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The Mantis Connection: Finally - My Cast Picks for The Hunger Games movie
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A Personal Blog. For my book blog, please go here: The Overstuffed Bookcase. Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Finally - My Cast Picks for The Hunger Games movie. Oy vey. This was hard. And it took waaaay too long. And be forewarned: this is a long blog post. But let me just start at the beginning. Back in October I found out that Entertainment Weekly. Was having a poll online where you could vote for the cast of The Hunger Games. But when I saw EW's picks I just knew I had to make my own list. I read all of th...
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The Mantis Connection: November 2011
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A Personal Blog. For my book blog, please go here: The Overstuffed Bookcase. Saturday, November 26, 2011. Here it is, the 26th of November and I'm nearing the end of my third National Novel Writing Month ( NaNoWriMo. Then it all went to hell. So I changed it again. Now, mind you, I haven't been deleting anything, so my NaNo word count still includes what I wrote for the first two stories. But with this one, I only wrote about 1,000 words and got bored. Again. She had one on there about an author she repr...
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The Mantis Connection: March 2011
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A Personal Blog. For my book blog, please go here: The Overstuffed Bookcase. Saturday, March 5, 2011. Book 4/15, "Off the Shelf" Challenge. For the fourth book of the "Off the Shelf" Challenge, I chose to continue to read the books in the Hitchhiker's Guide. Series, by Douglas Adams. Life, the Universe and Everything. Why is this not making any sense? Of course, that might be what a lot of people think while reading any of the Hitchhiker's Guide. Posted by Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase. I am married ...
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The Mantis Connection: August 2011
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A Personal Blog. For my book blog, please go here: The Overstuffed Bookcase. Thursday, August 18, 2011. Book 9/15, "Off the Shelf" Challenge. Book Cover Photo courtesy of illiterarty.com. The ninth book I read for the "Off the Shelf" Challenge. Was Lullaby, by Chuck Palahniuk. This book has been sitting on my shelf for a long, long. Time I saw Fight Club. So the other day, when I realized I only had 4 1/2 months to read 7 more books for this challenge, I remembered this book was sitting on the shelf....
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The Mantis Connection: May 2011
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A Personal Blog. For my book blog, please go here: The Overstuffed Bookcase. Monday, May 16, 2011. Book 7/15, "Off the Shelf" Challenge. The seventh book I read for the "Off the Shelf" Challenge was The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. I don't really have much to say about this book, other than I enjoyed it, and I wanted to watch the movie version with Guy Pearce. As soon as I finished it, but it isn't available to view instantly on Netflix. So I'll have to wait a while. Links to this post. Book 7/15, Off the...
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The Mantis Connection: John Green Week: My Favorite Videos
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A Personal Blog. For my book blog, please go here: The Overstuffed Bookcase. Friday, January 6, 2012. John Green Week: My Favorite Videos. I've decided to make a whole new book blog soon (this one is too personal, I think). It's in the works, but until then, I'm still participating in John Green Week. Hosted by I Eat Words. And a whole lot of other bloggers. The Fault in Our Stars. Is coming out on Tuesday (eeek! This one is of Hank trying to put on makeup like Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games:.
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The Mantis Connection: October 2011
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A Personal Blog. For my book blog, please go here: The Overstuffed Bookcase. Friday, October 28, 2011. Book 13/15, "Off the Shelf" Challenge. Photo courtesy of wikifirsteditions.com. In an attempt to get another book out of the way for the Off the Shelf Challenge. Before the start of NaNoWriMo. I chose a small, quick read: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. By L Frank Baum. I have always loved the story of Oz, and really enjoyed the classic film from 1939, The Wizard of Oz. But the 1985 sequel, Return to Oz.
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The Mantis Connection: December 2011
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A Personal Blog. For my book blog, please go here: The Overstuffed Bookcase. Tuesday, December 27, 2011. 2011 End of Year Book Survey. Last year, I participated in. The Perpetual Page-Turner's End of 2010 Survey. You can see my post. And this year, she has updated and expanded this survey, and I'm excited to participate again! So here they are, my answers to the 2011 End of Year Book Survey. 1 Best Book You Read In 2011? 2 Most Disappointing Book/Book You Wish You Loved More Than You Did? I definitely th...
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The Mantis Connection: In My Mailbox (1)
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A Personal Blog. For my book blog, please go here: The Overstuffed Bookcase. Sunday, January 8, 2012. In My Mailbox (1). Is a meme hosted by The Story Siren. Where bloggers can share the books they've received/bought/borrowed each week. From my parents I received:. Thanks, Mom and Dad! From my brother and his wife I received a Barnes and Noble gift card and with it bought:. The Name of the Star. Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Thanks T and K! With some leftover Christmas money I bought:. Labels: In My Mailbox.
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The Mantis Connection: "Waiting On" Wednesday: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
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A Personal Blog. For my book blog, please go here: The Overstuffed Bookcase. Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Waiting On" Wednesday: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Whoa, Andrea, more than one post in a day? I told you I'm going to take my blog more seriously this year! Let's get to it! So this post kills two birds with one stone (or kills two memes with one blog post) - I'm participating in the "Waiting On" Wednesday meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. And I'm also participating in John Green Week.