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30-Day Book Meme #2: Certain Women
I’ve been a fan of Madeleine L’Engle since a friend of my mother’s gave me A Wrinkle in Time to read while I was at her house. It was, quite literally, a dark and stormy night, and I was sprawled on a guest-room bed covered in a patchwork quilt, immersed in a story and unafraid … Continue reading
30-Day Book Meme #1: The Wave
The 30-day book meme asked me to talk about the best book I read last year. I don’t really rank my books in “best ever/worst ever” categories. I either didn’t like something, liked it, or loved it enough to read again. One of the books that fit the latter category, was The Wave: In Pursuit … Continue reading
Booking through Thursday: Firsts
On Thursday, January 13th, Booking through Thursday asked: Do you remember the first book you bought for yourself? Or the first book you checked out of the library? What was it and why did you choose it? Back when I was a child, when going to the library didn’t involve a due date slip coming … Continue reading
The Sunday Salon: Struggling to Read
In the last week, I’ve written a novel’s worth of articles, supervised (and tried to help) while my husband and friends moved some furniture around inside, and also into, our house, helped a friend pack to move half way across the country, picked up a cake for another friend’s birthday, managed to shatter the glass … Continue reading
Booking Through Thursday: Character
On Thursday, December 16th, Booking through Thursday asked: If you could be a character from any book, who would you be? And why? I must not be taking my multivitamins because I swear there was no Booking Through Thursday prompt when I wrote my piece on the 17th. I guess I must have missed it. … Continue reading
Booking Through Thursday: First
On Thursday, December 2nd, Booking through Thursday asked: How about First Editions? Are they something special? Or “just another book” to you? Since the nice folks at BTT didn’t share a prompt this week, I’m answering one that I skipped. So, First Editions. To be honest, I’m not a used book fan. I think used … Continue reading
Booking Through Thursday: Crappy
On Thursday, December 9th, Booking through Thursday asked: Do you ever crave reading crappy books? On the surface this seems like an easy question, akin to, “Hey do you want to wake up with cerebral palsy tomorrow morning?” You’d think the answer would be a resounding “No.” You’d think anyone would have to be nuts … Continue reading
