Friday, February 20, 2009

Friday Finds (February 20) + giveaways


What great books have you added to your wish list this week? Share your Friday Finds at Should Be Reading.


Neither of these books are strictly new finds this week, but both are books I’m dying to read!

The Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear has been on my radar for a while now, but it’s been mentioned on a couple of blogs this week because the sixth book in the series, Among the Mad, has just been released. I need to start reading these soon! Read an interview with the author and enter a giveaway for the latest book at Danielle’s blog, A Work in Progress.



The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel has also been on my radar for a while. Several bloggers have reviewed this book recently, the latest I’ve read being Shana’s review on her blog, Literarily. Shana is also giving away a copy of this book.
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12 comments:

  1. bermudaonionFebruary 20, 2009 at 4:45 PM

    I agree - The Red Leather Diary looks fantastic!

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  2. UnknownFebruary 20, 2009 at 6:19 PM

    I found The Red Leather Diary too this week. I just forgot to put in on my list. Doh!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2009 at 7:45 PM

    I'm just finishing up *The Red Leather Diary*. What a character Florence Wolfson Hewitt is! Koppel does a nice job setting the diary entries within the larger scene of Manhattan in the late 20s/early 30s.

    You know this is the kind of melding of fact and historical fiction that I enjoy!

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  4. Ladytink_534February 20, 2009 at 10:35 PM

    I've heard lots of good things about both of these. Happy reading!

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2009 at 12:08 AM

    Some great sounding books. I should try to do the Friday Finds on my blog...maybe soon!

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  6. Marie CloutierFebruary 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    i really want to read Red Leather Diary. I've had it on my wishlist since it came out in hardcover last fall. hoping to win the giveaway! :-)

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  7. Cheryl PittFebruary 21, 2009 at 6:52 PM

    The Red Leather Diary sounds great. I get frustrated sometimes with so many good books and such a short lifetime. :)

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2009 at 5:40 PM

    Found The Red Leather Diary to be okay. I wanted to read more original diary entries and have less context given by the author!

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM

    I also agree Red Leather Diary is a great book to read! Wish I could find time to read that book also.

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  10. avisannschildFebruary 24, 2009 at 1:38 AM

    Thanks, everybody, for your comments on The Red Leather Diary! I would love to make that kind of discovery myself!

    Janel, I know what you mean; as I visit other folks' FF posts, I often find books I meant to mention and forgot.

    I'm happy to report that I was given the third book in the Maisie Dobbs series by another blogger this week, which will force me to buy the first two!

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  11. KristiFebruary 25, 2009 at 9:49 PM

    I definitely want to read The Red Leather Diary!

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  12. avisannschildFebruary 27, 2009 at 12:06 AM

    Me took, Kristi. I thought I might have a chance with Shana's giveaway, but heaps of folks have entered it now...

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