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Fabulous Reading Streak – Ending, or Just Beginning?

July 20, 2010 Books and Reading

Last night I finished This Body of Death, by Elizabeth George, and breathed a happy little sigh. I realized I’ve been on a wonderful reading streak, during which I’ve read one enjoyable book after another.
True, This Body of Death wasn’t quite as good as earlier George mysteries, but it was still a lovely read, [...]

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Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy (Or, Breaking One of My Rules of Reading)

July 12, 2010 Books and Reading
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On Friday night, I broke one of my rules of reading.
I started Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
I didn’t even realize I’d broken one of my rules until I finished the book on Saturday afternoon with a happy sigh, and immediately raced to my bookshelf and pulled out The Girl Who Played with [...]

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The Me-and-My-Books Relationship

September 22, 2009 Books and Reading

Molly at My Cozy Book Nook has a great post about why she writes in books. I myself don’t tend to mark-up books as I’m reading them, but it’s not because I feel any sort of taboo about writing in a book; I just never think about doing it.
One interesting result of participating in the [...]

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BBAW: Me and My Reading Habits – And a Giveaway!

September 16, 2009 Blogging and Blog Events

I thought this one would be tough for me. Everyone knows how much I like using five words where one word will do, ten words where two will do, twenty words where three will do (need more numerical examples or was that just perfect?).
This BBAW meme requires me to answer the following questions in as [...]

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