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Aug.05.2009 - 1:27 pm
Long time gone
I haven't been on this site in a long time. Since then I have retired this past June after 37 years of teaching. My blog is in its 9th month and I am doing prettty well with it......
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Feb.22.2009 - 10:50 am
THE LITTLE GIANT OF ABERDEEN COUNTY
Since Wally Lamb gave us Dolores Price in SHE’S COME UNDONE, I have yearned for a character like Truly Plaice and now thanks to Tiffany Baker’s superbly imaginative and...
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Feb.12.2009 - 5:37 am
BOOKIN' WITH BINGO has a new look
My book blog is one month old and features reviews, giveaways, and author interviews (and some other misc. "stuff"). I hope you will come by to visit. My last review was...
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Feb.08.2009 - 11:20 am
My Book Blog Progress
I am thrilled to say I lasted one month and that tomorrow my Book Blog, BOOKIN' WITH BINGO, will be one month old. I have posted several reviews and one author interview thanks to...
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Reviews I've Written

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11.Jan.2009
My Review of DOMESTIC AFFAIRS by Eileen Goudge
Karen Haney reviews
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
by Eileen Goudge
For Eileen Goudge to write a novel better than Woman in Red is something I never saw coming until I opened to the first page of this remarkable book. Nevertheless, in Domestic...
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Comments from Karen

Aug.02.2008 - 7:56 am
In response to: The Book Review Crisis
The Book Review Crisis--agree!
I am an avid reader who just recently became a member of Redroom. I also am a reading teacher and only this summer...
Jul.19.2008 - 6:02 pm
In response to: My First Review
Another Kinsella Fan
Lisa, thank you for reading my review. My favorite Sophie Kinsella book is ALSO Can You Keep A Secret? Did you know...
Jul.07.2008 - 7:24 am
In response to: Red Room Summer Reading Giveaway
Contest Entry-check out my first blog!
I am entering Redroom.com's Summer Reading Giveaway and hope I have done everthing correctly. My link is to the entry I...
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About Karen

Born in Brooklyn, New York, to first generation Greek parents, I moved to Florida in second grade. My fondest memories from elementary school were walking the two blocks to the nearby public library. It is a small library, not the city's main library, inside...
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Karen’s Favorite Books

My favorite books are my mom's original copies of Gone with the Wind and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I love James Patterson and have all of his books and do keep...