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Category Archives: Books
The book I loved
When I was about eight years old, I fell in love with a children’s biography about a girl named Lotta Crabtree. Who? I know, I know. I can hear you asking that question, and I don’t blame you. Lotta Crabtree … Continue reading
I haz iPad
At last! I haz iPad! My husband has been dreaming of buying an iPad2 ever since they came out. When he bought his original iPad last year, he made a critical mistake and only bought a 16 gig version. Why … Continue reading
A fan letter to the author
When I was a little girl many many many years ago, I was a big fan of the television show “Wonder Woman.” I adored Lynda Carter’s character so much that I wrote a fan letter to her. I haltingly scratched … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Journalism
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What are you reading right now?
I know this will come as a huge shock to y’all, but I’m a big reader. I know, you probably just fell down in a heap, didn’t you? At any rate, I’m a big reader. I love to read. No, … Continue reading
Posted in Books
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Insert quotation marks here. Please.
You know what annoys me? When I pick up a book, and it looks interesting, and I flip open the pages…only to find that the dialogue is not enclosed in quotation marks. It just bugs me. Why don’t we storm … Continue reading
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Beach reading
My family took our annual beach vacation last week, so I loaded up on a bunch of books and prepared to while away the week under an umbrella. Which, for the most part, I did. In fact, I read everything that … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged American Wife, author, beach, book, Curtis Sittenfeld, Diane Mott Davidson, dismemberment, genre, Ian McEwan, Laurie Colwin, lightweight, murder, Old School, On Chesil Beach, Tobias Wolff, Warren St. John
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Books you should read
Man, I am so behind on this blog! Insert litany of excuses here: freelance projects, blah blah blah, visit from family, blah blah blah, preschooler out of school, blah blah blah, more freelance work, blah blah blah, not feeling well, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freelancing
Tagged 1960s, account, Books, freelance, journalist, Kathryn Stockett, maid, Outcasts United, reporting, soccer, The Help, Warren St. John
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Which one of these is not like the others?
How’s this for random? My Amazon.com recommendations today include 1) Sometimes I Wonder if Poodle Like Noodles by Laura Numeroff, author of my son’s beloved If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… books, 2) Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus … Continue reading
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