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Readers’ Workouts
The Readers’ Workouts meme is hosted at Joy’s Book Blog. This is a place to share exercise successes and challenges. I got back on the running wagon last week and logged just under 6.5 miles. I...
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Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks Published: 2012 by St. Martin’s Press Source: Purchased What did I do on Saturday night? I read Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. Now it’s not...
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Readers’ Workouts
The Readers’ Workouts meme is hosted at Joy’s Book Blog. This is a place to share exercise successes and challenges. Well, I have completed my 5k and I was able to achieve my goal of my time equal to...
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Sitting Around on a Sunday — The Bored Edition
After all of the anticipation and excitement of last weekend, where my brothers and their families came to visit and I ran my first 5k, this week has been anti-climactic. I suppose I needed the time...
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Howard’s End is on the Landing
Howard’s End is on the Landing: A year of reading from home by Susan Hill Published: 2010 by Profile Books Source: Purchased When browsing the site of the Major Online Bookseller in search of...
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BBAW Interview: Meet The Book Bunny
Happy Book Blogger Appreciation Week – the week where book bloggers celebrate, well, themselves. I frankly haven’t been too active on the book blogosphere lately with other things going on, but I did...
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Sitting Around on a Sunday — Making Progress Edition
I’m still in a bit of a funk where nothing is holding my interest for very long BUT I feel I am making progress to get out of it and this week I should be heading back to normal (as … Continue reading →
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Recent DNFs
You are all probably tired of hearing about my recent case of the blahs, but I just wanted to share with you some of the books that did not keep me interested over the last few weeks. I normally don’t...
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Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman Published: 2012 by Simon & Schuster Source: Purchased (e-book) I’ve always been interested in other cultures, but...
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Readers’ Workouts
The Readers’ Workouts meme is hosted at Joy’s Book Blog. This is a place to share exercise successes and challenges. I’m not Catholic, but I feel like I need to make a confession: It has been three...
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Sitting Around on a Sunday — The Re-Reading Edition
I am still in a reading slump as I have not completed a single book this week. But that’s ok, because I am re-reading one of my all-time favorite books and it’s worth taking my time to savor it. A …...
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A Visit to the Library
Going to the library for me is as bad as going into a bookstore – worse, because it doesn’t cost me a thing. On the way home from work tonight I stopped by my local library to pick up a … Continue...
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Book Beginnings on Friday
Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted at Rose City Reader. It’s really simple: Share the first sentence of the book you are currently reading and what it means to you. I haven’t participated in...
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A Fine Balance and My Connection to Oprah
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Published: 1995 by McClelland & Stewart Source: Purchased After pulling A Fine Balance off of my bookshelf to re-read it for the first time in many years, I am...
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The End of Your Life Book Club
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe Published: 2012 by Alfred A. Knopf Source: Received Advance Reader’s Edition at Booktopia This book has an interesting premise that made me put it on...
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Quickie Reviews – Fiction and Non-Fiction
I have been a bad blogger lately and I keep meaning to make it right but life has just been getting in the way. And frankly, many of the books I’ve read lately haven’t “wowed” me enough to get me to...
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Book Beginnings on Friday
Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted at Rose City Reader. It’s really simple: Share the first sentence of the book you are currently reading and what it means to you. My beginning this week is...
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Literary Giveaway Blog Hop!
It’s that time again — The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop, hosted by Judith at Leeswammes. It is a very popular event that gives readers a great opportunity to win a book (or two). I am happy to...
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It’s Monday! What are You Reading?
It’s Monday! What are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It is a chance to share with others what you have been reading and what you plan to read. I haven’t participated...
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Annexed
Annexed by Sharon Dogar Published: 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Source: Purchased Reading Challenge: A-Z Book Challenge It takes a lot of guts to write a novel based on a historical figure. It takes...
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