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Bookworms Anonymous: The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch
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A blog about living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About reading, writing, laughing with friends and the unique cultural and climactic challenges we face here. Friday, January 2, 2015. The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. If my high school biology class had been this interesting, who knows? I might have pursued a completely different course of study. Or, at least, I'd have an office overlooking the water. View all my reviews. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Pocketful of Light.
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Bookworms Anonymous: Beautiful Ruins
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A blog about living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About reading, writing, laughing with friends and the unique cultural and climactic challenges we face here. Saturday, November 22, 2014. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Beautiful Ruins was a suggested reading selection for the University of Wisconsin writers' workshop: Weekend With Your Novel, in Madison, WI November 14-16. If you write fiction, and you're within 12 hours of Madison, this workshop is worth your time. View all my reviews. A Pocketful of Light.
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Bookworms Anonymous: September 2014
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A blog about living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About reading, writing, laughing with friends and the unique cultural and climactic challenges we face here. Sunday, September 28, 2014. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. By Karen Joy Fowler. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. How far back can you remember? Can you trust your earliest recollections, or have they been colored by time, maturity, perspective, subsequent events, or listening to others telling stories?
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Bookworms Anonymous: October 2014
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A blog about living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About reading, writing, laughing with friends and the unique cultural and climactic challenges we face here. Wednesday, October 29, 2014. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. I'm ready to hop on a plane to Paris. I only wish I could also travel back in time to those crazy years in the 1920s. What a whirlwind tale! Well done, Ms. McLain! I plan to read A Moveable Feast soon, which is Hemingway's story of those same years, written about 40 years later. My husband and ...
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Bookworms Anonymous: January 2014
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A blog about living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About reading, writing, laughing with friends and the unique cultural and climactic challenges we face here. Thursday, January 30, 2014. Bookworms Anonymous Volume II. Coming Soon: Bookworms Anonymous Volume Two! If you enjoyed the first volume, you'll love this one! Watch for it on Amazon.com, available on or before February 7, 2014. Don't just sit there, read. Monday, January 27, 2014. Bunheads by Sophie Flack. My rating: 4 of 5 stars. It's also the st...
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Bookworms Anonymous: March 2014
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A blog about living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About reading, writing, laughing with friends and the unique cultural and climactic challenges we face here. Saturday, March 15, 2014. Home Front: A Novel. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. There are some twists and turns in the story, and there were several times I had to close the book and get a grip on my emotions before continuing. Note, I am NOT usually emotionally affected like this! View all my reviews. Labels: aging (slowly and bravely). When Harold Fry r...
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Bookworms Anonymous: One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
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A blog about living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About reading, writing, laughing with friends and the unique cultural and climactic challenges we face here. Friday, December 19, 2014. One Plus One by Jojo Moyes. My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Another great tome by Jojo Moyes! One heck of a story! It's a study of humanity: our capacity for forgiveness, our belief in ourselves and our ability to make do with what we have. I'll let you discover the rest of it as you go along. It's a great ride. My husband and ...
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Bookworms Anonymous: A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
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A blog about living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About reading, writing, laughing with friends and the unique cultural and climactic challenges we face here. Tuesday, November 18, 2014. A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty. A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. I listened to this on my recent drive to Madison, Wisconsin to attend a writers' workshop and it kept me occupied the entire way (eight hours). View all my reviews. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bookworms Anonymous Vol. II. Indie Choice...
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Bookworms Anonymous: December 2014
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A blog about living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About reading, writing, laughing with friends and the unique cultural and climactic challenges we face here. Saturday, December 27, 2014. The Dog Year by Ann Wertz Garvin. By Ann Wertz Garvin. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Peopled with realistic human characters, The Dog Year contains many life lessons and a generous dose of humor, tempered with just the right amount of sadness. View all my reviews. Tuesday, December 23, 2014. My rating: 4 of 5 stars. What do...
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