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Another PAT CONROY MONTH!!!! Bites the Dust: Final Thoughts on South of Broad (by Bethany)
If it weren’t for this blog and its tradition of celebrating PAT CONROY every September, I would never have reread South of Broad. When I read it for the first time in 2009, I was highly attuned to its flaws. … Continue reading
Yarn Along
I pieced the colorblock rollneck sweater this weekend, and now all I need to do is knit the neck. This photo doesn’t really do the colors justice, but I’ll take some outdoor photos once the sweater is finished. I’m reading … Continue reading
“I Never Became a Woodcutter and I Have Had as Little to Do with Wood as Was Humanly Possible”: Some PAT CONROY MONTH!!!! Silliness for Your Friday Morning, Brought to You By the Numbers 19 and 92 (by Bethany)
I may have mentioned once or twice before that, among other quirks, my high school education was marked by not one but two opportunities to imitate PAT CONROY’s writing style in exchange for a grade. This probably shouldn’t have happened, … Continue reading
Posted in Glimpses into Real Life, Pat Conroy, PAT CONROY MONTH!
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Yarn Along
My little child-size colorblock sweater is coming along nicely. It is always refreshing to take on a small project immediately after finishing (well, almost finishing) an adult item. The light in the photo isn’t the best. The sleeve that’s … Continue reading
Early Thoughts on South of Broad (by Bethany)
Pages read: 131 out of 512 Last year’s PAT CONROY MONTH!!! was not a high point for me as a blogger. I set out to read War and Peace, which is one of the novels Pat Conroy discusses in his … Continue reading
Yarn Along
I missed you all last Wednesday. Last Tuesday, it was 107 degrees in the town where I work, and by the time I got home none of my electronic devices were working properly. Let’s just say that last Tuesday was … Continue reading
A Review of Jonathan Franzen’s Purity (by Bethany)
This novel is organized into seven long titled chapters. While it’s been years since I’ve thumbed through The Corrections and Freedom, I think this approach is standard for Franzen. I turned the pages of this novel readily from start to … Continue reading
Just Another Friday Night
I was all set to write my initial thoughts on Jonathan Franzen’s long-awaited new novel (short version: good as usual; very much a page-turner; oddly similar in plot and characters to another novel I’m currently reading – eerily so. More … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Cat photos, Glimpses into Real Life, Jonathan Franzen
Tagged cat, cleo, jonathan franzen, purity
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Yarn Along
Guess what – the brown sweater is off needles and ready to be pieced! I should get it done before too much longer – but not before I cast on my next project. Maybe next weekend? Or the weekend after? … Continue reading
A Review of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief (by Bethany)
I am slightly less annoyed with this book than I was the last time I wrote about it (which was here). It is possible at times to forget that “Death” is telling the story, although I still snorted whenever I … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 