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Classics Challenge – February
The prompt for this month’s A Classics Challenge concerns character. I have the easiest book in the world to choose a character from – Great Expectations. No, I still haven’t finished it! I am almost there, though, and am really enjoying it and the extremely memorable characters Dickens uses to populate his story. Pip, Magwitch,…
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‘Letters mingle Souls’
A hastily read tweet from a few days ago has inspired in me a determination to write small notes of regard and love to friends, family and acquaintances through the month of February. From Twitter I learned that author Mary Robinette Kowal has issued a Month of Letters Challenge that urges participants to send a letter…
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Loving by Henry Green
When Stu at Winstonsdad’s Blog proposed a Henry Green Week I instantly decided to participate. I had bought a really lovely 1953 copy of Loving by Green some years before and had never even cracked it open. It sat lingering on my shelf until I moved last summer when it was put into a…
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Holds Happy
One of the pitfalls of working at a library is the enormous temptation to place holds on every wonderful sounding book I hear about. I go holds crazy sometimes and place far too many holds than are good for me. I have to give myself a good talking to, remind myself not to be greedy…
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Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart
Another Mary Stewart, another thumbs up! Touch Not the Cat is my second Mary Stewart and I enjoyed it just as much as the first. Like Thornyhold it is a combination romance/suspense/family drama that is smart, thrilling and has that sprinkling of the supernatural that I so enjoy. Bryony Ashley is telepathic. Not just with…
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Welcome, Welcome!
Hello to anyone who has walked down the path from my old home to my new abode. Thanks for coming over! How about a cup of tea? Coffee? A glass of lemonade? I have some fresh cinnamon muffins just out of the oven and a cozy nook for us to sit in. What shall we…
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Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
There is a magical quality to Willa Cather’s writing that greatly affects me. I have long been an admirer of My Antonia and can’t read more than 2 sentences of that entrancing novel without getting teary. It’s not so much the subject matter that moves me (though it does) but the words themselves, the images…
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Classics Challenge – January
It’s the fourth of the month and time to post on my current classic for A Classics Challenge! This month’s prompt asks participants to post about their views on the author of the classic they are reading. My current book is Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. From my days of having to read A Tale…
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My Week in Retro Camera
Snapshots of my week taken with the retro camera app on my phone. Homemade biscuits / Mabel in the clover / Winter Wedding / Wedding cake / Lunch at Carolina’s
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A Few Books I Especially Enjoyed in 2011 – You Might Like Them, Too
Looking back over the books I read this past year I can’t help but feel disappointed. I didn’t read as much as I wanted to (only 38 books) and I didn’t read as many classics as I wanted to. However, I did find some true gems, books I loved and enthusiastically recommend. Here they are:…
A Certain Fondness 