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The Great Gone With the Wind Readalong – Part 1 (Chapters 1-7)


Hooray!  It’s finally here!  Welcome to The Great Gone With the Wind Readalong.  How It Works | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Discussion Prompts How It Works I’ll summarize our chapters here, giving some

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Introducing The Great Gone With the Wind Readalong!


As the dog days of summer pull us further into the world of reading, it’s time for some communal book bliss.  It’s time for the Great Gone With the Wind Readalong!  Discover (or reacquaint yourself with) Margaret Mitchell’s perennial classic, which turns 75 this year.  It’s a chunkster, to be

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MMM – Please Welcome Melanie Fishbane!


Um, could any week have been MORE eventful than last week?  Not only did The Heroine’s Bookshelf win a Colorado Book Award, but I was invited to guest host #litchat this Friday and Felicity won a lovely copy of GWTW. This week’s prize is one you might not have on

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Scarlett O’Hara: Literature’s Most Lovable Bitch


Guest Post by Ellen F. Brown Next up in our series of guest posts on heroines featured in The Heroine’s Bookshelf is Ellen F. Brown, who may just qualify as the world’s nicest human being (unlike her subject).  Ellen emailed me out of the blue (okay, I think I retweeted

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Impatiently Jerking


A minute later, she was dragging a heavy marble-topped table across the floor, its rusty castors screeching in protest. She rolled the table under the window, gathered up her skirts, climbed on it and tiptoed to reach the heavy curtain pole. It was almost out of her reach and she

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