Monthly Archives: November 2012

Top Ten 2012

Posted on November 30, 2012 by dianeledet

Love and Shame and Love by Peter Orner Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family’s Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom by Yangzom Brauen An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro A Room With a View by E.M. Forster Leaving Van Gogh by Carol … Continue reading →

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Karma

Posted on November 30, 2012 by dianeledet

The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng is one of the best books I’ve read this year. It’s a long one, over 400 pages, but so worth the time it takes to read. The book, published in 2008, was … Continue reading →

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The Art of Christmas

Posted on November 27, 2012 by dianeledet

Tomie dePaola is one of my favorite illustrators.  I’ve collected his books for years.  I love the simplistic way he paints!  The stories he depicts are timeless. If you know and enjoy dePaola’s work, you will appreciate The Friendly Beasts. … Continue reading →

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Left Out in the Cold

Posted on November 26, 2012 by dianeledet

A Wish to be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe is a beautifully illustrated (by the author’s husband) children’s book about a tree which has never been chopped down and taken home to be used as a Christmas tree. Kindly … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays

Posted on November 24, 2012 by dianeledet

Dear Bookwinked followers, As you will note, I’m taking a break from my usual reading for the rest of the year in order to focus on holiday themed literature.  I hope some of these fine books will find their way … Continue reading →

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He Shook When He Laughed

Posted on November 23, 2012 by dianeledet

Many thanks to Emma (http://wordsandpeace.com/) for her recommendation of Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris!  I really get a kick out of the way Sedaris has of taking the absurd to new levels of hilarity.  This book contains a collection … Continue reading →

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Gloomy Gus

Posted on November 23, 2012 by dianeledet

Here’s another children’s Christmas story. The title is The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski. This touching story is about a wood carving widower who is asked to prepare a new Nativity set for a widow and her young … Continue reading →

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For Kids of All Ages

Posted on November 23, 2012 by dianeledet

When I discovered a Christmas book authored by Pearl S. Buck, I knew I had to read it. I love Buck’s work and was not disappointed by Christmas Day in the Morning.  This is a children’s book, but the touching … Continue reading →

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Oh You’ve Got to Have Friends

Posted on November 21, 2012 by dianeledet

I just finished reading Friendkeeping by Julie Klam. The book took me longer to read than normal because there was so much in it that got me thinking. To me, this is the sign of a good book; it makes … Continue reading →

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Sheer Genius

Posted on November 13, 2012 by dianeledet

I resurrected another oldie but goodie when I chose to read Belvedere by Gwen Davenport!  Having enjoyed the movie based on the book, I decided to see what the original story line was.  Oddly enough, the book is quite different … Continue reading →

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