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Announcement: We have our First Winner: Edie Jarolim, who blogs about dogs, has chosen Dogtown. (Boy is SHE going to be surprised!) Odds of winning a fabulous book in the third drawing are really good today, as few left comments over the weekend and NOBODY tweeted. See the list of books you can choose and [...]
Great American Road Trip Destination: Buffalo, New York Book: City on the Edge by Mark Goldman My great aunt Maude Bartlett lived in Buffalo with her husband, dearCarlos. She always referred to him as though his name had three syllables. I never visited Aunt Maude in Buffalo, and Carlos died before I was born.
Do you have a ten-year-old boy on your Christmas list? You might consider the book, Weird World, as a holiday gift.
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Destination: Japan Book: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden I have never been to Japan. The country has always mystified me. The elaborate rituals, the complex rules for gardens and for tea ceremonies. And mostly the tradition of Geishas.
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Guest author David Lee learns about South Africa from a book by journalist Steven Otter, who lives the township life.
Destination: Paris Book: Paris Movie Walks: Ten Guided Tours Through The City of Lights! Camera! Action!, by Michael Schurmann I was going to say “You don’t have to be a movie fan to enjoy this book.” But who among us is NOT a movie fan? And who has seen a movie set in Paris and [...]
Destination: Spain Book: Driving Over Lemons, An Optimist in Spain(1998) and Almond Blossom Appreciation(2009) by Chris Stewart Although I loved Spanish Andalucia when we drove from Madrid to the Costa del Sol, up to Granada, down to Seville and the white villages of Malaga, [amazonify]0953522709::text::::Driving Over Lemons[/amazonify] has been sitting on a shelf in my [...]
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