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Mini Reviews

May 4, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, I’ve been posting mini reviews to help catch up. This is the last round! Check out round one, round two, and round three, if you like. Though all of these books deserve their own posts, this will have to do. The Wednesday Wars, by Gary [...]

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On the Road, by Jack Kerouac

April 24, 2012

Title: On the Road Author: Jack Kerouac Pages: 313 Originally Published: 1957 Format I Read: Hardback Publisher: Penguin Rating: ____________________________ I originally gave this book two stars on goodreads, just moments after I finished it. I was rather disgusted with it. But, in the ensuing days, the book stuck with me and won itself an [...]

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Mini Reviews

April 10, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, occasionally, I’ll be posting mini reviews to help catch up. This is round three. Check out round one and round two, if you like. Though all of these books deserve their own posts, this will have to do. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by [...]

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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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Mini Reviews

December 26, 2010

Sadly, I’ve been neglectful of my blog of late. And, so, as we approach the end of the year, I still have several reviews to write for books I read this year. Though they all deserve their own posts, in an effort to do some housekeeping and to start the new year fresh, I’m going [...]

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Bleak House Readalong

August 7, 2010

One of the goals I set for this year of Reading Deliberately is to read a new-to-me book by Charles Dickens. I didn’t pick a specific book, but I thought it might be Bleak House. I’ve been wanting to read Bleak House since my sister-in-law recommended it a couple of years ago and since my [...]

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum

April 15, 2010

Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Author: L. Frank Baum Pages: 160 Publisher: Project Gutenberg Copyright: 1993 (1900) Format: Ebook Rating: ____________________________ This was the first book I read on my iPhone using the Stanza app. I downloaded it for free from Project Gutenberg. I got the idea from Meghan at Medieval Bookworm. Do I [...]

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The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien

April 7, 2010

Title: The Hobbit or There and Back Again Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Pages: 272 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Copyright: 1937 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ I have very fond memories of my dad reading this book to me and my brother as children. This was my first reread of it, though, since ninth grade. Bilbo Baggins is, of [...]

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