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On the Injured List
I can’t remember a time when I was so sick or hurt that I couldn’t read. I read my way through a horrible bout of bronchitis in 2009, and I’ve read through personal crises and endless airport layovers and fourteen-hour … Continue reading
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Yarn Along
Last week I promised you a photo that shows off less San Francisco blue sky and more tan tank sweater, so here you go. This sweater is made from the same pattern as the one I made last spring – … Continue reading
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A Review of Ian McEwan’s The Cement Garden
I’ll begin with a bit of show and tell. This is the first paragraph of Ian McEwan’s 1978 novel The Cement Garden: “I did not kill my father, but I sometimes felt I had helped him on his way. And … Continue reading
What A Game of Thrones* and The Grapes of Wrath Have in Common (Besides Their Somewhat-Congruous Titles) – And Other Final Thoughts on Game of Thrones (by Bethany)
Pages read: 674 out of 674 The percentage of the population that has not read this book and/or viewed season 1 of the series just got slightly more infinitesimal now that I’ve finished reading it, but if there are still … Continue reading
Yarn Along
Today I opted for a photo that doesn’t do the greatest job of showing off the tank sweater I’m knitting in favor of a shot that showcases the brilliant blue sky. Three hours after this photo was taken (yesterday), it was … Continue reading
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Still More Thoughts on Game of Thrones (by Bethany)
Pages read: 480 out of 674 It took a while – and I reserve the right to retract this statement in the future – but I am officially hooked on Game of Thrones. When I first blogged about this book, … Continue reading
A Review of Jonathan Tropper’s This Is Where I Leave You (by Bethany)
Where to begin in my review of this disaster of a novel? With the nonstop implausible sex and violence? With the children who speak and act like sitcom children rather than the real thing? With the hackneyed displays of emotion? … Continue reading
Just Saying Hi
This will be a slow blogging weekend for me, I think. My reading list is eclectic as always; this weekend it includes medieval warfare fantasy, an insipid contemporary comic novel, a Marine Corps training manual, a cookbook and food-history book … Continue reading
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Postcards From Purgatory 