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Turn of the Page: Slowing Down for the Little Things
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Turn of the Page. Sunday, May 26, 2013. Slowing Down for the Little Things. I stepped outside a couple weeks ago and saw what I thought was a piece of grass in our outdoor kitty's water bowl. Even though I was rushing (as I always am, it seems, during the month of May) I stopped to look closer. It wasn't a leaf. it was a tiny inchworm, who had climbed up to get a drink. Andy Bernard said on The Office finale, "I wish there was a way to know you were in the 'good old days' before you've even left them....
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Turn of the Page: Mourning the Last of Steig Larsson
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Turn of the Page. Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Mourning the Last of Steig Larsson. It's taken me more than a year. When I received my Kindle in the summer of 2010, one of the first books I purchased was The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Is his last completed novel. To read Hornet's Nest. Meant the end, forever, of Larsson's incredible writing. Larsson's first book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,. Continues to rock the publishing world. Despite being published posthumously. As the trilogy's main char...
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Turn of the Page: A Woman's Worst Nightmare
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Turn of the Page. Wednesday, November 10, 2010. A Woman's Worst Nightmare. When I was in college, I had a part-time job doing surveys, and during one particularly fun period, I would sit in model homes on weekends and survey the people who toured them. It was somewhat creepy - there were long hours alone, and I never knew who was going to walk through the door. In Still Missing. Chevy Stevens takes a similar situation and turns it into a woman's worst nightmare. Even with it's flaws, Still Missing. I lov...
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My Favorite Things of 2010 | Our Lady of the Spiral Notebook
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Our Lady of the Spiral Notebook. A Blog on Writing, Faith, Technology, and Other Mysteries of Life. December 13, 2010. My Favorite Things of 2010. Posted by Kory Wells under Uncategorized. Best books of 2010. Best poetry of 2010. For reasons I won’t go into, 2010 has not been my favorite year. But, inspired by the year-end list posted by fellow Tennessee writer Susan Cushman. Bobby Rogers, another writer from Tennessee, won the 2009 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize with this book. By Cathy Smith Bowers.
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Turn of the Page: November 2012
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Turn of the Page. Tuesday, November 20, 2012. It's been a long, long 4 months. As I write this, I am hanging my head in embarrassment - no blog entries, no book reviews, not even a word since July? I promise I didn't forget you. Its not that I haven't been writing. I'm including a link to my recent book reviews in one of our local publications, to help make up for my lack of entries here. I really do have lots to write about - I just haven't taken the time to . ahem. actually write. The Fault in Our Stars.
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Turn of the Page: April 2013
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Turn of the Page. Sunday, April 28, 2013. World Book Night 2013. In the dead of winter, when everything in middle Tennessee is brown and gray, there is one particular event that gets me ready for spring: the applications for World Book Night arrive. I check my e-mail, and there it is! The list of World Book Night (WBN) titles are announced, and people around the country can apply to be a WBN giver. to receive the honor of handing out FREE copies of a book in your community on April 23rd. Along with One B...
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Turn of the Page: Flavia de Luce: Nancy Drew, She's Not
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Turn of the Page. Monday, May 16, 2011. Flavia de Luce: Nancy Drew, She's Not. Like every other girl I knew growing up, I was a huge Nancy Drew fan. Nancy Drew seemed to have it all - spunk, loyalty, a quick mind, and above all, fearlessness. She was everyone's favorite girl detective. Now, some 60 years later, Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew needs to make room for a different kind of sleuth - Flavia de Luce. Of Bradley's series, my favorite is Flavia's first novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie,.
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Turn of the Page: February 2013
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Turn of the Page. Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Happiness Is In Your Hands. Gretchen Rubin had a problem. She had a great life, a loving family, and excellent health, and yet she wasn’t truly happy. It wasn’t that Rubin was particularly unhappy. The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun. Details Rubin’s journey through a year of self-exploration. Under each resolution, Rubin’s pathway to ha...
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Turn of the Page: September 2013
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Turn of the Page. Friday, September 13, 2013. A Tale of Two Siennas. I'm driving to meet a friend, and I'm late.of course, because I am late for everything. Whether it is a lack of planning (possibly) or a misguided idea that I can fit more into less time than the rest of the world (more likely), I am regularly at least 5 minutes late. Everywhere. Is she, like me, driving one handed, while simultaneously fishing around in her purse for her lipstick? I pull up next to the van, and sure enough, she has bot...
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Turn of the Page: The Fabulous Kate Atkinson
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Turn of the Page. Sunday, April 14, 2013. The Fabulous Kate Atkinson. Scrolling through Amazon's Kindle deals a couple of weeks ago, the very first item that popped up was Kate Atkinson's novel, Started Early, Took My Dog. I actually sighed out loud. one of my favorite mysteries, at only $1.99! I remember fondly when I first picked up Case Histories,. Each one as delicious as the one before. Atkinson has a new novel that I can't wait to get my hands on. Life After Life,. Slowing Down for the Little Things.
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