“And through the dewy meadow’s breast, fringed with shade, but touched on one side with the sun-smile, ran the crystal water, curving in its brightness like diverted hope.” ~ R.D. Blackmore from Lorna Doone ~
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“And through the dewy meadow’s breast, fringed with shade, but touched on one side with the sun-smile, ran the crystal water, curving in its brightness like diverted hope.” ~ R.D. Blackmore from Lorna Doone ~
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Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, was recently on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to promote the Kindle 2. Some interesting features of the Kindle were the “Read-To-Me” feature, the size and the multi-tasking freedom that Kindle provides. The Kindle will read the book to you out loud. The voice is electronic, so don’t...
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Paint It Black by Janet Fitch is about a young girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Josie Tyrell, whose boyfriend, Michael Faraday, is from the right side of the tracks. The novel begins with Michael’s suicide. Josie is left to contend with the aftermath of his death and the family that he...
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I love books. That may seem more than fairly obvious just by this blog alone; but I’m almost a firm believer that your home should display the things that you love. I hate walking into a perfectly decorated home where there aren’t any pictures of the family on the walls and all of the decorations...
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Stephen King has a list of writers that he considers “bad.” The members of this elite group include, but are not necessarily limited to: James Patterson, Dean Koontz (who is hit or miss), and, the much read about, Stephenie Meyer. The lucky ones to make it on his “good” writer list are Jodi Picoult...
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