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50 Books: If you want a non-annoying inspirational poster, make it yourself.
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One woman. One year. Countless distractions. Sunday, January 13, 2013. If you want a non-annoying inspirational poster, make it yourself. I was a regular contributor to Apartment Therapy. For a few years, and I was there when the typographical poster wave started to crest. (I remember the very first time I saw a "Keep calm and carry on" poster. My reaction: "Oh, shit. This is going to be big."). So I was pretty pleased when I came across Recite This. Of my favourite twentieth-century writers:. On the kee...
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50 Books: Bring on the Funny
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One woman. One year. Countless distractions. Monday, November 07, 2005. Bring on the Funny. Okay, I'm aware that I've been blogging the bejeebus out of everything except books these days. Want to know why? I believe my feelings about the books I've been reading recently are best summed up with the following emoticon:. I've been putting off writing about it because some of these are. Books that were kindly recommended. Back when I was. It's not you, it's me. Now, this book was. The story had all the class...
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50 Books: #1. French Lessons by Peter Mayle
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One woman. One year. Countless distractions. Monday, April 01, 2013. 1 French Lessons by Peter Mayle. Okay, this is getting ridiculous. If you've been coming here for any amount of time, you know that even at the best of times the posts about, you know, actual books I've read, can be a bit on the scant side. I don't know why I do this. What can I say? I'm a mystery, even to myself. Is it fitting that I'm finally finishing a post that I started TWO MONTHS AGO on April Fool's Day? This is where I get into ...
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50 Books: BOOKS: The Unbookening
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One woman. One year. Countless distractions. Monday, October 17, 2005. Here's the problem: I have too many books. I never, ever, in a. Gazillion years thought I'd ever hear myself say that. I have always loved books. I love the way they look. I love the way they feel. I love the way they smell. I love the heft of them. I love books with pictures as much as I love the look of plain unadorned fields of black type. Here's the problem again, in pictures:. To be truthful, though, the "creepy hundred-year-old ...
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50 Books: Dr. Suess 101
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One woman. One year. Countless distractions. Sunday, July 10, 2005. In a nod to my literary idol and yours, Bil Keane. Today's special guest entry was written by Sam. Age three months.]. Two thought-provoking tomes have recently come to my attention, and I wanted to share them with you. They are. Green Eggs and Ham. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Both by an extremely gifted storyteller named Dr. Suess. Green Eggs and Ham. Of very little, that "[he does] not like that Sam-I-am.". As the story progr...
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50 Books: Fun to Say, Old-Timey Style
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One woman. One year. Countless distractions. Thursday, March 15, 2007. Fun to Say, Old-Timey Style. Labels: Fun to say. March 15, 2007 6:11 am. March 15, 2007 6:14 am. March 15, 2007 6:20 am. March 15, 2007 7:46 am. March 15, 2007 8:22 am. Gave you some painkillers, didn't they. March 15, 2007 8:23 am. March 15, 2007 9:00 am. March 15, 2007 9:16 am. March 15, 2007 9:51 am. Kerfuffle" and "flabbergasted" are two of my faves! March 15, 2007 9:59 am. Coon's age, as in, I haven't seen you in a coon's age.
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50 Books: Stupid Books That I Have Read and Forgotten but Would Totally Read Again (Despite the Fact That They Are, As I've Already Mentioned, Stupid)
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One woman. One year. Countless distractions. Wednesday, May 02, 2007. Stupid Books That I Have Read and Forgotten but Would Totally Read Again (Despite the Fact That They Are, As I've Already Mentioned, Stupid). Apropos of nothing. oh, no,. The nerds are rioting. Someone wake me up if they get too close to here, okay? Anyway. Back to this post title. Here is a mere sampling of the myriad plots swirling around the lost recesses of my brain at any given time. Pity me. Thanks to you guys! Uncovers this stri...
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50 Books: I'm afraid to blink.
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One woman. One year. Countless distractions. Wednesday, April 03, 2013. I'm afraid to blink. When you have kids, time is scary. One minute they're eating books:. The next minute they're setting themselves up with a little workstation and teaching themselves to read and write:. Did I say I was afraid to blink? I meant to say terrified. April 04, 2013 1:04 am. Nice Book, we appreciate this from behalf of WorldBookMart.Com. June 22, 2013 12:22 am. February 02, 2015 11:50 am. December 24, 2015 11:53 am.
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50 Books: RIP Kurt Vonnegut: "Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt."
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One woman. One year. Countless distractions. Thursday, April 12, 2007. RIP Kurt Vonnegut: "Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.". Kurt Vonnegut is dead. This upsets me more than I would have expected. I remember the first Vonnegut novel I read. It was God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. My mother was a Moon. My father was a Glampers.". And then I read the lesser-known books. The Sirens of Titan. And many more). And then I read the essays and various pieces of short fiction (of which there are many)&...
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50 Books: ETC: Born Freeeeeee...
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One woman. One year. Countless distractions. Monday, November 21, 2005. Free as the wiiiind bloooooooows. With all this talk about books and babies, I don't think I've even once told you about my dog, Dobbs. Or as we like to call him since young Master Sam. Came along, Ol' Whatshisname). This is a travesty that must be amended immediately. That's him up there. A bit of a free spirit, as you can tell. His full name is Fred C. Dobbs. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. We don't need no stinkin' badges! Somet...