Another month is over, and I can hardly believe it! Thanks to my summer classes, July flew by. I spent the second half catching up on War and Peace for Jillian’s readalong — I’m now just a month and a half behind instead of almost five. Because of that, I didn’t get as much other …
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Looking Back: June 2011
Another month has come and gone, and 2011 is half way over! Here’s what my June looked like: Books Total books read: 8 Total pages read: 2,675 Favorite book: This month was a winner. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, and When She Woke by Hillary …
Sunday Salon: Looking Back on May
A week and a half into June and I haven’t done my May wrap-up! Seems as good a topic for Sunday Salon as any. It was a slower month for me, with a trip home and the start of summer semester. Here’s what my May looked like: Books Total books read: 5 Total pages read: …
Sunday Salon: Looking Back (April) and Time Out
Happy May! Hm, as I type this I realize I haven’t done a Sunday Salon post for a while. Two orders of business for today. First, I’ve decided to take the next week off. I’ll be visiting family, so I won’t get much reading done anyway, plus I think I could use a break. The …
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Looking Back: March 2011, Plus “Madre” Giveaway Winners!
Two orders of business today! First, the randomly chosen winners of Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun by Liza Bakewell: The US copy goes to Zeteticat! The non-US copy goes to Zoe! Congratulations to Zeteticat and Zoe! I do hope everyone who entered the contest will hunt down a copy of Madre to read, …
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