I mentioned #3 was sick. Well, all of us have been feeling ill so last night husband made chicken soup with rice. It is tradition that when we eat this soup I read the book by Maurice Sendak.
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Books
I’m reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Husband is reading a book by China Mieville but it’s Perdido Street Station instead of The City & The City. Photo Credit: snigl3t
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I am reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. “When I saw those toenails,” Mary told me years layer, “I nearly fainted. I thought, Oh jeeze, she’s a real person. I started imagining her sitting in her bathroom painting those toenails, and it hit me for the first time that those cells [...]
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I am learning to love graphic novels. My first love was FreakAngels by Warren Ellis. I loved the artwork and its kick ass storyline. I’ve since started reading Y: The Last Man and The Sandman. Most of the novels in the pic is on my list to read: Maus, Transmetropolitan (also by Warren Ellis) and [...]
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I pride myself on reading anything. I tell people I will read anything. That’s actually not true. I’ll read anything but science fiction or fantasy. I have a hard time imagining the fake worlds and reading the strange names. It frustrates me. I did enjoy the Harry Potter series but I only started reading the [...]
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Hubby and I are avid readers and have read to our children since they were born. So imagine our surprise when N announces he hates reading. Ever since then it has been my mission to find the book that will hook him and make him a life-long reader. This evening while we were at our [...]
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So I’m part of this competition and am working on finishing books I have started reading but not finished. (What a concept.) This is the second book I’ve finished for the competition, The Reader. I started this book sometime last year with the intent of reading it with Best Friend. Somehow life got in the [...]
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Rick is having a little competition for this year. It’s finish reading books you have started but haven’t finished reading. I thought it was excellent so I signed up. The rules are simple. Only books you have previously started count and you have to take a photo of the book. My first finished book is [...]
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It is time for the FIRST Blog Tour! On the FIRST day of every month we feature an author and his/her latest book’s FIRST chapter! The feature author is: Sherri Sand and his/her book: Leave it to Chance David C. Cook (May 2008) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sherri Sand is a wife and mother of four [...]
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It is time for the FIRST Blog Tour! On the FIRST day of every month we feature an author and his/her latest book’s FIRST chapter! The feature author is: James David Jordan and his book: Forsaken B&H Fiction (October 1, 2008) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James David Jordan is a business litigation attorney with the prominent [...]
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