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Books

My Guilty Pleasure: HBO’s Trueblood & Sookie Stackhouse novels

August 3, 2009

When I start something and enjoy it, I have to immerse myself in it completely and find every part of it and make it part of me. Case in point: Trueblood. You won’t believe the lengths I’ve gone to for my Trueblood fix.

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His Dark Materials

January 3, 2008

I finished reading Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy in December. The books in the trilogy are The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. I have to say I loved these books. The writing is superb and the total adventure and the characters who embark on that adventure are flawed, beautiful, and [...]

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Library Porn and Endpapers

September 28, 2007

I’ve mentioned my love of libraries before. There is something about a library that makes me want to sit and forget time exists. Hot Library Smut is a blog post showing some of the most amazing library photos you can imagine. Here’s a taste:

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New Children’s Book Review at Chili Tried

July 3, 2007

Are you looking for a book for your daughter (ages 7-11) to read this summer? Looking for a great, quick read-aloud? Head on over to Chili Tried and see what I recommend. You’ll love it.

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Well, Which Is It?

January 26, 2007

The saddest thing I’ve read in a while:
I recently spoke with a junior who was stressed about her decreasing
ability to focus on anything for longer than two minutes or so. I tried
to inspire her by talking about the importance of reading as a way to
train the brain. I told her that a good reader [...]

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Fall Into Reading Challenge: Update

December 22, 2006

Katrina at Callapidder Days created the Fall Into Reading Challenge and asked us to join her in making reading lists and goals for this past autumn. Of course, the deadline was yesterday and as usual I’m late. She’s doing a recap over at her site if you would like to see how everyone did and [...]

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Just So You Know, I’m Finally Starting It

November 29, 2006

For all you people out there (Shalee!) who kept saying I need to read The Time Traveler’s Wife: I’m reading it! I’m only on the second chapter, but I like it.

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Reading List Update

November 22, 2006

I recently finished Jewel by Brett Lott. It was amazing. I read The Memory Keeper’s Daughter in August and absolutely hated it. The story was good, but the author did not have the talent to pull it off. Jewel, however, is almost the same story but infinitely better told. The writing is just beautiful, the [...]

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Fall Into Reading Challenge

September 21, 2006

Katrina at Callapidder Days is hosting a Fall Into Reading Challenge. I’m so excited! I recently quit the book club I’ve been a part of for eight years. I thought about this decision for over a year before I finally quit. We just weren’t focused on books any more and I was disappointed with the [...]

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The Summer of Sucktastic Books

August 29, 2006

I will be the first to admit that I am a book snob of the highest order. I like my classics. I expect my books to have some meaning and some meat to them. Even the books I pick for fluff are usually a little less fluffy than the norm. I don’t mind trying a [...]

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