Archive for the ‘Books’ Category

Meme Monday: City of Women

April 28th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

DeeJay of Simply Sassy tagged me for the book meme and while I’ve done this one several times before, it’s hard for me to say no to DeeJay. And besides, she’s right. I always have a book nearby.
First the instructions:
Pick up the nearest book.
Turn to page 123.
Post the 5th sentence.
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Deadlines

April 16th, 2008 at 11:48 pm

My husband and I are both up working diligently on writing deadlines. Mine for graduate school, his for a book he has due in a month. I think the pressure has liquified his brain because he just closed his laptop and said, “Ammie, I don’t think I could pair a tie of shoes [...]

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4 weeks left

April 1st, 2008 at 6:00 pm

Just four weeks left in my semester. That’s four weeks of classes with one book per week to be read and written about for one class and 10 books to be finished and written up for the other class.
Four weeks of the semester left before I must turn my attention to editing and revising [...]

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The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan

January 10th, 2008 at 6:50 am

I picked up Kelly Corrigan’s memoir, The Middle Place, and did not put it down until I had finished it that day.  I felt like I was listening to a dear friend sharing confidences, telling me stories of her childhood, and revealing her fears and struggles with breast cancer.  In this conversation, Kelly tells me about [...]

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Twain, London, Stevenson, Carroll, Hawthorne, Shelley and more all for free?

December 21st, 2007 at 1:42 pm

I’ve always wanted to read more classics.  I just don’t have the time.  Today I stumbled upon a website that will let me “read” some of the classics I’ve never had the time to–for free! 
It’s called Free Classic AudioBooks.  Just to name a few of the audiobooks they have available for free download:
The Adventures of [...]

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