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Stuffing the Bibliotaphe Closet

10.15.2012

By Zara D. Garcia-Alvarez / @ZaraAlexis

My stomach wasn’t the only thing stuffed this past Thanksgiving (and thank goodness)—The Bibliotaphe Closet was stuffed, too!

Here’s a show and tell of the book goodies I received in the last two weeks:

Books for Review:

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Thanks to author, Katie Saint

for providing me with her new children’s book, When Grandparents Divorce, published by Coffee Table Press.

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A special thank you to author, Angela Shelton

for her enthusiasm and generosity in providing me with a signed copy of her new book, The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton, published by Quiet Owl Books; a copy of Tilda Pinkerton’s Magical Hats: Book One for my children, and loads of SWAG in bookmarks and postcards! (My followers will certainly benefit from this!)

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Thank you to Random House of Canada

for providing me with a copy of the new release of short stories in the collection, Dear Life by Alice Munro.

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Thank you to The Time Keeper Society on Twitter and Hyperion Books

for providing me with a copy of the new release, The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom.

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Thank you to author, Mike Walzman

for a copy of his book, The Fall to Freedom published by Awry Books.

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Thank you to poet, Mary Mackey

for a copy of her book of poems, Sugar Zone, published by Marsh Hawk Press.

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Books I Bought:

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I finally bought a copy of Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden, which has been on my wish list for a while and a copy of The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon—one book a winner of the Giller Prize, the other, a finalist! Now, that’s literature!

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