Manola Dargis Doesn’t Do Her Homework

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments

In her review of Prince Caspian in today’s New York Times, Manola Dargis writes:
The Pevensie children can withdraw to London between episodes, but moviegoers are unlikely, and also perhaps unwilling, to escape from Narnia and the other increasingly numerous, and therefore increasingly mundane, places like it.
A lovely sentiment, were it not for the fact that [...]

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The Alphabet Meme

May 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Picked this meme up from Melanie, in honor of two YA books I read for work this weekend.
The goal of this is to list favourite authors according to last name (with a representative fave book as well).
Atwood, Margaret — Cat’s Eye
Bronte, Charlotte — Jane Eyre
Card, Orson Scott — Ender’s Game
Dragonwagon, Crescent — The Year [...]

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Top 20 Meme

April 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Picked this up from Becky:
The rules: Top twenty favourite books in no particular order. Don’t think about it for too long. Take twenty minutes only to compile your list. Bold the ones you’ve read, or reread, since you’ve started blogging. Include novels, non fiction and plays.
1. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte [...]

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Non Fiction Meme

February 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’m late getting to Gautami’s Non Fiction Meme.
* a) What issues/topic interests you most in non-fiction, i.e, cooking, knitting, stitching, there are infinite topics that have nothing to do with novels? Books about food, books that explain scientific topics for general readers, biography, memoir, history, travelogues.
I love reading books about my hobbies, [...]

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May I Introduce… (Booking Through Thursday)

January 10th, 2008 · 6 Comments

How did you come across your favorite author(s)? Recommended by a friend? Stumbled across at a bookstore? A book given to you as a gift?
Was it love at first sight? Or did the love affair evolve over a long acquaintance?

You can find my favorite authors listed in the first sidebar column. Here’s a rundown [...]

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Essential Books For Children

May 31st, 2007 · 23 Comments

I want to start a conversation about what readers think are the books that no child should be without. I’m building a library for Superfast Baby, and here are my 10 must haves for boys and 10 must haves for girls:
Boys:
1. The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
2. A House with a Clock [...]

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The Books of My Life

May 24th, 2007 · 10 Comments

Here’s another meme (HT Poodlerat) that’s been going around that I’m finally able to do. Last night’s book read was an incredibly tedious memoir. Thanks for sharing!
A book that made you cry: A book that seems to make a lot of my lists: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle.
A book that scared [...]

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The Cross (Kristin Lavransdatter 3) by Sigrid Undset

May 22nd, 2007 · 8 Comments

Synopsis:
As her seven sons grow to manhood in 13th Century Norway, Kristin finds her marriage tested by long-simmering resentments, and struggles with her passage into senescence.
Review:
This might be my favorite of all three Kristin Lavransdatter books, because I think Undset is operating at the peak of her narrative powers. She really brings to life [...]

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Fantasy Series, Reading Ladies & More–Selections from Problogger’s Top 5

May 9th, 2007 · 6 Comments

In honor of today’s work read, a police procedural that left me hungering for Ruth Rendell, I give you my list of the posts I’ve enjoyed so far from the Problogger Group Writing Project:

Top 5 Most Entertaining Foreign Films of the Last Decade
An fun list of films, though I would quibble and say that City [...]

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Three Character Meme

April 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Found this meme courtesy of Amy, the Sleepy Reader.
Name up to three characters . . .
1. You wish were real so you could meet them:
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