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11 years ago @ The 3 R's: Readin... - Revisited Review: COLU... · 1 reply · +1 points

I read this awhile back and found it very well-written and balanced, and also incredibly disturbing. I remember not being able to sleep the night I finished it. I'm very glad that I did read it, but even though I'm a big re-reader I'll never read this one again.

11 years ago @ The 3 R's: Readin... - #NonfictionNovember: A... · 1 reply · +1 points

Great choice for a topic this week!
I've read several of these and enjoyed them all--We Killed, Mary and Lou . . ., Revolution Was Televised, I Want My MTV (this one was on my list this week of oral histories), and From Scratch. I haven't heard of Sitcom--I'll need to add that one to my TBR!

11 years ago @ http://ellabeereads.bl... - Top Ten BEA Books On M... · 0 replies · +1 points

I have Attachments on my list, and I really want to read Landline as well--but I need to wait until it's actually released!
I've read and liked Isabel Gillies' two memoirs--I didn't know she had a new book. I need to investigate Starry Nights!
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11 years ago @ http://retired-not-tir... - SIX WORD SATURDAY · 0 replies · +1 points

Even the birds seemed to be hibernating around here this winter, but over the past week or so they have been storming my birdfeeders! No goldfinches yet, though . . .

11 years ago @ http://www.readingisfu... - Top Ten Tuesday: Top 1... · 1 reply · +1 points

Patterson could have been on my list--I've just never been tempted by any of his books.
I did like some of Grisham's earlier books--especially The Firm and A Time To Kill (a great book!) but then after awhile, all of his books kind of started seeming too similar to me.
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11 years ago @ http://retired-not-tir... - SIX WORD SATURDAY · 0 replies · +1 points

We are bracing for more snow here--I still have hopes that Spring is just choosing to make a dramatic late arrival!

11 years ago @ http://www.readingisfu... - Top Ten Tuesday Rewind... · 1 reply · +1 points

Great list! I read and re-read all the Little House books, and also loved Judy Blume. My 4th grade teacher read us Mixed-Up Files out loud every day after lunch and I was so intrigued by that book! That's another one I used to re-read--and would usually find something that I'd missed. Great books!
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12 years ago @ http://retired-not-tir... - SIX WORD SATURDAY · 0 replies · +1 points

Oh, I hope so too! This winter has been ROUGH! Fingers crossed . . .
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12 years ago @ http://retired-not-tir... - SIX WORD SATURDAY · 0 replies · +1 points

Sounds like the weather here! More wind and snow on the way today . . . great weather for staying inside with a good book and a mug of something hot!

12 years ago @ The Paper Sea - Slow and Steady Wins t... · 0 replies · +1 points

Interesting topic!
I'm a pretty fast reader, and often will read a 300-400 page book in a weekend--but sometimes I get in a bad habit of reading so quickly that I'm not remembering what I've read. When that happens I have to consciously remind myself to slow down--it's not a race! Ultimately I want my reading to be more about quality than quantity. I feel that if all a person is doing is reading quickly to simply "get through" a certain number of books in a year--or whatever period of time--what's the point? If we don't take the time to savor good writing and appreciate the author's craft, we're really doing a disservice to ourselves!
That being said, it is tempting sometimes to rush through a book--when I look at my TBR list, there are so many books that I want to read, that it seems as though I'll never have time for them all!

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