MissMeliss on January 21st, 2010

The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
Harper, 321 pages
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I have such a backlog of books to review that there are likely to be endless days of me sitting up late writing little blurbs until the dark circles under my eyes are permanent. Well, I’ve always had minor goth tendencies. [...]

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MissMeliss on August 22nd, 2009

My birthday was last Monday (the 17th), and, as usual, I received a book from my aunt in Connecticut. In recent years she’s been sending more non-fiction than fiction, but I’m not sure that’s intentional.
In any case, she knows that there is no drug rehab equivalent for bibliophiles, and really, as addictions go, reading [...]

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MissMeliss on November 22nd, 2008

Dog Years
by Mark Doty
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Dog Years was, perhaps, not the best choice of read for a time when I was convinced we were going to lose our chihuahua, Zorro. (He’s got a heart condition, and while we know we don’t have much time with him, he’s no longer in that “death rattle” stage.), [...]

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