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May 2016 Book Pick-ups

  May has been a pretty busy month for book pick ups, from thrift store finds to the school book fair, plus my grandparents let us raid their basement for books. I also seem to be getting more ARCs than ever. It use to be one every two months or so and now I am […]

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Review: Sorting the Beef from the Bull

Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics by Richard Evershed and Nicola Temple Pages: 320 Date Finished: 5/25/15 Loved It I got this book from our local library because food safety is an issue that interests me. Coming from a farm family I have a natural interest in issues revolving around […]

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April 2016 Book Pick Ups

  Inspired by The Deliberate Reader here are the new books I picked up in April. I’m currently reading Sorting the Beef from the Bull and Lord Foulgrin’s Letters. I’m really looking forward to reading Order of Magnitude, since I really enjoyed The Engineer Wizard and can’t wait to see where the second book takes […]

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How to Get Books [and More] Free from the Internet

As an LibraryThing early reviewer, I’m not new to the idea of getting something (books) in exchange for my honest option. In fact I have received about 20 books this way. Not all of them have been winners, but overall I have been very happy with the quality of the books. One of my favorite […]