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Savvy's Best of 2014 List

Mailbox Monday #303

286th Virtual Poetry Circle

Launch of Poetic Book Tours!

Happy Holidays!

Rani in Search of a Rainbow by Shaila Abdullah

Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien

Mailbox Monday #302

285th Virtual Poetry Circle

Reading Challenge Roundup

Hitrecord on TV! Season One by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

First Impressions by Charlie Lovett

The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg

Mailbox Monday #301

284th Virtual Poetry Circle

Who Are Your Auto-Buy Authors?

The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Eddie Campbell

Mrs. Darcy's Diamonds by Jane Odiwe

Countdown by Mira Grant

Mailbox Monday #300

283rd Virtual Poetry Circle

Read-a-Long of Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien

The Garden of Letters by Alyson Richman

The Demon Who Peddled Longing by Khanh Ha

Jane Austen Cover to Cover: 200 Years of Classic Book Covers by Margaret C. Sullivan

Mailbox Monday #299

Kobo Sales!

282nd Virtual Poetry Circle

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Pop-Up Book by Lisa Ann Marsoli and Keith Andrew Finch

Mice Mischief: Math Facts in Action by Caroline Stills

The Wing Wing Brothers Geometry Palooza! by Ethan Long

Mailbox Monday #298

Join Us for the Going After Cacciato Read-a-Long

281st Virtual Poetry Circle

Extractions by Melissa M. Firman

Plants Feed Me by Lizzy Rockwell

Interview with Mingmei Yip, Author of Secret of a Thousand Beauties

Northern Lights by Tim O'Brien

Interview with Syrie James, Author of Jane Austen's First Love

Mailbox Monday #297

280th Virtual Poetry Circle

Blackout by Mira Grant

Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

Women of Valor: Polish Resisters to the Third Reich by Joanne D. Gilbert

Interview with Khanh Ha, author of The Demon Who Peddled Longing

Mailbox Monday #296

279th Virtual Poetry Circle

The Last Mile by Blair Richmond

Giveaway: Audio of Kristen Harnisch's The Vintner's Daughter

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter

Mailbox Monday #295

278th Virtual Poetry Circle

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Deadline by Mira Grant

Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them by Isaac Fitzgerald, illustrated by Wendy MacNaughton

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

Mailbox Monday #294

277th Virtual Poetry Circle

Something Wicked Read-a-Long

By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review by Pamela Paul

Giveaway: Still, At Your Door by Emma Eden Ramos

Land of Dreams by Kate Kerrigan

Mailbox Monday #293

Sisterhood of the Bloggers World Award!

276th Virtual Poetry Circle

The Monuments Men Read-a-Long

Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming

War in the Balkans: The Battle for Greece and Crete 1940-1941 by Jeffrey Plowman

The Lollipop Monster's Christmas by Eric T. Krackow, illustrated by Heather Krackow

Mailbox Monday #292

275th Virtual Poetry Circle

Read-a-Long Fun....

Children's Activity Atlas by Jenny Slater, illustrated by Katrin Wiehle and Martin Sanders

The Moonlight Palace by Liz Rosenberg

There's a Pig in My Class by Johanna Thydell, illustrated by Charlotte Ramel

The Paradise Tree by Elena Maria Vidal

Mailbox Monday #291

274th Virtual Poetry Circle

The Other Girl by Pam Jenoff

The Winter Guest by Pam Jenoff

Whiny Whiny Rhino by McBoop

This Is How I'd Love You by Hazel Woods

Mailbox Monday #290

273rd Virtual Poetry Circle

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez & Giveaway

Blue Moon Rising by Simon R. Green

G.I. Brides by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi

Feed by Mira Grant

Mailbox Monday #289

272nd Virtual Poetry Circle

Blackfin Sky by Kat Ellis

Reflections of Hostile Revelries by Jennifer C. Wolfe

Lust by Diana Raab, Read by Kate Udall

My Mother's Secret by J.L. Witterick and Giveaway

Mailbox Monday #288

I'm Joining the R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril IX Challenge

271st Virtual Poetry Circle

The Rat by Elise Gravel

Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Jill Mansell

The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Caroline Kennedy

The Vintner's Daughter by Kristen Harnisch

A Hero for the People by Arthur Powers

Mailbox Monday #287

270th Virtual Poetry Circle

Guest Review: Canyon in the Body by Lan Lan, translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain

Twelve Dancing Unicorns by Alissa Heyman

Stella Bain by Anita Shreve

The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar

Mailbox Monday #286

269th Virtual Poetry Circle

Final Week: Read-a-long of Stella Bain

Art from Dreams: My Jungian Journey in Collage, Assemblage, and Poetry by Susan Levin

Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series by Tyler Knott Gregson

The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimler

Mailbox Monday #285

268th Virtual Poetry Circle

Week 3 of the Stella Bain Read-a-Long

Giggle Poetry Reading Lessons by Amy Buswell and Bruce Lansky

Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson

Inamorata by Megan Chance

Mailbox Monday #284

Inspiration, Saying Thank You

267th Virtual Poetry Circle

Week 2 of the Stella Bain Read-a-Long

My Drunk Kitchen by Hannah Hart

So Cold the River by Michael Koryta, Narrated by Robert Petkoff

Searching for Captain Wentworth by Jane Odiwe

Mailbox Monday #283

266th Virtual Poetry Circle

Week 1 of the Stella Bain Read-a-Long

Environmental Stewardship in the Judeo-Christian Tradition foreword by Rev. Robert Sirico, introduction by Jay W. Richards

Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James

Montana in A Minor by Elaine Russell

Mailbox Monday #282

265th Virtual Poetry Circle

Read-a-Long of Anita Shreve's Stella Bain

The Regulators by Richard Bachman (a.k.a. Stephen King)

Love, Accidentally by Sarah Pekkanen

Mailbox Monday #281

264th Virtual Poetry Circle

The Program by Suzanne Young

Pies & Peril by Janel Gradowski

Interview with Janel Gradowski, Author of Pies & Peril

Mailbox Monday #280

263rd Virtual Poetry Circle

Guest Post: My Writing Space by Victoria Dougherty

Vietnam: The Real War with introduction by Pete Hamill

The Sea Garden by Deborah Lawrenson

Mailbox Monday #279

262nd Virtual Poetry Circle

The Art of Neil Gaiman: The Visual Story of One of the World's Most Vital Creative Forces by Hayley Campbell

The House on Mermaid Point by Wendy Wax

China Dolls by Lisa See

Mailbox Monday #278

261st Virtual Poetry Circle

Cooking With Amar'e: 100 Easy Recipes for Pros and Rookies in the Kitchen

The Mix & Match Guide to Companion Planting by Josie Jeffery

War Babies by Frederick Busch

Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion

Mailbox Monday #277

260th Virtual Poetry Circle

War Babies Read-a-Long and Happy Birthday

Guest Post: The Secret Language of Stamp Placement

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

Another World Instead: The Early Poems of William Stafford 1937-1947

All Is Bright by Sarah Pekkanen

Mailbox Monday #276

259th Virtual Poetry Circle

The Bambino and Me by Zachary Hyman

Disney Princess: Fairy Tale Moments and Disney Junior Sofia the First: Practice Makes Princess

Muse by Dawn Marie Kresan

Mailbox Monday #275

258th Virtual Poetry Circle

War Babies Read-a-Long

Tangle by Julie Cameron Gray

Save the Date by Mary Kay Andrews

A Long Time Gone by Karen White

Mailbox Monday #274

257th Virtual Poetry Circle

Summer Reading...Do You Have a List?

Goodnight Songs by Margaret Wise Brown

She Likes It Rough by GVR Corcillo

Black Lake by Johanna Lane

Mailbox Monday #273

256th Virtual Poetry Circle

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Midsummer by Carole Giangrande

Giveaway: Newly Reissued Tim O'Brien Books

Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich

Mailbox Monday #272

255th Virtual Poetry Circle

Korean War Read-a-Long at War Through the Generations

Rose by Li-Young Lee

Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon

Born & Bred by Peter Murphy

Mailbox Monday #271

254th Virtual Poetry Circle

Bosley Builds a Tree House - Portuguese-English by Tim Johnson

Pansy in Paris: A Mystery in the Museum by Cynthia Bardes, Illustrated by Virginia Best

I Am Regina by Sally M. Keehn

The Collector of Dying Breaths by M.J. Rose

Mailbox Monday #270

253rd Virtual Poetry Circle

Spotlight: Empower: Fight Like A Girl for Lupus Awareness Month

Death With Interruptions by Jose Saramago, translated by Margaret Jull Costa

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Incendiary Girls By Kodi Scheer

