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Just finished writing a review of A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano for the Blogher Book Club.

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Pinterest and Book Blogging: Use The Latest Social Media Craze To Your Site’s Advantage

1/26/12 9:30am by Mandy_wellreadwife
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Pinterest and book blogging

Oddly enough, I find that I am getting almost as many hits on The Well-Read Wife from pinning my posts to Pinterest as I do from posting them to Twitter. At first I found this weird because I have over 2700 Twitter followers and only 57 Pinterest followers. So why am I receiving as nearly as many hits from Pinterest as I am from Twitter? I think it may have something to do with the reasons people use Twitter and Pinterest respectively.  Read more >

How I Dealt With Blog Jealousy and Slayed My Fame Monster

11/3/11 6:00am by Mandy_wellreadwife
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Stack of Books

Back in June of 2011, there was an onslaught of posts on jealousy within the writing world and book blogging world. (I will put links to a few of these at the end of this post.) I enjoyed reading them because I related to most of what everyone said. I’ve dealt with my own feelings of jealousy since I started blogging in June of 2010, and the posts inspired me to share a little bit about how I felt when I first started blogging.  Read more >

A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano Brings A Southern Icon Back To Life

8/11/11 9:00am by Mandy_wellreadwife
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When I read the back jacket flap for the book A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano, I was a little dismayed to see the author of a book featuring a fictional version of one of our great Southern icons is a New Yorker. I wondered: How can this be? Who is this Yankee that’s concerning herself with my Southern culture? Then I read the book. As it turns out, this Yankee just happens to be a damn fine writer.  Read more >

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I started this site to share my thoughts on everything literature-related. Sometimes I write book reviews. Sometimes, I write about how books have affected my life. Sometimes, I write about reading related gadgets (i.e. Kindle, Nook, etc.).

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Mandy B.
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I run the book review website The Well-ReadWife and on Twitter I am @WellReadWife. On my blog, I write about my life and my love for everything literature related. Stop by and see me.

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Autism Speaks (I have a younger sibling with Autism)

The Trevor Project

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