Notes on Books & Life
Let me just start by saying that I am quite pleased that The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby happened to land itself in the #1 spot on my list of trip reading. In fact, were I not so very far from my public library, I would be dashing out right this instant to get Housekeeping …
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This year, as you may already know, marks the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I first read To Kill a Mockingbird back in eighth grade, but I tend to forget book plots. With all the talk going on because of the big anniversary, I decided to listen to the book …
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I picked up Stash by David Klein on a coworker’s recommendation. It quickly pulled me in and kept me turning pages, even though it’s not the sort of novel I tend to gravitate towards. Here’s the premise: Gwen, a 30-ish mother of two and wife of a successful pharmaceutical company marketing guy, is looking forward …
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot would not even have crossed my radar if it hadn’t made a solid appearance on the IndieBound best sellers list a while back. For one, the topic — HeLa cells and the woman they came from — was entirely unfamiliar to me. I’m also not likely …
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I have been meaning to read something by Jen Lancaster ever since her books were recommended to me by a coworker several years ago. I recently started reading her blog, Jennsylvania, starting with this post in which Jen Lancaster and Dave Barry interview each other. But it was this post — the part about the …
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