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Visiting Old Favorites

Posted on 06/07/2008 by chick

What is the point of keeping books if you don’t go back and read them once in a while? I haven’t spent much time visiting old favorites lately, but I felt so down the other day, I knew it was … Continue reading →

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Vonnegut Returns

Posted on 06/07/2008 by chick

Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Grade: B+ I’m including the Vonnegut Marathon as a category for this post, but before anyone accuses me of overlooking this book during the marathon, let me quickly point out that this … Continue reading →

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Can’t You Read the Signs?

Posted on 06/05/2008 by chick

Astrology: Your Place in the Sun by Evangeline Adams is an astrology book that was published in 1928. According to this book, long life is a common trait among Virgos. Yay! But it also says that they tend to lack … Continue reading →

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Lonely and a Little Crazy

Posted on 06/04/2008 by chick

My Faithful Reader left for another wild whiskey binge, this time cross-country. He’s only been gone for about 12 hours and already I’m feeling lonely and a little crazy. Who can I turn to now that he’s not here? Enter … Continue reading →

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Mystery Flower #3

Posted on 06/01/2008 by chick

The woods are full of flowers right now. There are little bluets, bawdy buttercups, and delicate lady’s slippers. For every flower I can name, there is another I can’t. That’s why we have Mystery Flowers. This pretty purple flower grows … Continue reading →

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Thump, Thump

Posted on 05/31/2008 by chick

‘Tis but a scratch.

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My Memorial Day Week

Posted on 05/31/2008 by chick

On Sunday, we went to my aunt and uncle’s for a barbecue. It was a beautiful day and the baby birds, eager to see it, were peeking out of the birdhouse. I found out that one of my cousins is … Continue reading →

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After the Binge

Posted on 05/31/2008 by chick

I finished reading three of the books that I recently bought. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Grade: B+ The Westing Game is a mystery. Sixteen people are invited for the reading of a millionaire’s will. The will is a … Continue reading →

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Mystery Thing #2

Posted on 05/29/2008 by chick

I heard a strange sound in the woods today. I was a sound I recognized, but one I hadn’t heard since the so-called gypsy moth infestation of about 20 years ago. It was the sound of caterpillar poops raining down … Continue reading →

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Let It Die

Posted on 05/25/2008 by chick

Just the other night, I was reading along happily, lost in the magic place that exists between the words on the page and the visions in my head, when a jarring word knocked me back to the real world. The … Continue reading →

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