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The Martian: A Perfect Book for This Week
I’ve done some complaining about how I have had little time to do much reading lately, but then this one book comes along and I have to make time to read it – work and other obligations be damned! It...
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BBB – Booktopia Boulder Bound!
At the ung*dly hour of 6:00 tomorrow morning I will be on a plane headed to Boulder, Colorado, and one of my favorite weekends of the year: Booktopia! Three days of books and reading and talking...
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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 need to learn to stop oversharing when the Marine asks me a question....
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Thoughts on Booktopia Boulder
It goes without saying, but a weekend dedicated to talking about books and reading is amazing. Add the beautiful location of Boulder, Colorado and who could ask for anything more? Unlike past...
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Even if you prefer e-readers to print, if you are a reader/book lover there is something magical about walking into a bookstore. Nine times out of ten you (read: me) will go in without anything...
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Summer Reading Bingo!
I like the idea of reading projects, but I never seem to have the time/energy/discipline to properly follow through with one (exhibit A: all of the reading challenges I have attempted in my blogging...
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Readers’ Workouts – Honesty is not Always the Best Policy
The Readers’ Workouts meme is hosted at Joy’s Book Blog. This is a place to share exercise successes and challenges. Ah, the Marine. He asks questions that I know I shouldn’t answer honestly, but I...
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A Replacement Life – TLC Book Tours
One can say that a benefit of having a book blog is that it provides an opportunity to receive copies of books in advance of their publication date; sometimes they are the final published edition, but...
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Last Train to Paris
Reading books like Last Train to Paris by Michele Zackheim confirm my theory that I may have been born in the wrong decade. This novel combines two of my favorite subjects, Paris (loosely, though part...
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Sitting Around on a Sunday – Father’s Day edition
I don’t think I ever saw my dad read much when I was growing up. He would read the newspaper but that was about it. In recent years, though, he has begun to read more, but it is not only because he...
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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. Things are rolling along well with the Marine. I see him twice a week for some...
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Literary Giveaway Blog Hop
I am thrilled to participate once again in leeswammes‘ Literary Blog Hop, a great opportunity for readers to win books and hopefully discover new blogs and fellow book-lovers. Since it is World Cup...
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The Sixteenth of June
A few years ago I bravely attempted to read Ulysses. I finished it, but I got absolutely nothing out of it, except for being able to say that I finished it. That dynamic is partly in play in Maya...
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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, the Marine told me last night that I was his most consistent client, that I...
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Literary Giveaway Blog Hop – Winner
Congratulations to Courtney! She was the randomly selected winner of my giveaway of The Sun and Other Stars by Brigid Pasulka. Thank you everyone for visiting and commenting. I have added a few more...
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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. Last Wednesday I had a reality check. I had my workout with the Marine and I...
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Sitting Around on a Sunday – Summer Reading Bingo Update
After one month, here is what my bingo card looks like: Books read: Currently on the best seller list: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. This was a re-read as my book club was discussing it in...
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is about Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and Werner, a young German soldier, in the besieged town of Saint-Malo in 1944 as the Allies are liberating it....
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Thoughts on Wonder
Wonder by R.J. Palacio is a book about middle-school kids, probably written for middle-school kids, but is one that everyone should read. Wonder is about August (Auggie) Pullman, who is 10 years old...
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Thoughts on A Tale for The Time Being
I picked up A Tale for The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki based on recommendations of a few bookish friends with whom I generally share reading tastes, but honestly I wasn’t sure about how I’d like it. I’m...
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