Monthly Archives: July 2013

Pre-Reading Notes on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (by Bethany)

You may have noticed that I am taking my own sweet time with the A.P. Challenge. This is only partially my fault, since when we started this challenge back in June of 2012 I was mostly unemployed. Beginning in January … Continue reading

Posted in AP English - 18 Years Later, Authors, Drama, Reviews by Bethany, William Shakespeare | 4 Comments

A review of Peter Carey’s Jack Maggs

No pictures of books today.  The cover of Jack Maggs isn’t that great.  Besides, I wanted to take a minute to pay tribute to my dearly departed cat-friends.  Hazel, Anastasia, Maxwell, Ernie, Bert, and Sasha were all research cats from the … Continue reading

Posted in Authors, Fiction - general, Fiction - Historical, Fiction - literary, Peter Carey, Reviews by Jill | 2 Comments

A Late Afternoon Yarn Along (by Bethany)

Usually I try to be super speedy in getting my Yarn Along posts up on Wednesday mornings. I live on the west coast, and Ginny – who hosts Yarn Along on her blog Small Things – lives on the east … Continue reading

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