August 2019 Book of the Month Giveaway

September 15, 2019 03:24 PM Posted by juliannadouglas

I didn’t read very many books in August, but those I did read were all winners. However, one stood out among the rest. It’s the seventh volume of a long-running, epic, romantic series that I first discovered nearly twenty-five years ago. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been following Jamie and Claire’s story for this long, and now that I’ve named the main characters, I’m sure most hard-core romance readers know exactly what series I’m talking about. This couple have been through so many adventures and hardships, joys and sorrows, and yet they’re still together and still experiencing all that life (or perhaps I should say the author :-) ) has thrown at them. In this installment, they’re trying to avoid the American Revolution, partly as a matter of survival and partly so that Jamie doesn’t risk facing his own son, a British officer, across a battlefield. But as is often the case in this series, fate has other plans in store for them, and they end committing piracy before winding up in a couple of the more significant battles of the war, then finally reaching their original goal, a return to Scotland.

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Categories: Book of the Month, Giveaways

Tags: Diana Gabaldon


Banned Books Week 2019

September 15, 2019 03:11 PM Posted by juliannadouglas

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What do all of these books have in common?

  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  • The Giver by Lois Lowry

  • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

  • Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

  • Bridge To Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

  • The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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Categories: Events, Giveaways

Tags: Banned Books Week, Stephenie Meyer