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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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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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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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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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The Sunday Salon (7)

January 22, 2012

‘Tis Sunday again. Happy ALA Awards Eve. I have long awaited tomorrow. You probably know this already, but the 2012 ALA Youth Media Awards (including the Caldecott, Newbery, and Printz medals) will be announced tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. central time. That makes it 6:45 a.m. my time, yeesh. There will be a live webcast, with [...]

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August 2011 Summation

August 31, 2011

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in August. Books Read – August 2011 A Clash of Kings, by George R.R. Martin – 8/12/2011 What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell – 8/19/2011 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender – 8/31/2011 August Total = 3 Year-to-Date Total = 28 Let’s see. [...]

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May, June, & July 2011 Summation

July 31, 2011

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in May, June, and July. Books Read – May, June, & July 2011 May 2011 Something Borrowed, by Emily Giffin – 5/9/2011 A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin – 5/18/2011 The Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking, by Kate Payne – 5/18/2011 May Total = [...]

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April 2011 Summation

April 30, 2011

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in April. Books Read – April 2011 The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin – 4/17/2011 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley – 4/19/2011 NurtureShock, by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman – 4/22/2011 The Tapestry of Love, by Rosy Thornton – 4/25/2011 Wintergirls, [...]

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