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Booking through Thursday: Rewrite

Booking through Thursday (via Joy) asks: If you could rewrite the ending of any book, which book would it be? And how would you change it?John Grisham’s The Appeal is notable for its disheartening ending. The novel’s subject is political corruption: … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday (12 October)

Teaser Tuesday — going boldly where no man has gone before, except for last Tuesday. “For the next few hours I don’t wish to be disturbed by anything less than the arrival of a Borg armada in Earth orbit.” “If … Continue reading

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Top Ten Favorite Authors

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is about authors, and I’ve listed my favorites below in count-down order — not that this order is absolute. Honorable mentions: Richard Dawkins, Steven Saylor.  10. John Grisham (fiction, notably legal thrillers set in the American Southeast) Grisham has a … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday (6 October)

Teaser Tuesday! Let’s go for a ride, big guy, Christine seemed to whisper in the summer silence of LeBay’s garage. Let’s cruise. And just for a moment it seemed that everything changed.  (p. 32, Christine. Stephen King.)

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Top Ten Favorite Quotations

I forgot to post this last week, and decided to post it today instead of “Top Ten Favorite Book Couples“, which I can’t do as I don’t know that many book couples. I drew from the books I’ve read since … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday (28 September)

Teaser Tuesday time!  In the heady days before consent forms and drop-of-a-hat lawsuits, patients didn’t realize what they might be in for if they underwent surgery at a teaching hospital, and doctors took advantage of this fact. While a patient … Continue reading

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Booking through Thursday: Current

Booking through Thursday asks: What are you reading right now? What made you choose it? Are you enjoying it? Would you recommend it? (And, by all means, discuss everything, if you’re reading more than one thing!)I checked out The Life of … Continue reading

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Booking through Thursday: Day and Night

Booking through Thursday asks:  Do you divide your books into day and night reads? How do you decide?Although I don’t think of books in terms of “day” and “night” readings, I distinguish between books I can read in public, or … Continue reading

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Top Ten Books I’m Dying to Read

A few weeks ago I found a blog that does a weekly activity called “Top Ten Tuesdays”, but I haven’t yet managed to participate:  I’m still working on “Top Ten Books I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read”, and….well, it’s been … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday (14 September)

I would never be so impertinent as to give the Lady Elizabeth only two sentences — even if it is Teaser Tuesday. What of Elizabeth then? She is a dark horse, and I do not trust her. She rarely comes … Continue reading

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