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Always Reading: May 2009

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Thursday, May 21, 2009. Where are you going on vacation? Say hello to Al Franken while you're there. Dressed up for you! The most interesting state. Links to this post. Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Reading Chris Walken's Thoughts. I think he's marvelous. (photo by Yang). The cat inspired the question mark? I can't take zoos at all either. Depressing no matter how fine they are. ( Cat hairs on this post are courtesy of Eddy.). Chris Walken is one of my favorite actors - ever. ever. Links to this post. Brennan...

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Always Reading: Your Vacation Destination

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Thursday, May 21, 2009. Where are you going on vacation? Say hello to Al Franken while you're there. Dressed up for you! The most interesting state. Oh dude, what to choose? Could we cook the wily trout in the Smokey Mountains while harmonizing on the ten thousand lakes of Bermuda? Thursday, May 21, 2009. Friday, May 22, 2009. I want to go.everywhere! Friday, May 22, 2009. Oh, to be somewhere like that, having my cares absorbed! All I can say is ShamWow! Seriously, I can be packed in 10 minutes! Hardy, T...

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Always Reading: Bookstores, Blurbs, Beginnings

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Bookstores, Blurbs, Beginnings. I was at a bookstore and saw these "If You Lived." books. If you lived in Colonial times. or if you lived back when Martin Luther King was still alive. Makes you think. I finished all of the books I was reading sort of all at once. It felt that way. Now I started 3 new books, Mr. Pip. By Lloyd Jones, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. By Alexander McCall Smith, and An Old Fashioned Girl. A mystery by Ronald Tierney and Coast to Coast. Once I got t...

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Always Reading: Reading Others

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Monday, April 20, 2009. Read this most interesting book on Kindness. Seems like I'm surrounded by opportunities. People are always misunderstanding others - it seems we cut people little slack anymore. I learned that whining and ranting are extremely popular nowadays, and that they are kind of dead ends if overdone. Revenge is a very scary dead end. I once asked an acquaintance what he would do with a million dollars and he said " First off, I'd have my enemies dealt with. Is someone out there eyeing me.

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Always Reading: April 2009

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Bookstores, Blurbs, Beginnings. I was at a bookstore and saw these "If You Lived." books. If you lived in Colonial times. or if you lived back when Martin Luther King was still alive. Makes you think. I finished all of the books I was reading sort of all at once. It felt that way. Now I started 3 new books, Mr. Pip. By Lloyd Jones, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. By Alexander McCall Smith, and An Old Fashioned Girl. A mystery by Ronald Tierney and Coast to Coast. Once I got t...

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Always Reading: Almost Thursday Reading

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009. I do not know how to express the admiration I feel for this wonderful book without seeming to be extravagant. I am usually not lavish with my praise, but indeed the book impresses me as among the very greatest novels I have ever read. It is wholly beautiful; it is saturated with wisdom and humor and tenderness." H.G. Wells. I hope I die before my brain crumbles and I do something really terribly horribly stupid. I haven't kept track, and I'm not. Sorry I haven't been around muc...

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Always Reading: March 2009

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Sunday, March 29, 2009. A Little Ray of Sunshine. I've been reading up a storm, and mostly away from home . so blogging has been difficult. Someone recommended A Little Ray of Sunshine. By Lani Diane Rich, which they called a smart, funny chick-litty. Type of book. I haven't checked it out yet. Chick Lit usually lets me down, but I've been told this one won't. I've been reading a huge mix of things and am enjoying re-reading The Wind in the Willows. Links to this post. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. More resea...

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Always Reading: Poor Unread Books!

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Just one small group of books on the endangered shelf. Some gems can be considered losers. this explains why our local thrift shop gets withdrawn books that got loads of great reviews from The Guardian. And are like . unread! I read bits of this in the library and thought. Geeez! Obviously inspired by Jane Austen, but a bit too much. Filled with run-on sentences that are packed with information. This person wrote a number of books too, is she familiar to anyone? Tuesday, May 05, 2009.

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Always Reading: November 2008

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Sunday, November 30, 2008. And many others. I'd read the short fiction in Redbook. The formulaic tales of woe in True Story. Look at all the advertising in the old magazines from the 1950's, and read about shipwrecks and polar bears in National Geographic. If I was stuck on a slow subway train an essay on cutworms became fascinating. Links to this post. Thursday, November 27, 2008. Good old Ed Koch! Koch was our mayor for many years and never a dull moment. (Click to enlarge newspaper image). Fitzgerald,...