Rescue: A Puzzle
I love Anita Shreve. She writes the way I want to write: with simple language but poignant description, themes of family and relationships, and a tug-at-your-heartstrings quality. Rescue, the most re...
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Category: Books
Catching Mistakes
I’m pretty sure it’s the “English teacher’s daughter” in me, but I love catching errors in books. Not grammatical errors, but plot errors- little things like a mistaken o...
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The Hunger Games
Since this weekend has been all about the hype surrounding The Hunger Games premiere, I thought I’d re-post my original assessment of the series, posted back in September. I still stand by my op...
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A Pop of White
On Monday night I dashed through one of the quickest books I’ve ever read: Betty White’s latest memoir. It took me about 40 minutes, cover to cover. That’s 258 pages. And no, I wasn&...
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A Fairy Tale Quartet
It hurts me a little to admit this, but I am kind of a snob about certain kinds of books. One genre that I almost never read is romance fiction. I mean, sure, when I was a teenager, I might have grabb...
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What To Expect When You’re Expecting
After finding out I was pregnant, one of the first things I did was make sure I got a copy of the so-called pregnancy bible, What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Now in its fourth edition, it...
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