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• Review: The Bughouse Affair by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini

  

  Description (from cover): 'In this first of a new series of spirited historical mysteries set in 1890's San Francisco, former Pinkerton operative Sabina... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In My Mailbox (Jan. 21)

  

  I love this weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. Books Won: 1. The Gilded Lily--Deborah Swift From Library: 1. The Bughouse Affair--Marcia Muller Bill... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review : The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock

  

  Description (from cover): 'The guns of August are rumbling throughout Europe in the summer of 1914, but war has not yet touched Abingdon Pryory. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin

  

  Description (from publisher): 'In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier

  

  Description (from cover): 'New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American pos... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In My Mailbox

  

  It's that time of the week again. Love this meme hosted by The Story Siren! Received from Edelweiss for Review: 1. Children of Liberty--Paullina Simons 2. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Mistress of My Fate by Hallie Rubenhold

  

  Description (from cover): 'Set during a period of revolution and turmoil, Mistress of My Fate is the first book in a trilogy about Henrietta Lightfoot, a young... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Borgia Mistress by Sara Poole

  

  Description (from cover): 'Before the Tudors, there were the Bogias. Passionate. Dangerous. Deadly. From the author of Poison and The Borgia Betrayal comes a ne... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• New Things....

  Just wanted to post an update and let everyone know what is happening here at Girl Lost In a Book. Today I decided to purchase a domain name from Blogger and... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Dial C For Chihuahua by Waverly Curtis

  

  Description (from cover):'I am Pepe, but you can call me 'El Jefe.'Pepe may have soft white fur, big brown eyes, and mucho attitude--but he's no furry fashion... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In My Mailbox (Jan 7)

  

  A wonderful weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren that I dearly have come to love!!Received from Edelweiss for Review:1. The Turncoat: Renegades of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Midwife's Tale by Sam Thomas

  

  Description (from cover):'In the tradition of Ariana Franklin and C.J. Sansom comes Samuel Thomas's remarkable debut, The Midwife's Tale. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: A Death in the Small Hours by Charles Finch

  

  Description (from cover):'From the critically acclaimed author of A Beautiful Blue Death and A Burial at Sea comes an intriguing new mystery in what The New Yor... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Read and Buried by Erika Chase

  

  Description (from cover):'Hosting an award-winning novelist is quite a Christmas coup for the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2013 Library Books Reading Challenge...

  

  So I decided to do one more challenge for this year. I get a lot of my books from the library and this challenge sounds like something right up my alley. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen by Syrie James

  

  Description (from cover):'The minute I saw the letter, I knew it was hers. There was no mistaking it: the salutation, the tiny, precise handwriting, the date,... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2012: A Bookish Review of the Year...

  

  Well I am a little late in posting this. I wanted to officially let 2012 end before I posted my reading stats and favorites for the year. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In My Mailbox (Dec. 31)

  

  This is a cute little meme hosted by The Story Siren and I just love it!Bought for Kindle:1. The Eyre Affair--Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next #1)2. The Girl with... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

  

  Description (from cover):'A surprising, unexpected story of love and family, of hope and resilience. Child 44 is a thriller unlike any you have ever read.There... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Review: Murder on the House by Juliet Blackwell

  

  Description (from cover):'Bed-and-breakfast--with a side of ghosts.Word has spread that contractor Mel Turner can communicate with the spirits of the dead, and... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE