“Books are funny little portable pieces of thought.” ~ Susan Sontag ~
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“Books are funny little portable pieces of thought.” ~ Susan Sontag ~
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Literature as Redemption Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Atonement by Ian McEwan is about redeeming a wrong that can be undone. The story begins with an older Briony recounting the love affair between her...
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Sub-Title: Direct To the Punch, Weird Cover, and Odd Vampire Names Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris is the first novel in the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Sookie, who has an uncanny ability to read minds, is a young waitress at a bar in a small Louisiana town. In the opening of the novel, a...
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Booking Through Thursday Challenge for July 23rd, 2009: Which do you prefer? - Reading something frivolous? Or something serious? Completely depends upon my mood. - Paperbacks? Or hardcovers? Paperbacks. Easier to carry with me and lay in bed with. The hardcover jackets always get on my nerves when they fall off. - Fiction? Or...
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What Book? Wednesday Question: When Brad Pitt asked the world for advice when his daughter Shiloh had a diaper rash, the world exploded with suggestions. With Brad Pitt’s newest editions, Knox and Vivienne, just turning one, what books would you recommend to help his little ones become acquainted with books? What Book? Wednesday Answer:...
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