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#437 ~ Bring Up the Bodies

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel Published by: Henry Holt and Co. Published on: May 8, 2012 Page Count: 432 Genre: Historical Fiction My Reading Format: Audiobook purchased from Audible.com using a monthly credit Audiobook Published by: Macmillan Audio Narrator: Simon Vance Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook, and Audiobook [...]

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#230 ~ Wolf Hall

28 Jan By Jennifer 21 Comments

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Hilary Mantel’s latest novel first entered my radar through an issue of BookPage, a monthly magazine made available for free from my local library. From the momemt I saw the cover (H8 may not be displayed prominently on the cover, but you can’t slip him by me) and read the [...]

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Thankfully Reading ~ Day 1 Update

27 Nov By Jennifer 13 Comments

I hope that each and every one of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving (or just a very nice Thursday if you’re not from the US). Our Thanksgiving dinner was a smashing success. The girls and my mother-in-law were, in fact, flabbergasted by the table. The girls wanted nothing more than to help spread out the [...]