A Certain Fondness

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  • Mary Stewart Reading Week

    It’s nearly August and time to start planning for Mary Stewart Reading Week! MSRW will be from Sunday, September 15 to Sunday, September 22. Appropriately Ms. Stewart’s 97th birthday falls during this time (on the 17th). What better way to celebrate her birthday than by reading her books? I envision this as a low key…

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  • Weekly Post July 21

      This last week was a marvelous break from routine. My cousin, friend and I drove up to Pueblo, Colorado on Tuesday and my friend and I drove back down on Friday. I really love the drive to Colorado. You go through some of the most beautiful parts of Arizona, through Albuquerque and up to…

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  • Weekly Post July 14

    This week has been good – mellow and stress-free at work. I can tell that summer at the library is starting to wind down as we haven’t seen as many kids at our programs lately and we actually have hours when the library is somewhat quiet. I spent most of my evenings last week cleaning…

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  • Weekly Post July 7

    The first week of July just flew by, didn’t it? I’m still struggling to pick up blogging again on a regular schedule so I decided to steal an idea from my friend Melissa at Life:Merging and do a weekly update. This might have to last throughout the summer while I give most of my energy…

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  • New Arrivals

    Hello friends! I’m so sorry to have disappeared there for a few weeks. It certainly wasn’t planned – it just happened. I’ve been so busy at work with our summer reading program and coordinating the summer programs for children and teens that I just collapse when I get home from work and needed to take…

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  • Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

    “The first annoying thing is when I ask Dad what he thinks happened to Mom, he always says, “What’s most important is for you to understand it’s not your fault.” This very charming novel was short-listed for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. It didn’t win (the prize was awarded to A.M. Homes last week) and…

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  • Cover Collection: Excellent Women

    1. VMC Designer Collection  // 2. Penguin Books // 3. Plume // 4. Virago Modern Classics // 5. Penguin Books // 6. Pan Books In honor of Barbara Pym Reading Week this month’s cover collection is of Excellent Women, Pym’s most famous and beloved novel. I own the Plume edition and it is my favorite…

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  • Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym

    “That day the four of them went to the library, though at different times.” For Barbara Pym Reading Week I decided to read the novel that is also the Library Thing Virago group Barbara Pym book for June.  It is the first Pym novel that I bought around 4 or so years ago when I…

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  • New Arrivals

    I’m finally getting around to showing you some of the books I bought myself for my birthday back in April. They’ve trickled in a few at a time because I buy most of them from England and it takes anywhere from 2-4 weeks for them to land at my humble abode in Arizona. Here’s what…

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  • Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

    “It was the last night of 1937.” Rules of Civility was the third book that we read for my new book group. It had a bit of a mixed review from the book group members with the majority of us liking it, and other members being a bit put off by some of the plot…

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