Interview with Beth Hoffman, Author of Looking for Me

Mailbox Monday #269

252nd Virtual Poetry Circle

Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison Volume 1

For Such a Time by Kate Breslin

Guest Post: Kidlitosphere Progressive Poem by Tabatha Yeatts

When the Cypress Whispers by Yvette Manessis Corporon

The Eight Stages of Translation by Robert Bly

Mailbox Monday #268

Emma Eden Ramos Interviews Poet Brooke Elise Axtell

Guest Poet: Beth Kephart

251st Virtual Poetry Circle

Guest Post: The Magic of Poetry by Sweta Srivastava Vikram

Walking Home: A Poet's Journey by Simon Armitage

Guest Post: A Driven Poet by Erica Goss

Mailbox Monday #267

Response Poetry

250th Virtual Poetry Circle

Sighted on Book Bloggers International

The Late Parade by Adam Fitzgerald

Nefertiti in the Flak Tower by Clive James

Any Anxious Body by Chrissy Kolaya

Mailbox Monday #266

Book Spine Poetry

249th Virtual Poetry Circle

April Read-a-Long for I Am Regina by Sally M. Keehn

Ode to Childhood: Poetry to Celebrate the Child edited by Samuel Carr

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad, illustrated by Benny Andrews

Poetry for Young People: African American Poetry edited by Arnold Rampersad and Marcellus Blount, illustrated by Karen Barbour

Mailbox Monday #265

Haiku

248th Virtual Poetry Circle

Guest Post: An Introduction to Poetry Friday by Tabatha Yeatts

Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost edited by Gary D. Schmidt, illustrated by Henri Sorensen

New European Poets edited by Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer

Guest Post: Why I Love Poetry by Beth Hoffman

National Poetry Month Tour Schedule & Linky

Going Over by Beth Kephart

Mailbox Monday #264

247th Virtual Poetry Circle

Persuasion, A Final Tearoom Chat

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski

A Year With Six Sisters' Stuff: 52 Menu Plans, Recipes, and Ideas to Bring Families Together

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Mailbox Monday #263

Sign-Up for the April 2014 War Through the Generations Read-a-Long

246th Virtual Poetry Circle

Persuasion, A Tearoom Chat Week 3

Interview With Emma Eden Ramos

Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross

Three Souls by Janie Chang

Mailbox Monday #262

245th Virtual Poetry Circle

Persuasion, A Tearoom Chat Week 2

The Rebel Pirate by Donna Thorland

William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher

Never Too Little to Love by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Jan Fearnley

Mailbox Monday #261

Persuasion, A Tearoom Chat

244th Virtual Poetry Circle

2014 National Poetry Month Blog Tour Sign-Ups

The Frangipani Hotel by Violet Kupersmith

Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers

Mailbox Monday #260

Tea Room Chat: Persuasion by Jane Austen

243rd Virtual Poetry Circle

Sunrise Over Fallujah Read-a-Long Final Week

Ripper by Isabel Allende

House of Glass by Sophie Littlefield

Still, At Your Door by Emma Eden Ramos

Mailbox Monday #259

242nd Virtual Poetry Circle

Sunrise Over Fallujah Read-a-Long Week 3

Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan by Elizabeth Kim

William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher

Still Love in Strange Places by Beth Kephart

Mailbox Monday #258

Sunrise Over Fallujah Read-a-Long Week 2

241st Virtual Poetry Circle

Happy Valentine's Day!

Split This Rock! Poetry Festival Early Bird Rate

Interview with John P. Davidson, author of The Obedient Assassin

A Star for Mrs. Blake by April Smith

Mailbox Monday #257

Split This Rock! Poetry Festival 2014

240th Virtual Poetry Circle

Sunrise Over Fallujah Read-a-Long Week 1

Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich

Nest. Flight. Sky.: On Love and Loss, One Wing at a Time by Beth Kephart

No Surrender Soldier by Christine Kohler

Mailbox Monday #256

239th Virtual Poetry Circle

Bad Intentions by Karin Fossum, translated by Charlotte Barslund

12 Moons Video Project Is Live at Atticus Review

Return to Tradd Street by Karen White

Mailbox Monday #255

238th Virtual Poetry Circle

February Read-a-Long at War Through the Generations

Taking What I Like by Linda Bamber

Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets by Valerie Fox and Lynn Levin

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

Mailbox Monday #254

237th Virtual Poetry Circle

2014 War Through the Generations Read-a-Longs

Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid by Nikki Giovanni

Definitely Not Mr. Darcy by Karen Doornebos

The Descent by Alma Katsu

Mailbox Monday #253

236th Virtual Poetry Circle

Join the 2014 War Through the Generations With a Twist Read-a-Longs

Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson

Dog Songs by Mary Oliver

2014 Reading Challenges

Brady Needs a Nightlight by Brian Barlics

Mailbox Monday #252

235th Virtual Poetry Circle

Dive Into Poetry Challenge 2014

Happy New Year!