The Things You Can Read: April 2014

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

World Book Night April 23, 2014

World Book Night

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Agatha Christie's After the Funeral.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

World Book NIght 2014

Happy World Book Night

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We are giving away Agatha Christie's After the Funeral.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Happy Earth Day 2014

Happy Earth Day

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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Review: Incendiary Girls: Stories by Kodi Scheer TLC Book Tour

Incendiary Girls by Kodi Scheer is a collection of short stories, however, these are not your average short stories. Each one has elements that are fantastical and unsettling with a story line that is depicted in detailed. In other words, this is a nontraditional and surreal collection that is based in realism or should I say magical realism. If you like the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez then Incendiary Girls should be right up your alley.

The first story in the collection is entitled "Fundamental Laws of Nature" and boy does it start off with a bang "Ellen is convinced her daughter's lesson horse is the reincarnation of her mother. The horse's eyes give her away. And her mother always loved anything equine. Fitting that she's now a black thoroughbred mare." Wow, you know starting off like this that things can only get weirder, and they do This is just one of the many unusual circumstances Ms. Scheer creates. I'm a big fan of the short story genre and this debut collection is one that you simply can't put down because the author's mature command over each and every tale makes each one a delight to read.

I'd like to thank TLC Book Tours, New Harvest Publishing, and the author, Kodi Scheer for the opportunity to review this book.

Kodi Scher’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Tuesday, April 8th: Bibliophiliac

Wednesday, April 9th: Bound by Words

Thursday, April 10th: Book Snob

Friday, April 11th: 50 Books Project

Monday, April 14th: The Things You Can Read

Tuesday, April 15th: Patricia’s Wisdom

Wednesday, April 16th: Booksie’s Blog

Thursday, April 17th: Svetlana’s Reads and Views

Friday, April 18th: Books are the New Black

Monday, April 21st: What She Read

Tuesday, April 22nd: Bookish Ardour

Wednesday, April 23rd: No More Grumpy Bookseller

Thursday, April 24th: Jorie Loves a Story

Monday, April 28th: Guiltless Reading

Wednesday, April 30th: The Written World

Thursday, May 1st: The Scarlet Letter

Tuesday, May 6th: Savvy Verse and Wit

Are you a fan of magical realism? Well, if are then Incendiary Girls by Kodi Scheer is a must read for you. Let us know here at The Things You Can Read if this is one you will add to your TBR pile!

Happy reading to all! ☮

Happy Reading☮

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Friday, April 4, 2014

April is Poetry Month!

Happy Poetry Month!

“Amen” by James Baldwin

No, I don’t feel death coming.
I feel death going:
having thrown up his hands,
for the moment.
I feel like I know him
better than I did.
Those arms held me,
for a while,
and, when we meet again,
there will be that secret knowledge
between us.

via Jimmy’s Blues and Other Poems by James Baldwin, published by Beacon Press

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Favorite Lines from Movies BASED on Books

Is there a line from a movie based on a book that you really wish had been in the book? Well, here is mine from The Wizard of Oz.:

Dorothy: How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?

Scarecrow: I don't know, but some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?

Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.

Let us know your favorite line here at The Things You Can Read!

Happy reading to all! ☮

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

We're Back! Cozy Up with a Good Book!

Sorry we have been away from our beloved blog for a few weeks. A month long hospitalization placed us in the out of commission column. We are in recovery mode now and have a new son to show for it. Harrison Harper joined our family and now it's back to work...

Here is our latest book related find that we can't wait to try out, and we'd like to thank Out of Print for making us aware of this fantastic idea. What do you do with all those book related tees when they are out of commission? Make a cozy quilt to wrap up in while reading. You don't sew, so how will you do this? Well, create your very own cozy quilt to read under by sending those discarded tees off to Project REPAT. Take a peek and see what you think of this idea.

Is this something you'd be interested in? Let us know here at The Things You Can Read.

Happy reading to all! ☮

Happy Reading☮

The Things You Can Read!

Believe In Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love, and the Power of Books!