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		<title>Quotable Friday: from Zazen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 02:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“People hide the sad things in the world from their sight. Bury their grief and, not facing the pain of their loss, devalue everything around them. They act like there’s just one piece missing when what is missing was a &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/05/10/quotable-friday-from-zazen-3/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=booksspeakvolumes.com&#038;blog=27995011&#038;post=4421&#038;subd=bookspeakvolumes&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Where&#8217;d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 19:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHERE&#8217;D YOU GO, BERNADETTE by Maria Semple Fiction Little, Brown, Aug. 2012 Hardcover, 326 pages Source: Library Where&#8217;d You Go, Bernadette has been a major buzz book since it&#8217;s publication nearly a year ago, and I finally got around to &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/05/08/book-review-whered-you-go-bernadette-by-maria-semple/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=booksspeakvolumes.com&#038;blog=27995011&#038;post=4406&#038;subd=bookspeakvolumes&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward</title>
		<link>http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/05/06/book-review-salvage-the-bones-jesmyn-ward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 21:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SALVAGE THE BONES by Jesmyn Ward Fiction Bloomsbury, Aug. 2011 Paperback, 258 pages Source: Purchased In Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, the radio warns of an impending hurricane, but the Batiste children aren&#8217;t worried. Only their hard-drinking, widowed father is concerned that &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/05/06/book-review-salvage-the-bones-jesmyn-ward/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=booksspeakvolumes.com&#038;blog=27995011&#038;post=4220&#038;subd=bookspeakvolumes&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quotable Friday: from Diving Belles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“She looked and then saw two stars fall out of the sky, trailing a brief silver thread behind them. Then there were more stars moving, dropping like spiders. They faded slowly into the black sky like ink being absorbed into &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/05/03/quotable-friday-from-diving-belles/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=booksspeakvolumes.com&#038;blog=27995011&#038;post=4269&#038;subd=bookspeakvolumes&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>April Reads</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s monthly reading re-cap time! April was a pretty good month for me; I read a bunch of really great books and did some other awesome things. In early April, I attended the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair, a great &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/05/01/april-reads/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=booksspeakvolumes.com&#038;blog=27995011&#038;post=3795&#038;subd=bookspeakvolumes&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to announce that Diamond &#8220;Dee&#8221; of Dee&#8217;s Reads has won my giveaway, which was held to celebrate reaching 200 blog followers! From the list of books I have written about here on Books Speak Volumes, Dee has chosen to &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/04/30/winner-winner-chicken-dinner/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=booksspeakvolumes.com&#038;blog=27995011&#038;post=4323&#038;subd=bookspeakvolumes&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Diving Belles by Lucy Wood</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIVING BELLES by Lucy Wood Short Stories Mariner, Aug. 2012 Paperback, 223 pages Source: Purchased I think we&#8217;ve established that I am a sucker for anything that blurs the line between myth and reality. Karen Russell is my goddess, The Tiger&#8217;s &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/04/29/book-review-diving-belles-lucy-wood/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=booksspeakvolumes.com&#038;blog=27995011&#038;post=3902&#038;subd=bookspeakvolumes&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quotable Friday: from Fahrenheit 451</title>
		<link>http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/04/26/quotable-friday-from-fahrenheit-451/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Stuff your eyes with wonder,&#8221; he said, &#8220;live as if you&#8217;d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It&#8217;s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/04/26/quotable-friday-from-fahrenheit-451/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=booksspeakvolumes.com&#038;blog=27995011&#038;post=4292&#038;subd=bookspeakvolumes&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebecca of Love at First Book and Alison of The Book Wheel are hosting a Weekday Read-a-Thon today! It&#8217;s a fun opportunity for people who have more free time during the week than on weekends to participate in a read-a-thon, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/04/24/weekday-read-a-thon/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=booksspeakvolumes.com&#038;blog=27995011&#038;post=4281&#038;subd=bookspeakvolumes&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bloggy News: A New Look, 200 Followers, and a Giveaway!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! I have a few exciting announcements to make about Books Speak Volumes today! First of all, the blog has a shiny, brand new header image! A huge thank you to my wonderful boyfriend Tom for designing it. Aside &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/04/23/bloggy-news-a-new-look-200-followers-and-a-giveaway/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=booksspeakvolumes.com&#038;blog=27995011&#038;post=4250&#038;subd=bookspeakvolumes&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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