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Sign me up! Had a look at my bookshelf and figured all of these sort of go with the Women's History theme... :)
Smart is Sexy - March
Time Span: 01 March 2012 - 31 March 2012
Level: Hard
Completed: 4/4 (Finished: 31 March 2012)
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Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution
(18 Mar 2012) ♥♥♥♥
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Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945
(22 Mar 2012) ♥♥♥♥♥
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The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France
(14 Mar 2012) ♥♥♥
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Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"
(31 Mar 2012) ♥♥♥♥
Smart is Sexy - March
Time Span: 01 March 2012 - 31 March 2012
Level: Hard
Completed: 4/4 (Finished: 31 March 2012)
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Smart is Sexy - MarchMarch 1, 2012 - March 31, 2012
0/1 Completed
1. Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
Smart is Sexy - March1/3/2012 - 31/3/2012
March is National Women’s History Month , Music in Our Schools Month, and Poetry Month. - Non-Fiction
2/2 Complete - 17/03/2012
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The Challenge FactorySmart is Sexy - March
Duration: 3/1/2012 - 3/31/2012
National Women’s History Month , Music in Our Schools Month, and Poetry Month
For this challenge, you will still be reading Non-Fiction. However, the books should (hopefully - if you're up for the challenge) center around these topics. If you are unable to find a book under these topics, ANY non-fiction book will work! Learn something new and just remember…Smart is sexy!
1. The Vow: The True Events that Inspired the Movie by Kim Carpenter
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In because I'm doing research this month.Women's history because the chapters I am reading are about women's ornamentation in Medieval Rus'. :)
Also planning on looking at these two:
Oh if anyone is interested in these, they're free downloads from the British Museum now - links are on the pages of those titles I've managed to edit on GR so far :)
Books mentioned in this topic
The Pyjama Girl Case (other topics)Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero (other topics)
The Vow (other topics)
'Intelligible Beauty': Recent Research on Byzantine Jewellery (other topics)
Good Impressions: Image and Authority in Medieval Seals (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Kim Carpenter (other topics)Cathy Glass (other topics)






Time Frame: March 2012
March is National Women’s History Month , Music in Our Schools Month, and Poetry Month. For this challenge, you will still be reading Non-Fiction. However, the books should (hopefully - if you're up for the challenge) center around these topics. If you are unable to find a book under these topics, ANY non-fiction book will work! Learn something new and just remember…Smart is sexy!
Easy – 1 books
Medium – 2 books
Hard – 3+ books