I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag {Review and Giveaway}

by 5 Minutes for Books May 7, 2012 50 comments
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Jennifer Gilbert seemed to have it all – an affluent upbringing, a great education followed by post-college travel to Europe, and plans to take the Manhattan business world by storm upon her return. Then suddenly, [...]

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Girl Unmoored {Review and Giveaway}

by Dawn April 16, 2012 36 comments
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In Jennifer Gooch Hummer’s debut novel Girl Unmoored, a vulnerable middle schooler with an unusual name is about to discover that she is much stronger than anyone gives her credit for. As narrator, Apron Bramhall [...]

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How Not to Kill Your Baby {Review and Giveaway}

by Dawn March 12, 2012 58 comments
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I have a bit of a parenting book collection. As a preschool teacher, I like to make some copies available to my families for borrowing, and I still have enough at home to fill a [...]

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Invent-a-Tale: A Whole Lot More Than an ebook

by Guest Contributor March 5, 2012 1 comment
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If your children are anything like mine, they always want to play with whatever device I have my hands on. Whether it’s the family desktop, dad’s laptop, mom’s iPad2, or the iPhone, your child will [...]

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Another Piece of my Heart {Review and Giveaway}

by 5 Minutes for Books March 5, 2012 44 comments
Another Piece of My Heart

Jane Green is an expert at writing about relationships, especially those among woman, and she’s outdone herself with her latest novel, Another Piece of My Heart, where she tackles step-motherhood. Andi finally found the love [...]

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All That I Am {Review and Giveaway}

by 5 Minutes for Books February 20, 2012 53 comments
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Although All That I Am by Anna Funder is a novel, it is based on the true story of four young Germans (Ruth, Dora, Hans, and Ernst Toller) who fled their country in order to [...]

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Sons of Grace Freebie and Giveaway

by Jennifer February 14, 2012 15 comments
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Today is Valentine’s Day. It’s the day of love and admiration for your significant other. What better way to show your love than by giving them a freebie that they would totally love? Sons of [...]

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The Girl Who Was on Fire (Hunger Games), Review and Giveaway

by Jennifer Donovan February 5, 2012 63 comments

Four out of the ten books on the Amazon Best Sellers list are Hunger Games books. The original book has been in the top 100 for 500 days. I assume it dropped off at some [...]
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How to be a Best Friend Forever, Review and Giveaway

by Jennifer Donovan January 16, 2012 68 comments

“Do you want to be best friends?” I remember people asking me that in elementary school, and I thought it was kind of weird. Usually my thought was “I already have a best friend,” or [...]
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House of Secrets, Book Review with Giveaway

by 5 Minutes for Books January 8, 2012 60 comments

Bailee Cooper’s life is going very well. She is on a successful career path at a growing publishing company, and the boss’s son Mark, who happens to be a really nice guy, would love nothing [...]
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