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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat
Another of my now typical brief reviews. Maybe I'll start calling the 'review-lets' .... maybe not.This one is:The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat - Oliver Sacks.I must say, the intriguing name...
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Super Sunday
It's Sunday... a time of introspection, service, recollection and planning. Or in this case The Sunday Salon. :)I almost couldn't wait to post this ... I started my book club!! I'm praying it works...
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Review: By The Iowa Sea ~ Joe Blair
Oh I did very much like this book! I'll just say that right off the bat. Synopsis:After his first cross-country motorcycle trip, Joe Blair believed he had discovered his true calling. He would travel....
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REVIEW: Up At The Villa - W. Somerset Maugham
Title: Up At The VillaAuthor: W. Somerset MaughamWhy I read this: Library book club selectionSynopsis from Goodreads:In Up at the Villa, W. Somerset Maugham portrays a wealthy young English woman who...
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PDOATE Book Club - Joe Blair & the Next Book
Discussion group was super small last night to talk about last months read: By The Iowa Sea a memoir by Joe Blair. It was just Audrey and I and we'd been hashing out this book all month. So our focus...
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Lulls
I've lapsed into another lull of late. It's not for lack of interest, I just haven't finished anything recently and no huge news, bookish or otherwise, has crossed my path.Autumn is starting to pull...
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Rowdy reading!
Despite not getting many blog posts up, my reading has been going purty rowdy!! Thanks mostly to audio books. I've really leaned on those this year and I'm to the point where I feel lost without one in...
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Sunday Salon 10/28/12
One of my goals is coming true...or I'm achieving one of my goals I guess is more like it.I am a joint director of the most magical place on earth.... I'm a co-librarian!Now granted it's just our...
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Listening to a Classic - Pros and Cons
I am listening to a classic now as I travel the short distance back and forth to work and the overly often trip to Wal-Mart.There are 2 things I want to talk about in this regardThe Classicand...
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Self imposed Read-A-Thon tonight!!
There are 2 of my book clubs coming up next week and I don't have either book done!!So here goes...I haven't had to push-read in quite awhile. I am usually a reader who prefers to relish the experience...
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A month in a minute
Since my last post (is it POSSIBLE that was a month ago?? Father time you are a sneaky sneaky bastard!) I have finished some eclectic and disparate choices!I finished Clara and Mr. Tiffany. I think...
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Obligatory New Years Post Here
In 2011 I started this thing where I made 'resolutions' (read goals to work towards) for all the different areas of my life. This made sense to me for two reasons. One - A single resolution isn't going...
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Juggling fail
Well I'd have to say I need to chalk the month of January up to a giant fail for my exuberantly penned New Years Resolutions.I just didn't do such a good job at juggling! I honestly can not believe...
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I had one very key New Year's Resolution. No Relationships.And I broke that one very Quickly. and Very Very thouroughly.I fell in love.And He didn't catch me.And I'm so broken I really don't know how...
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Here I am. Breathing in, breathing out.On a positive note.I can report that I have paid down my Credit card by 2000 :)And I intend to keep at it!:)I am finishing up Life of Pi. I have come to the...
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Life of Pi... On Pi Day! Hey!
I honestly didn't realize I would be reviewing Life of Pi on Pi day! How cool is that!! :)Now if I could just report that I liked it.Synopsis from Amazon: After the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary...
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Sunday Screening - Les Miserables
I'd seen the non-musical version of Victor Hugo's masterpiece of humanity Les Miserables, but the new production was my first introduction to the musical.First, let me say that this story is one of...
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I hate that I've been so absent from my own dear blog! I do have so much to discuss and so little time to discuss it!But I'll try making a list to keep me on task.Things I want to blog about:How I'm...
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Milestones
This is my youngest. She graduates from High School today. Then, after a whirlwind summer, she is off to St. Ambrose University to become a High School English teacher.She's going to be phenomenal!
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Sometimes milestones are wonderful markers on life's journey, and sometimes they are hard blows. Last week was a celebration as my youngest daughter graduated high school, then came the awful decision...
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