Entries Tagged as 'On Reading'

Remembering Dewey

December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

I’m just one of the many bloggers who are missing Dewey. I missed out on Weekly Geeks because I can’t get it together now that I’m a mom, but I donated a prize to the 24-hr readathon and guest hosted the Bookworms Carnival back in the early days. She really brought us bookbloggers [...]

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Oh, Dewey

December 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

May you find an endless paradise of books.
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7 Random Book Facts about Me

November 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I was tagged by Sally for this meme. Basically we’re listing 7 random book-related facts about ourselves.
1. I give books away all the time, and never expect anyone to return a book I’ve loaned to them. Of course, when it’s a loan I do hope that the books come back to me, [...]

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Similar Books?

November 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Reader Jay wants some book recommendations:
Sorry to bother you, however I was wondering if you could help me out with something.I live in america, and I am wanting to start reading 1 book a week.This trying to get me back into reading again, as I was one of those people in college and highschool that [...]

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Favorite Films A to Z

November 8th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Taken from my dear Sheila:
List your favorite films from A to Z, one for each letter of the alphabet.
A for Amadeus
B for Blade Runner
C for Cabaret
D for Dressed to Kill
E for East of Eden
F for Fear Eats the Soul
G for Ginger Snaps
H for The Haunting
I for Imitation of Life
J for Johnny Guitar
K for Krull
L for [...]

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The Infamous Bill Cosby Pamphlet Found!

November 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments

My intrepid cousin Terri of Sense of Wonder found an html version of the Bill Cosby pamphlet that taught me how to speed read when I was 7. An excerpt:
Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine of newspaper articles, business reports, and nonfiction [...]

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Something Wicked Book Blog Tour

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I really enjoyed Alan Gratz’s Something Wicked, which I read as part of a book blog tour. I love projects that connect me with other great book bloggers, so I hope you will check out all the other participating blogs!
the 160acrewoods, A Christian Worldview of Fiction, All About Children’s Books, Becky’s Book Reviews, Book [...]

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Something Rotten by Alan Gratz

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

If you were intrigued by yesterday’s review of Something Wicked by Alan Gratz, you can read his previous book, Something Rotten for free through November 30th by checking out his website.
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The Bible Illuminated

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I was fortunate enough to get a sneak peek of The Bible Illuminated, an ambitious new edition of the Good News Bible translation of the New Testament. It’s filled with powerful images drawn from contemporary life, and it seems that the goal is to draw awareness of social justice issues, as the presence of [...]

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Book Giveaway–Tanya, Yan or Tara, Contact Me

October 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

I posted the contest winner a few days ago but Tanya, whose number came up, has not yet contacted me. So I played Random Integer Generator again and came up with #6 (Yan). Since neither Tanya nor Yan gave email addresses, I have no way of getting in touch with them, so I [...]

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