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April 2012 Summation

April 30, 2012

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in April. Books Read – April 2012 Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone, by Dene Low – 4/2/2012 First Love, Last Rites, by Ian McEwan – 4/3/2012 The Maze Runner, by James Dashner (Audio) – 4/12/2012 Watership Down, by Richard Adams – 4/18/2012 Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See – [...]

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Film/Lit Episode 1: Our Favorites

April 3, 2012

My brother and I have released the inaugural episode of our new podcast. The podcast is called, as you may have already ascertained, Film/Lit. In the first episode, we talk about our favorites – Blake’s favorite directors and my favorite books. Check out the Film/Lit website to listen or subscribe and listen via iTunes. On [...]

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March 2012 Summation

March 31, 2012

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in March. Books Read – March 2012 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks – 3/4/2012 The King of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner (Audio) – 3/6/2012 Clair de Lune, by Jetta Carleton – 3/6/2012 Shadow Tag, by Louise Erdrich – 3/9/2012 [...]

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Sense and Sensibility vs. Persuasion

March 23, 2012

Versus is a feature in which two books face-off. Anything goes in the judging, but only one can be the winner. NOTE: As this is a discussion of books by Jane Austen, whose plots most everyone knows, there are some spoilers. I’d read Persuasion before. I liked it. But I was interested to see how [...]

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February 2012 Summation

February 29, 2012

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in February. Books Read – February 2012 A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle – 2/2/2012 When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead – 2/3/2012 First Light, by Rebecca Stead – 2/5/2012 If I Stay, by Gayle Forman – 2/10/2012 The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner (Audio) [...]

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Readers Uncovered

February 10, 2012

Readers Uncovered features readers and their answers to tough reading questions. WHAT IS THE BOOK YOU REMEMBER MOST FONDLY FROM CHILDHOOD, AND WHY? I could cite Jane Eyre—which I filched from my mother’s nightstand and have loved ever since—or the $1 copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray that I bought on a whim. These two, read first [...]

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January 2012 Summation

January 31, 2012

*Update* Edited to add one last book I finished today. Here is an abstract of my literary doings in January. Books Read – January 2012 How Reading Changed My Life, by Anna Quindlen – 1/1/2012 River in the Sea, by Tina Boscha – 1/5/2012 Scarlet, by A.C. Gaughen – 1/7/2012 War Horse, by Michael Morpurgo [...]

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2011 Top 10 List

December 31, 2011

MY TOP 10 PICKS OF 2011 Books Published before 2011 I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin Getting Things Done, by David Allen Books Published in 2011 [...]

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