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Egocentrifugal poetry

When we understand, we are at the centre of the circle, and there we sit while Yes and No chase each other around the circumference (Chuang-tzu.)In an article in the New York Times..

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The Iliad by Homer, trans. Robert Fagles: Love and Hate But Mostly Love

I thought reading The Iliad by Homer (translated by Robert Fagles) would be a chore. Even after I reviewed four different translations and chose one I felt was “best,” ..

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The Lady and The Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier

Two families, two cities, one rogue go-between, and a set of gorgeous tapestries, all in a late medieval setting.Nicolas des Innocents, a handsome, lascivious artist, is summoned t..

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Furry kids and reading

I am still alive, am woefully behind with writing and posting my reviews. I just don’t have time and patience enough to sit down and write at the moment.Because it’s b..

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Under a Blood Red Moon…

One of the thing that sucks about working at a psychiatric hospital is that you can’t vent about your job online due to a little thing called confidentiality. But tonight was..

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Review: Songs for the Missing

Songs for the Missing - Stewart O’NanFrom the back cover -“It was the summer of her Chevette, of J.P. and letting her hair grow.”  It was also the summer whe..

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Review: The Minutes of the Lazarus Club, by Tony Pollard

The Minutes of the Lazarus Club is an import that I bought on a blind buy from Amazon UK.In London in the 1850s, a secret society called the Lazarus Club emerges, comprised of the ..

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The Wall by Eve Bunting

Illustrated by Ronald Himler.Published in 1990. 32 pages.The principal of my son's elementary school is conducting a "Principal's Book of the Month" program this year. Each stude..

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book clubbing in November

I feel like this post should be titled "Why We Hated Saturn". Not that we (meaning the book club) hated Why I Hate Saturn. Hate is really much too strong of a word for our reacti..

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The Lightning Thief

Author: Rick RiordanPublished by: Miramax Books (2005)Length: 375 pagesMy Son's rating of Book: 5/5Length of Audio: 10 hours, 12 MinutesNarrator of Audio: Jesse BernsteinMy Rati..

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Parkinson, Judy: I Before E (Except After C)

Readers Digest © 2008, 176 pages Judy Parkinson's I Before E is a collection of hundreds of mnemonic techniques and tips, divided by theme among 16 chapters. The book covers mn..

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The American Journey of Barack Obama

Little, Brown and Company was kind enough to send a copy of The American Journey of Barack Obama, by the editors of Life Magazine. I was really excited about this book purely for t..

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The Probable Future

Many small towns in America have a family or person which becomes a kind of legend in the community. Growing up in a rural town in Northern New Jersey, we had a man named Elwood. ..

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Bookish snippets

BookMooch -- the world's most addictive book-trading site -- recently undertook a survey of users. I was one of the 3,100 respondents. The preliminary results make for some interes..

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This is the Feast (copy)

For centuries humans have celebrated the harvesting of crops. America, being a rather newcomer to history, uniquely celebrates harvest on the fourth Thursday of November thanks to ..

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TSS: What makes a good book group read?

I’ve been leading a real-life book group for 5 years now and we’ve just read our 50th novel together! During that time it’s become clear that to be a success th..

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Fourtold

They say that as one sense fails you, the others strengthen. For British writer Michael Stone, who is nearly blind, his imagination has exploded to compensate. The quartet of stori..

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Waiting in Vain

 “Angelina knew I was on my way over here,” the police chief said, adjusting his cap.Hailey’s quick wave and weightless steps into the house indicated: Don’t worry; Angeli..

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Boys, Boys, Boys

I know that a lot of authors imagine who they would cast as the heroes in their books. Many have blogged about it and posted in the forums. I've actually noticed that the same co..

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Sunday 19 November 1665

(Lord's day). Up, and after being trimmed, alone by water to Erith, all the way with my song book singing of Mr. Lawes's long recitative song in the beginning of his book. Being co..

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