Notes on Books & Life
Whew, the past few weeks have been busy! Not only has not much posting happened, but not even much reading has occurred. Here’s what I’ve gotten through: I really enjoyed The Big Turnoff by Ellen Currey-Wilson. Published a few years ago, the memoir follows the author’s adventures raising her son without television when she herself …
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Whew, I’ve been slacking! Just on the posting though, not on the actual reading, which is an improvement! I finished Cartwheels in a Sari by Jayanti Tamm first. It’s a very well written, interesting memoir about growing up as part of a cult. When her parents break their guru’s rule about sex and her mother …
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Whew, what a title! The cover is what drew me to this book initially, followed by the title. Those, and the opening story, in which our protagonist fights of a living coonskin cap he’s acquired while taking out the trash with nothing but tube of Burt’s Bees lip gloss and some breath spray. At Least …
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I finished The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus last night. It’s been on my shelf for years, and every time I cleaned out my books I would read the first few pages, think, “Yep, I still want to read it,” and put it back. But after reading the quick, witty Sleeping Naked is Green …
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Okay, so I started reading Sleeping Naked Is Green by Vanessa Farquharson because my mind decided to remain on vacation long after my body had returned to real life. Light and witty, Sleeping Naked is Green seemed to be just what I needed. I didn’t even plan on finishing it; I figured I’d get tired …
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