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Mission Accomplished. Thank You, and Good Night.
So at the beginning of this year (it is still 2009 while I’m writing this), I was all “I’M TOTALLY GOING TO READ 50 BOOKS IN ONE YEAR!” And I was doing it—reading books, turning them out LIKE A MACHINE. … Continue reading
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Only a passing thing.
For one of the classes I’m taking in New Zealand (yes, I’m actually studying not just gallivanting around) I am required to watch The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I watched the second of the movies tonight, The Two Towers, … Continue reading
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Book Club Book #42: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Okay, okay. I haven’t mentioned the book club challenge in A WHILE. But I finished a book today that I really wanted to share with you guys. An official blog is coming soon, filled with broken rules and a list … Continue reading
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Book Club book #25: The Lovely Bones
Just an update: the last time we checked in I in the middle of reading book 19 which was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I finished that book, as well as the rest of the series and then … Continue reading
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Book Club Update!
Oh dear, sweet Internet. Remember that time I said I was going to attempt to read 50 books in one year? And then I would write a review on each book? (Here is a link in case you don’t have … Continue reading
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Book club book #6: Me Talk Pretty One Day
Book: Me Talk Pretty One Day Author: David Sedaris Number of Pages: 272 Plot, according to the back of the book: There was no plot on the back of the book. Plot, in my own words: There is no plot. … Continue reading
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Book club book #5: Broken Glass
Book: Broken Glass Author: Arthur Miller Number of Pages: 138 Plot, according to the back of the book: It’s the late 1930s in New York. Phillip Gellburg is an executive and the only Jew among the WASPs at a very … Continue reading
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No more studying! Please!
Found this on Facebook while taking a break from studying for French. [The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?] 1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane … Continue reading
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Book club book #4: George’s Marvelous Medicine
Book: George’s Marvelous Medicine Author: Ronald Dahl Number of Pages: 90 Plot, according to the back of the book: George is alone in the house with Grandma. The most horrid, grizzly old grunion of a grandma ever. She needs someone … Continue reading
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And I…will always love you
Things I accomplished today: 1. Got out of bed and dressed before 11 in the morning! That is a rare thing for me these days. 2. Did the dishes. I didn’t even have to be asked! Internet- look at me … Continue reading
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