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Apr.20.2012
I lead a book group at Book Passage in Corte Madera. We read only local authors because after we discuss a book, we have a conversation with the author. One of the current members plays cello with the San Francisco Symphony. The symphony was recently on a national tour, and before she left,...
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Jul.28.2011
When my parents asked my brothers and me whether we wanted a puppy or a new baby, I chose the baby. Janet came along, and so did the puppy. Everyone was happy.
I immediately tried to read to my new sister. I was not quite four, but I had memorized some of the poems in A Child’s Garden of Verse...
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Jun.27.2010
Here’s a possibly insane confession in the context of a blog: I suffer from Long Attention Span Disorder. Most bytes of information move too fast and demand too little engagement for me to remember them. By the time I’ve walked a mile up our dirt road to collect The New York Times folded...
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Jan.31.2010
When I saw the challenge to write about a favorite book, I was stunned, unable to write anything. How do I choose just one book? I have many favorites, books I read over and over and find something new each time, some I've read since childhood and new favorites that pop up all the time.
I could...
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Oct.23.2009
We are still washing off mud from the things we have saved from the flood that inundated our house. We have dried out some books. Some just need to have mud wiped from their covers. Usually those that have plastic covers fared better than those without, justifying my mom’s fanaticism about covering...
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Feb.09.2009
Anyone that knows me knows that I am a HUGE reader. As you all know TVs are going to digital?! Guess What? The currently ran government (not my boy Obama) *cheesy smile*ran out of damn converter box coupons. Don't get me wrong I am not cheap, but WOW I hate the idea of someone getting something at...
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Jan.10.2009
I read some good books in 2008, how about you? I wish I read more books this last year for pure pleasure, instead of for work. But I can still come up with a few to recommend without reservation. A number of them are laugh out loud funny. I must have needed that in 2008...
The New Kings of Non-...
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Dec.30.2008
Of the 286 books I've read thus far in 2008, the following are the best of the bunch, by category; within categories, they are chronological as read and some have been published in previous years. By the way, if your title/book does not appear on this list, it probably simply means that while I've...
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Jun.08.2008
In case there are any bibliophiles out there looking for some good summer reading, the latest post on my blog features a roster of my favorite fiction and non-fiction books.
Pop by and have a look.
Beautiful Desolation
I included the list because the post deals with some of the books and authors...
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