Getting Back on the Horse + More Similar Covers

Hello, book blogosphere (*waves shyly*). It’s been a while. I didn’t mean to disappear for two plus weeks without warning. (Sorry about that.) I just kinda fell off the blogging horse and have been having trouble getting back on again. I’ve been distracted by frustrating things like the heat and work and computer crashes and various other personal dramas. But I’ve been reading some great books and I’m working on a few reviews and other posts. Here’s what’s coming up soon:

• Announcing the winners of my two-year blogiversary giveaway!
• A post about meeting Cecil Castellucci, author of Rose Sees Red and Grandma’s Gloves*
• Review of Devotion: A Memoir by Dani Shapiro
• Review of Vanishing and Other Stories by Deborah Willis
• Review of I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman

I also have a few reviews waiting in the wings that my sister Brogan wrote for the following books:

• Still Alice by Lisa Genova
  
• The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter’s Quest by Aminatta Forna
  
• Cool Water by Dianne Warren
  

Oh and of course I have to tell you all about the new books that have come my way, either by mail or because I just couldn’t resist buying a few books here and there...

*While you’re waiting for my post about Cecil’s visit to Montreal, go read Cindy’s post and enter her giveaway for a copy of one of Cecil’s other books, The Queen of Cool!
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In the meantime, I leave you with another lookalike duo: The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard and Gemma by Meg Tilly.

The Breakdown Lane was first published with this cover in 2005 by Harper (according to Amazon), while Gemma came out earlier this year with St. Martin’s Griffin.