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		<title>Double Review: &#8220;True Colors&#8221; by Kristin Hannah and &#8220;Midnight Bayou&#8221; by Nora Roberts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[reviews by wendy&#8217;s house True Colors by Kristin Hannah Three sisters who are very close go through the trials and tribulations of family life.  Their mum dies when they are very young, leaving dad to raise them.  They fall in and out of love, have arguments, party together, and basically go through life as sisters [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merrysbookclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12342929&amp;post=152&amp;subd=merrysbookclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;God of the Hive: A Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Mystery&#8221; by Laurie R. King</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 15:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[review by lindsaywrites I discovered Mary Russell several years ago when, desperate for something to read while visiting my aunt and uncle, I plucked &#8220;The Beekeeper&#8217;s Apprentice&#8221; off an over-crowded bookshelf. I&#8217;m really not much of a mystery reader, and hadn&#8217;t read any Sherlock Holmes related works prior to Laurie R. King&#8217;s first book in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merrysbookclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12342929&amp;post=147&amp;subd=merrysbookclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hey, Good Looking&#8221; by Fern Michaels</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[review by wendy&#8217;s house Darby and Russell have been friends since they were young children and remained friends throughout their university days and into their working ones.  Russell asks Darby to be the executor of his will, to which she agrees.  He states in his will, that he does not want any organs to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merrysbookclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12342929&amp;post=145&amp;subd=merrysbookclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Ghost Child&#8221; by Caroline Overington</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an Australian novel based in Melbourne.  A five year old child is attacked and sustains head injuries which results in his death.  His parents insist he was attacked while on his way from the dairy, but the police do not fully believe them.  Jacob, deceased, has three siblings and people start to suspect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merrysbookclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12342929&amp;post=141&amp;subd=merrysbookclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Goodbye to Goldie&#8221; by Fran Manushkin, Illustrator:  Tammie Lyon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 15:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ages:  5-8   Series:  Katie Woo Fran Manushkin’s new series features Katie Woo, modeled after her great niece.  Katie is an average girl who faces things kids have to face in life, from the everyday to the extraordinary.  In Goodbye to Goldie, Katie goes through the grieving process when her beloved dog dies.  It is an excellent book for children who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merrysbookclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12342929&amp;post=138&amp;subd=merrysbookclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;One week in December&#8221; by Holly Chamberlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Becca Rowan joins her family to celebrate the festive season at their rambling old farmhouse in Maine.  She meets up with her brother, his wife, two sons, and a daughter.  Also there is her younger sister and older sister plus husband.  Becca has an important announcement to make – she wants her daughter who is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merrysbookclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12342929&amp;post=136&amp;subd=merrysbookclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Day-Glo Brothers:  The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer&#8217;s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors&#8221; by Chris Barton Illustrated by Tony Persiani</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ages: 6-10 The telephone, the light bulb, the radio:  boring, boring.  But invention reports need be boring no more!  Next time the invention assignment is going around your town, pull out this book for a lucky child.  The fluorescent orange, green and yellow cover is enough to catch anyone’s attention, and the writing will keep them engaged for their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merrysbookclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12342929&amp;post=132&amp;subd=merrysbookclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;m Not Scared&#8221; by Niccolo Ammaniti</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based around a small village in Italy, this book shows how friendships can change in the blink of an eye.  A group of children with nothing to do on hot summer days, play in the fields or ride their bikes along the dusty roads.  One day a dare is set and Michele Amitrano has to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merrysbookclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12342929&amp;post=129&amp;subd=merrysbookclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Raven&#8217;s Ladder&#8221; by Jeffrey Overstreet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was magic in the high-fantasy world of Auralia’s Colors, the first “strand” in the Auralia’s Thread series, that drew me in with both its familiarity—for my own life at the time, much like House Abascar, felt void of all color—and its mystery. The characters quickly became the friends I needed, and I devoured every word of Overstreet’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merrysbookclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12342929&amp;post=122&amp;subd=merrysbookclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Magic Raincoat&#8221; by Ryan David, Illustrations by Sibylla Benatova</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ages:  3-7 The magic raincoat has a cute storyline and the illustrations are great.  I really like mixed media illustrations.  My kids and I enjoy trying to figure out what the pictures in books are made of and mixed media is always the funniest to explore.  Ms. Benatova uses paper that appears to be handmade, along with watercolors and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merrysbookclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12342929&amp;post=57&amp;subd=merrysbookclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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