The Dogs of Babel

#282 ~ The Nobodies Album

The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst Published by: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Published on: June 2010 Page Count: 320 pages Genre: Fiction My Reading Format: Hardcover purchased from Amazon.com Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and eBook My Review Last summer I read and reviewed The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst. It was quirky and I [...]

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The Dogs Days of Summer Are Almost Here!

18 Aug By Jennifer 18 Comments

Next week The Literate Housewife Review will be hosting its first theme week: Dog Days of Summer. You’ll find nothing but reviews of books that heavily feature dogs and other canine delights. I probably haven’t done as good a job getting the word out about this week, but I’m very excited about it. Marketing is [...]

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Dog Days of Summer Sign Up and Button

25 Jul By Jennifer 16 Comments

With great thanks to Sheri at A Novel Menagerie, The Literate Housewife’s Dog Days of Summer theme week has a brand! Doesn’t our bassett hound in front of the fan speak volumes about the hottest days of summer, those days that leave you begging for fall? Well, if we can’t make things cooler, we can [...]