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And the randomly selected winner is Bellwether by Connie Willis , as suggested by  ladyjoust ! This is pretty cool because I read (and really loved) Willis' Doomsday Book years ago and it will be fun to read more by an author I have not visited in some time. Here is the full list of suggestions: • Freak Magnet by Andrew Auseon ( Carla ) • The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye (Tiffany M.) • How It Ends by Laura Wiess ( Jacqueline C. ) • Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto ( lissa ) • The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold ( Li ) • Outlander by Diana Gabaldon ( Rosey ) • Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire ( KMont ) • Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer ( Emily ) • The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton Porter ( literarymiss ) • Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong (Misti) • Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi ( B. ) • The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud (Maryn) • Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs ( Chachic ) • A Girl Na...

Wow. Already to the fifth round of Tell Me What to Read ! Last month's was awfully good. So what's a great read for the hot month of August?  Tell me what book I should read this month. It can be any genre, any age level, and have been published last week or three hundred years ago. You can pick it because it's a book that everyone should read or because it changed your life or because it is great literature or just because it entertained you. My friends Janssen and Emily are also running this monthly feature on their blogs. Janssen started it all! So be sure to stop in and vote for their selections as well. This month, in fact, Emily will be reading Daughter of the Forest on my recommendation. Here's hoping it goes down well! Here's how it goes: Comment with the title and author of one book you think I should read (any book you want). One title only, please, lest my brain explode. I'll select one comment at random. On the off-chance that I've alre...

And the randomly selected winner is Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin, as suggested by Old school librarian.  I have never heard of this book or this author before and that's always an enticing prospect. Who knows what one will find between the covers? It looks like my local library does have a copy in so I will be stopping in quite soon to get started on July's book. Here is the full list of suggestions: •  A Girl Named Disaster   by Nancy Farmer (Ceci) •  The Bikini Car Wash   by Pamela Morsi ( SarahT ) •  The Silver Metal Lover   by Tanith Lee ( Janicu ) •  Harmonic Feedback   by Tara Kelly ( Alexa ) •  French Kiss (Diary of a Crush, Book 1)  by Sarra Manning ( emilyandherlittlepinknotes ) •  Frenchman's Creek   by Daphne du Maurier ( Karen Mahoney ) •  Life as We Knew It   by Susan Beth Pfeffer ( Emily ,  Michelle , and Amy) •  The Iron King   by Julie Kagawa ( Ashley ) •  Trick ...