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Hurdling Time

By Tracie | Published: November 19, 2009
Booking Through Thursday Challenge for November 19, 2009: Do you think any current author is of the same caliber as Dickens, Austen, Bronte, or any of the classic authors? If so, who, and why do you think so? If not, why not? What books from this era might be read 100 years from now? There is a [...]
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Booking Through Thursday: Guilt, Sin, and Sex as Humor

By Tracie | Published: July 30, 2009
Booking Through Thursday Challenge for July 30th, 2009: What’s the funniest book you’ve read recently? As usual, I’m going to have to shift this question to suit my needs.  I realize that I have not read anything funny recently!!  I have been way too serious with my book reading. The only book that would come close to [...]
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Author Quote for March 11, 2009

By Tracie | Published: March 10, 2009
“I cannot and do not live in the world of discretions, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you – it would make my life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.” ~Philip Roth~ American Writer
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