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Recent Acquisitions (by Bethany)
I know – you probably haven’t spent all weekend worrying about my no-book-buying challenge. But as you may remember, I have made a commitment to mostly stop buying books – and to make exceptions for good reasons, which you can … Continue reading →
True confessions Saturday (by Jill)
I’ve done “True Confessions Tuesday” and “True Confessions Thursday” before. I’ve never done one on a Saturday before, probably because it doesn’t have quite as good a ring to it. So my confession is this: I’m tired of writing … Continue reading →
It’s PfP’s answer to #tbt….
And I’ve barely read anything since Tuesday. Or maybe Monday. I hate it when this happens. I get distracted by things like work and watching Modern Family reruns and taking the dog for a walk and I don’t get any reading … Continue reading →
Thoughts on Shakespeare’s As You Like It (by Bethany)
The weekend before last, Jill and I took a quick trip to Tahoe to see As You Like It at the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. I’ve attended this festival – which used to be called Shakespeare at Sand Harbor – … Continue reading →
Greetings from somewhere in the middle of California
So the husband and I are currently driving down I-5. We are somewhere past Harris Ranch. I always have this feeling of nostalgia when I drive on this freeway. The summer after our junior year of high school Bethany and … Continue reading →
Greetings from Carson City
Last night, Jill and I saw As You Like It at the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival at Sand Harbor on Lake Tahoe’s eastern shore. The play was updated and set in the early 20th century, and I liked it quite … Continue reading →
Casting Call: Lord John Grey (by Bethany)
Do you ever finish a book – or get halfway through it, or finish several books in a series – only to realize that your mind has decided to visualize the novel’s action in a place that is familiar to … Continue reading →
The Prodigious Hickey: An Acquisition (by Bethany)
Today I have absolutely nothing to say about Diana Gabaldon. Don’t worry – I’ll be back soon with my thoughts on Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (which is picking up, by the way). But for now I want to … Continue reading →
Reading for Page Views: an evolution of a philosophy of book blogging
I have less than two hundred pages to read in The Book Thief, and I don’t have much to say about it right now. I am in 1943, and the war has come to Molching in the form of air … Continue reading →
It Appears I’ve Gone Soft: Reflections on an Evening with Diana Gabaldon (by Bethany)
Last night, after a quick picnic dinner on the most beautiful community college campus I’ve ever seen, my friend Kate and I went to hear Diana Gabaldon speak about her writing. I’m not especially proud that I read Diana Gabaldon, … Continue reading →
Postcards From Purgatory 