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		<title>Book Review: The Chaperone</title>
		<link>http://ayestria.com/2013/05/08/book-review-the-chaperone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been on a historical fiction kick lately, and I&#8217;m speeding through books with the use of Audible and regular reading. I have some books to review and a few of them are in the same vein as The Paris Wife and Rules of Civility. This next one is the audiobook version of The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://ayestria.com/2013/05/08/book-review-the-chaperone/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayestria.com&#038;blog=14216028&#038;post=1320&#038;subd=ayestria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>25 Before 25: Camping in the Desert</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t really fallen off my 25 Before 25 list, but I am starting to wonder if I&#8217;ll be able to do all of it by my 25th birthday. Nevertheless, here&#8217;s one big thing off my list. A couple of weeks ago, E, Bestie C, Bestie&#8217;s pups and I made our way to Joshua Tree &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://ayestria.com/2013/05/03/25-before-25-camping-in-the-desert/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayestria.com&#038;blog=14216028&#038;post=1322&#038;subd=ayestria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Middlesex</title>
		<link>http://ayestria.com/2013/04/30/book-review-middlesex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Eugenides]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I did feel that The Marriage Plot was lacking, I wanted to give Jeffrey Eugenides another chance with his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Middlesex. And I&#8217;m so glad I did! Middlesex is the story of the Stephanides family told from the perspective of Cal Stephanides, once Callie Stephanides. From the hills of Smyrna in the late 1910s &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://ayestria.com/2013/04/30/book-review-middlesex/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayestria.com&#038;blog=14216028&#038;post=1316&#038;subd=ayestria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Messenger</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished the third installment of Lois Lowry&#8217;s The Giver Quartet, Messenger. Unlike Gathering Blue, which felt very separate from The Giver, Messenger begins to tie together the pieces. Matty, the young boy who was Kira&#8217;s friend, has now moved on from his home village. He is growing up in a place where people who are perceived weak are &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://ayestria.com/2013/04/05/book-review-messenger/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayestria.com&#038;blog=14216028&#038;post=1302&#038;subd=ayestria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Loving Right Now</title>
		<link>http://ayestria.com/2013/04/03/loving-right-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain Dump]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring is here. The sun is shining most days. I&#8217;m ready to freshen up my wardrobe with colors and more relaxed layered looks. Every weekend seems to be filling up with fun outdoors activities, and I&#8217;m getting through lots of books because I have much more energy to stay awake and read. So, I thought &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://ayestria.com/2013/04/03/loving-right-now/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayestria.com&#038;blog=14216028&#038;post=1304&#038;subd=ayestria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Family Fang</title>
		<link>http://ayestria.com/2013/04/01/book-review-the-family-fang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemporary Fiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I&#8217;ve been dabbling a little more in audiobooks. With my 45-minute drive to and from work, and about 30 minutes of cardio three times a week, I&#8217;ve found myself more entertained with books rather than Top 40 (which actually feels a little more like top 4 right now). It helped me finish The Casual &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://ayestria.com/2013/04/01/book-review-the-family-fang/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayestria.com&#038;blog=14216028&#038;post=1295&#038;subd=ayestria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The House at Tyneford</title>
		<link>http://ayestria.com/2013/03/25/book-review-the-house-at-tyneford/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bestie K&#8217;s book was the clear favorite of our book club selections, and that was The House at Tyneford by Natasha Solomons. I know quite a few of us are Downton Abbey fans. This book is similar in that it follows a girl in service at a large English home. Elise is different because she wasn&#8217;t born into &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://ayestria.com/2013/03/25/book-review-the-house-at-tyneford/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayestria.com&#038;blog=14216028&#038;post=1290&#038;subd=ayestria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Flight Behavior</title>
		<link>http://ayestria.com/2013/03/21/book-review-flight-behavior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My book club choice was Barbara Kingsolver&#8217;s latest novel, Flight Behavior. I selected this book because Barbara Kingsolver wrote what might be my favorite book, The Poisonwood Bible, and the book that introduced me to the wealth of contemporary literature, The Bean Trees. I know that Bestie C enjoyed her books as well. So, I picked up 3 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://ayestria.com/2013/03/21/book-review-flight-behavior/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayestria.com&#038;blog=14216028&#038;post=1285&#038;subd=ayestria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Casual Vacancy</title>
		<link>http://ayestria.com/2013/03/20/book-review-the-casual-vacancy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling was Bestie C&#8217;s choice for our book club. The great thing about Bestie C is that she doesn&#8217;t spend a lot of time following pop culture trends, book reviews and entertainment blogs like I do. It&#8217;s great because I get to tell her fun things, and feel like I&#8217;m &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://ayestria.com/2013/03/20/book-review-the-casual-vacancy/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayestria.com&#038;blog=14216028&#038;post=1281&#038;subd=ayestria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Book Club Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once heard that the only thing that made book clubs last was the wine. Well, my best friends and I decided to kick that up a notch. We don&#8217;t get to see each other often and we all love to read. So, Bestie C came up with this idea for us to each select &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://ayestria.com/2013/03/15/the-best-book-club-ever/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ayestria.com&#038;blog=14216028&#038;post=1277&#038;subd=ayestria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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