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Manhattan, When I Was Young by Mary Cantwell
Mary Cantwell’s Manhattan, When I Was Young is her memoir of the early years of her marriage and career in the 50’s and 60’s. I’m really fond of this particular time period and have read quite a few novels this year set during the 50’s (most of them Pym’s and Stewart’s) so was drawn to…
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A Christmas Memory Giveaway (Closed)
It’s the day after Thanksgiving and it is now acceptable (here in the States) to acknowledge that Christmas is coming! One of my favorite traditions of the holiday season is to read holiday-themed books. One of my most beloved stories is A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote. A Christmas Memory is a bittersweet story that I…
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The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins
I bought The Tortoise and the Hare not really knowing very much about it, but with the knowledge that it has been admired by several bloggers and by Hilary Mantel. And who could resist that cover? This fifties novel of marital discord turned out to be remarkable and one of my favorite reads of 2012.…
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Cover Collection: To Kill a Mockingbird
1. Warner Books // 2. Arrow Books // 3. Vintage Classics 4. HarperCollins // 5. William Heinemann // 6. HarperPerennial Yesterday I saw To Kill a Mockingbird at the theater and it was sublime. It was just as wonderful as I’d remembered and Gregory Peck is magnificent as Atticus Finch. I haven’t cried so much…
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A Little Bit About Me through The Liebster Award
The lovely Florence at Miss Darcy’s Library has nominated me for the Liebster Award. What is the Liebster Award? This is from Florence: “From what I can find out, the Liebster Award (from the German, meaning “dearest” or “beloved”) is granted by fellow bloggers to new blogs with fewer than 200 followers and deserving of…
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Welcome, Beauties!
Hello, all! How has your week been? I felt more stressed than usual this week, but today I am off from work and looking forward to my four day weekend. I have lots of reading planned as I realized that I have to read 11 more books by January 1 if I want to reach…
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Mini Book Thoughts
Since I can’t seem to gather enough thoughts together these days to write about books in any lengthy fashion, I am going to give you three brief thoughts on books I’ve finished lately: A Far Cry From Kensington by Muriel Spark -Set in 1950’s Kensington, this darkly humorous novel is told in the first…
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Hope Returning
The weekend’s weather was stunningly beautiful, full of promise for open windows, walks in the breeze and warmer blankets on the bed. These are the days when being outdoors is a much missed treat, one we haven’t been able to experience comfortably since March. And thankfully, it seems my reading desire is returning just when…
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4 Outstanding…Spooky Books
1. Pet Sematary by Stephen King – I read Pet Sematary one fall when I was living in a small town in Arkansas. My apartment was at the bottom of a hill next to a dense and dark forest. I lived alone and stayed up late into the night reading about the Creed family…
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Fall In
Fall in Phoenix is so far pretty much the same as summer in Phoenix. It is still excessively hot and we are all still wearing shorts and flip-flops (long sleeves and sweaters haven’t left the back of the closet). But… there are signs that change is on the threshold. Small clumps of brown leaves skittering…
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