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Monthly Archives: October 2012
And The 2012 Man Booker Prize Winner Is….
Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies!!! Sorry for reporting this a couple of days after the announcement, which was on October 16th, but I was distracted with things like working and trying to plow forward with Madame Bovary. Bethany reviewed this book … Continue reading
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The Gospel According to the Nineteenth Century: Thoughts at the Midpoint of Middlemarch (by Bethany)
Believe it or not, Middlemarch is not part of the AP Challenge, nor is it part of my Fall Book Collection Weight Loss Challenge (FBCWLC), although it would fit nicely into either one. The story of why I happen to … Continue reading
Yarn Along (by Bethany)
Now that I have that whole figuring-out-how-to-use-the-camera hurdle conquered, I thought it would be fun to start participating in Yarn Along each Wednesday. Yarn Along is hosted by Ginny on her blog Small Things, and the idea is that each … Continue reading
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Slacking-Off-At-Work Monday (by Jill)
Here’s a picture of the books that have been taking up space on my ottoman this week…. Mostly recent arrivals from amazon. Happy Monday, everyone. 🙂
Just doing some mean girl ranting about Emma Bovary on a Sunday night… Progress report on Part One of Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary (by Jill)
I’ve been doing a little reading about Madame Bovary on the side, and have learned that this book was quite revolutionary when it was first published in 1857. It was one of the first realistic novels published. I can see … Continue reading
One Pound, Eight Ounces: A Review of Caleb Carr’s The Alienist (by Bethany)
Total Book Weight Lost (TBWL) So Far: 1 pound, 8 ounces I have a feeling that this book weight loss challenge is not going to be as impressive as I had anticipated. This book is a chunker: it’s a hardback … Continue reading
On the road again…. Anitober begins with a review of John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley (by Jill)
This is the first book in my “Anitober” reading challenge, in which I finally read books recommended to me by my old college roommate, Anita. Travels with Charley was the first book I remember Anita recommending to me, sometime back … Continue reading
Some Philip Larkin and Irony and Sadness (by Bethany)
“Yet stop I did: in fact I often do, And always end much at a loss like this, Wondering what to look for; wondering, too, When churches will fall completely out of use What we shall turn them into…” — … Continue reading
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Prereading notes on Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary (by Jill)
Let me tell you what I know about Madame Bovary. There’s a married French woman and she has an affair. This was assigned, as Bethany said, as extra credit at the end of the fall semester of AP English. … Continue reading
So I Took a Little Drive Today (by Bethany)
Every to-do list that I’ve made over the last two or three months has contained the following three items: • Figure out how to work cell phone camera • Take pictures of Purgatory signs • Figure out … Continue reading
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Postcards From Purgatory 