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2014 in review (per WordPress)
Good to know- my book reviews appear to be the most read posts on my blog. I will make that a focus for 2015! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog....
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2014 Book Challenge Results- 50 Books Read!
I did it! I met my goal of 45 books read in 2014 and went ahead and read 5 more. Actually, I’m glad I over shot my goal because there were a few books I couldn’t (and refused) to finish. At the bottom...
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A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway…A feast, indeed.
It gets harder to reread books as I get older, I’ve found. As a teen and in my twenties I read and reread books over and over again- up to 3 times or more. But now, I don’t find the same joy the second...
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Mixing mediums to mixed success: books and the movies
Recently, I listened to a podcast that discussed great books which turned into decent movies. Nick Hornby, by all appearances, is the poster child for successful author with novels that easily...
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Sequel: The Sequel (ad nauseam).
We are a country that loves its sequels. We just can’t let a story go. If a sequel doesn’t make sense, we have prequels. Reboots. Trilogies that somehow turn into 5 movies. TV adaptations and...
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Book Review: “I Must Say, My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend”, by Martin Short
If you are a huge Martin Short fan, you will probably love this memoir. If, like myself, you are the casual Martin Short fan, someone who is familiar with his film work and early comedy and generally...
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Book Review: “Bring up the Bodies” by Hilary Mantel (with a side note on the...
I’m sure the words “Brilliant!” and “Genius!” are bandied about quite a bit with regards to Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy “Wolf Hall”. And while this praise is apt, I would go once step further to...
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Judy Blume Revisited! Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret
Judy Blume wisdom… [I]t’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As...
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Judy Blume Revisited! Forever…
Welcome to my Judy Blume in July series! Ok, it’s now August. However, I read some classic Judy Blume novels throughout July and culminated with In the Unlikely Event, which I will review here as well....
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Judy Blume Revisited! Blubber
Welcome to my Judy Blume in July series! I realize I am reviewing my July readings in August. However, I devoted July to reading some classic Judy Blume novels, along with her newest book In the...
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