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Monthly Archives: February 2015
Yarn Along
I’m finally almost finished with the two green sweaters! This is the smaller of the two, and it’s all pieced, and all I need to do is knit the neck. The larger of the two is all ready to piece … Continue reading
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The Parallel Lives of Jay and Grey (by Bethany)
When I used to teach The Great Gatsby, I spent the better part of a class period on the vehicles depicted in the first three chapters. My goal, of course, was to prepare the students for the climactic scene when … Continue reading
A Review of Miranda July’s The First Bad Man (by Bethany)
It seems that everywhere I go these days, everyone is talking about female sexuality: Fifty Shades of Grey, to name one omnipresent example, plus Lena Dunham and Girls, and of course the ongoing national debate about rape and the many, … Continue reading
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The Best of McSweeney’s, Progress Report #2 (by Jill)
Have I mentioned before how long this book is? And how heavy? And how the cover without is dust jacket (which I always take off when I’m reading because I find them to be somewhat cumbersome and I need … Continue reading
Yarn Along
I’ve been such a restless reader lately. Fifty pages here, fifty pages there – not liking any book well enough to make the full 300+-page commitment. But then, a couple of nights ago, I picked up this old copy … Continue reading
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Thoughts on selections from The Best of McSweeney’s, the first 25% (by Jill)
Why I decided to start reading this book three days before I’m going to be living out of a suitcase in a hotel room in Anaheim for four days, I have no idea, because it’s big and heavy and not … Continue reading
Thoughts on A.H. Jones’ Constantine and the Conversion of Europe (by Bethany)
About 75 pages of this book were assigned for one of the MOOC’s I’m taking, and since I’m a bit of an overachiever (at least in College Education 2.0 I’m an overachiever; in the first go-round not so much), I … Continue reading
And now I need to go have Chinese food…. Final Thoughts on Nicole Mones’ The Last Chinese Chef (by Jill)
I just finished this book and it’s made me face a difficult truth: I’m not as cynical as I like to think I am. When Sam and Maggie finally get together at the very end I was overjoyed for them, … Continue reading
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Yarn Along
Miranda July’s The First Bad Man is strange, but in a good way. It’s a love story, a parody of typical erotica, a work of legitimate erotica, a coming-of-age narrative, and Fight Club reimagined for women (which is not to … Continue reading
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Postcards From Purgatory 