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Friday Free For All
Hello. How long has it been since I treated you to a random spouting of whatever is on my mind? I think I could yap for many words this morning AND still keep it about books. Got LOTS to say,...
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Dykes To Watch Out For
Thoughts Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, Firebrand Books 1986, 78 pages. MOTIVATION for READING: I had read so many great reviews of various titles by Alison Bechdel and so was...
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Mixed Magics
Thoughts Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones, Harper Trophy 2000, 193 pages MOTIVATION for READING: Diana Wynne Jones Week is was the First Week of August! Thank you to...
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Zeitoun
Thoughts Zeitoun by Dave Eggers*, McSweeney’s Books 2009, 335 pages. Nonfiction. MOTIVATION for READING: Our August pick for my In Real Life book club, the Bookies. We meet Thursday, August 19th....
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tHoL Part 1
This is preliminary post for preparation of a review of The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. A Part 1, you could say. , Dear Book Blogging, I must thank you for the steps put into play from my...
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Everything Beautiful Began After
Thoughts Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy, Harper Perennial 2011, 402 pages MOTIVATION for READING: Oh boy. I can blame all of this on my good friend Nancy the Bookfool. She’s the...
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Dueling Monsters
I am participating in this year’s Dueling Monsters event, sponsored by The Estella Society and hosted by Softdrink and @TriniCapini. You all know that I’m bad about explaining this stuff when the...
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The Bookseller of Kabul
Thoughts The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad, Back Bay Books 2002, 288 pages, tB “The most intimate description of an Afghan household ever produced by a Western journalist… Seierstad is a sharp...
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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Thoughts by Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2014, 258 pages Genre: Dunno… “Book Lover Lit”? Type/Source: Tradeback, Purchased from local indie bookstore Why I read this now:...
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Poetry 2020 Edition 1
Hello my dear friends of books and pies, I am here to talk about poetry. My goal for 202o is to read a poem every day. I’m not tracking, I’m just reading. I’m not limiting this experience to one poem a...
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