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Reading Report: From Earlier This Year…

Posted on 07/20/2023 by chick

1. The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell. Story: Among the millions living in New York City are those known as the Mageus, people born with powerful magical abilities, but they are trapped in the city by a magical barrier known … Continue reading →

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Midnight Poetry

Posted on 07/19/2023 by chick

I’m only just a few pages into Billy Collins’s Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems, but I’m already a huge fan. I loved one of the poems so much that I felt compelled to go downstairs in my PJs to … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: How Short Is Too Short?

Posted on 07/17/2023 by chick

Musical Tables by Billy Collins, no grade I don’t grade collections of poetry, but I do occasionally comment on them. This one appealed to me because the poems were so short, most of them just a few lines long. It … Continue reading →

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Some Recent Things

Posted on 07/16/2023 by chick

I got my first shingles vaccine last month. The side-effects were limited to a sore arm (but way less sore than the first Covid shot) and mild body aches. I must remember to get a booster shot in 2-6 months … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: Enchanting Tale

Posted on 06/27/2023 by chick

The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett, A- Grace is an orphan that nobody wants to adopt, so she runs away to a witch’s house and begs the witch to take her as an apprentice. The witch grudgingly makes … Continue reading →

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End of the School Year

Posted on 06/26/2023 by chick

Marshall’s 8th-grade graduation necessitated some frenzied shopping beforehand. Turns out the boy had holes in his shoes that he hadn’t bothered to mention. Bad enough that he went to school every day in those holey shoes, but he certainly didn’t … Continue reading →

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Another Top 100 Children’s Books List

Posted on 06/26/2023 by chick

I have only 12 books left to read from the Top 100 Children’s Books list. Finishing the list will be a great accomplishment. But, in a way I’m not looking forward to it, because I will miss having a goal … Continue reading →

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Happenings Around Here

Posted on 06/12/2023 by chick

My sense of smell has been unreliable since Covid, so when I first noticed a strange, chemical smell on the air a couple of weeks ago, I convinced myself that it was just my imagination. Later that day, but husband … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: The Magician King

Posted on 05/27/2023 by chick

The Magician King by Lev Grossman, B+ I read The Magician King for three reasons: 1. I liked the first book in the series enough to want to continue reading about that fictional world, 2. I’ve been grooving on books … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: Cleary Twofer

Posted on 05/05/2023 by chick

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Clearly, A: There are three Ramona books on the Top 100 Children’s Books list. This is not one of them, but it is the first book of the series. The main characters are Beatrice “Beezus” … Continue reading →

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