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Congratulations! You won a copy of Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton. Belinda McNabb I hope you enjoy the book....

There are certain types of books that I more or less assume all readers read. (Novels, for example.) But then there are books that only YOU read. Instructional manuals for fly-fishing. How-to books for spinning yarn. How to cook the perfect souffle. Rebuilding car engines in three easy steps. Dog training for dummies. Rewiring your house without electrocuting yourself. Tips on how to build a NASCAR course in your backyard. Stuff like that. What niche books do YOU read? I can't think of any niche books that I read off-hand, which is now striking me as kind of sad. Do I not have any unusual interests? I've read a lot of animal books with my daughter, but that's her interest, not mine. My husband has a few pirate books around the house, but I've only glanced at them. Looking at the list of books I've read recently, I do have several that are food-related, whether they be memoirs or mysteries,  like  Murder Uncorked by Michele...

I ran across a few new-to-me words this week. calumniate- to make false and malicious statements about; slander. " They are calumniated, and are vindicated." (pg. 78, Trinity by Joseph F. Girzone) dirndl- full, gathered skirt attached to a waistband or hip yoke; any skirt with gathers at the waistband. "The skirt was a green dirndl with tiny black, white and electric-blue shapes swarming across it." (pg. 113, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath) corrasable- "erasable" "I counted out three hundred and fifty sheets of corrasable bond from my mother's stock in the hall closet." (pg 120, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath) Play along at Bermudaonion's Weblog....

I wanted to let you know about a giveaway at The Vintage Homemaker. She's purging her shelves and having a cookbook giveaway. Enter here. The drawing is tomorrow....

Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you're getting your "teaser" from...that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you've given. Please avoid spoilers! My teaser: We slipped out of our seats and said Excuse me Excuse me Excuse me down the length of our row, while the people grumbled and hissed and shifted their rain boots and umbrellas to let us pass, and I stepped on as many feet as I could because it took my mind off this enormous desire to puke that was ballooning up in front of me so fast I couldn't see round it. The remains of a tepid rain were still sifting down when we stepped out into the street. -pg. 43, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of...

Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday.  I only remember getting one in the mail this week and I didn't stop at the library, so no loot from there. We did have a garage sale, though, and I saved about a dozen books that had been boxed up a while ago, so it's almost like they're new. The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand I received this for a blog tour in July. Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer, Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail. As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns their loss, nothing can prepare the MacAvoy's closest friends for what will be revealed....