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Sign up en-us somatomes@gmail.com 2012-02-11T15:28:24-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/11/stuff_book_reviewers_say.html This is hilarious… click HERE:... 17404489@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ laughable 2012-02-11T15:28:24-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/10/love_in_the_air_2.html love on the air Valentine’s Day is just around the bend. There seems to be a lot of public debate about that date. Valentines are sent. Flowers. Chocolates. Champagne. Lingerie. You name it. This day means one thing to some... 17404443@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ heard on the radio 2012-02-10T11:14:42-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/09/a_feral_cat.html pure relaxation There was a bit of excitement at our house last night. We have a dog and four cats. There is a dog door and another special door for the cats. Three of the cats are males. While all... 17404395@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ midnight confessions 2012-02-09T10:44:53-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/09/that_book_about_jfk_is_selling.html sex sells books Mimi Alford’s tell-all memoir about her alleged affair with President John F. Kennedy is garnering some major buzz. It is currently at #8 on the best-seller list over on Amazon.com and sales continue to surge. Here’s the... 17404389@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2012-02-09T08:09:46-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/08/the_last_world_war_one_veteran.html The last veteran of the Great War, that war to end all wars, has died. Her name was Florence Green. She died on Saturday at the age of 110. She was just two weeks away from turning 111. They are... 17404377@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ we remember 2012-02-08T17:25:41-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/07/happy_200th_birthday_charles_d.html Charles Dickens was born on this date in 1812. I have fond memories of immersing myself in Dickens classics like “Oliver Twist,” “Great Expectations,” and “A Tale of Two Cities.” When I was young we read Dickens. In school. At... 17404283@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ we remember 2012-02-07T10:51:52-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/06/jfks_alleged_affair_with_a_whi.html another fame torpedo The New York Post reports that: “She always called him “Mr. President” — not Jack. He refused to kiss her on the lips when they made love. But Mimi Alford, a White House intern from New Jersey,... 17404261@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ secret passions 2012-02-06T16:35:01-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/05/the_first_modern_political_cam.html William Henry Harrison was the first presidential candidate who actually campaigned. That was 170 years ago. He won. He was 68 years old. He was a Whig. The Whigs had bad luck. Harrison died 32 days after he was inaugurated.... 17404215@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ what do you think? 2012-02-05T22:09:01-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/04/authors_helping_the_u_s_mail.html There is actually a group on Facebook called Save the U.S. Postal Service by Writing More Letters. And now there is a subscription service where well known authors will mail you letters in an effort to increase letter writing and... 17404186@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ that's what they say 2012-02-04T15:02:02-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/03/some_very_cool_ipad_covers.html Do you have an iPad? Are you looking for a cool iPad cover? click HERE: Do you have an Amazon Kindle? Are you looking for a nifty Kindle cover? click HERE:... 17404149@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ scribbles and scraps 2012-02-03T11:19:46-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/02/a_suspicious_package.html “a novel of suspense” UPS delivered an odd looking package this morning. It was a large shiny envelope. It didn’t weigh very much. I opened it. A large faux milk carton was inside. The carton contained a copy of a... 17404105@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2012-02-02T11:33:39-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/02/01/the_worlds_greatest_detective.html Robert Crais is one of my favorite crime fiction writers. I have interviewed him a dozen times over the years and I always look forward to his next book. He’s amazing. He is probably best known for his character Elvis... 17404070@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2012-02-01T18:32:53-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/01/31/keith_richards_texted_me.html This Twitter thing is pretty cool. I was on Twitter the other day and I saw that Mick Jagger (from the Rolling Stones) had made some tweets. I wondered; who does Mick follow on Twitter? It turns out that he... 17404002@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ The Twitterverse 2012-01-31T21:50:15-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/01/30/have_you_voted_for_your_favori_1.html 2012 is the bicentenary year of the birth of the novelist Charles Dickens. Dickens created memorable characters like Ebenezer Scrooge and Oliver Twist. The folks at Penguin Books are conducting a poll to determine our favorite fictional character from those... 17403894@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ what do you think? 2012-01-30T11:02:30-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/01/29/are_ebooks_damaging_society.html Jonathan Franzen believes that eBooks are damaging society. You might recall that Franzen annoyed Oprah a few years ago with some of his comments. Now he is going after electronic books…. To read what he has to say click HERE:... 17403879@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ what do you think? 2012-01-29T21:42:45-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com