descriptions

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This is a cool weekly thing from Story Time With Tonya . 1. Grab the book nearest you right now. 2. Turn to page 56. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like). 5. Post a link with your post to Storytime with Tonya and Friends. "The bathroom was vintage Partridge family with mustard yellow amenities and French provincial trim on the vanity." - One For The Money by Janet Evanovich Can you just picture this bathroom? I'm not a lover of a lot of description but Evanovich makes it fun!

Monday Musings - Picture Books

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Thanks for Rebecca's blog 'Just One More Page' for Monday Musings... Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about picture books. Do you have a favourite picture book, either from your own childhood, or reading to you children? PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Musing Mondays post, or share your opinion in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks. I remember picture books better from babysitting than my own childhood. (I was reading Agatha Christie in grammar school, of course.) I babysat a four year old who always corrected me if I skipped a word - I thought she could read. The mom laughed so hard - the little girl had memorized every book! She'd make you point at the words as you read them. I don't remember specific titles... I do remember a lion over a blue background and he was down in the dumps (I think this made up the title). I used to read it as a child over and over when I went to my grandparents house. (They've since given it to

Friday 56 - Nakedness!

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This is a cool weekly thing from Story Time With Tonya . 1. Grab the book nearest you right now. 2. Turn to page 56. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like). 5. Post a link with your post to Storytime with Tonya and Friends. "You two were great chums when you were five years old. I remember you stripped off your clothes together and went romping in the fountains." - Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen This is such a great book! I'm really enjoying reading it. It's so cute and so charming and so British!!

Monday Musings - Dust Jackets

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Thanks for Rebecca's blog Just One More Page for Monday Musings... Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about dust jackets. Do you prefer books with a dust jacket? What do you do with your dust jacket while reading? Leave it on or take it off? (Question courtesy of Kim from Page after Page ) PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Musing Mondays post, or share your opinion in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks. I either use one flap of the dust jacket as a bookmark or take it off for safekeeping. I then promptly lose the dust jacket and end up putting the rather bland-looking book back on the shelf when I'm through. Somewhere, there are a bunch of cool-looking dust jackets hiding in my house. My Dad has a good tip and by coincidence, just reminded me of it yesterday. He said to keep the dust jacket of a book you lend for two reasons : 1.) for safe keeping 2.) to affix a sticky note on it stating who you leant the book to Great tip

The Friday 56 - White Desert

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This is a cool weekly thing from Story Time With Tonya . 1. Grab the book nearest you right now. 2. Turn to page 56. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like). 5. Post a link with your post to Storytime with Tonya and Friends. "His eyes never left me. 'Ye'll not take offense when I say ye don't look like that such of a much.'" 'There's more to me than meets the eye. Except when it comes to billiards.' 'Billiards?' 'It's a story I don't feel like telling.' - White Desert by Loren D. Estleman I might explain that the first person character, Page Murdock, has been sent to Canada by the U.S. to bring back two violent outlaws - it all started with a game of billiards. You should see the cover of this book - it's awesome! (Second book down.)

Monday Musings - Story Format

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Thanks for Rebecca's blog 'Just One More Page' for Monday Musings... Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about a story format. How do you feel about books written in a differing format – whether this be journals or letters (epistolary), verse novels, or any other form? Is this something you enjoy? Or do you prefer straight forward chapter prose. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Musing Mondays post, or share your opinion in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks. I find that I can get into about any format but the problem I run into is reading the same format book after book after book (by coincidence) and then pick up a book that happens to be in a different format. THEN I get in that place where I have to "get into it" instead of just reading. I haven't read one in a while but I LOVE journal-type books and autobiographies. The author is talking to ME and I feel him/her. I laugh as if they were in the room telling me a joke. I cry