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The Purge Continues

Posted on 12/23/2007 by chick

It seems like most of my recent posts have been reading-related. I promise to write more often about other things next year. For now, I beg your patience as I dig deeper into my library and try to sort out … Continue reading →

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Miracle Drug

Posted on 12/16/2007 by chick

This is one of my favorite passages from Vonnegut’s Jailbird. So I did sit down, and everywhere I looked I saw customers of every description being received with love. To the waitresses everybody was “honeybunch” and “darling” and “dear.” It … Continue reading →

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Nine Down

Posted on 12/15/2007 by chick

I finished reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Jailbird last night. Grade: A Jailbird is a tough read. It has a slow beginning and it requires some knowledge of American history, particularly the case of Sacco and Vanzetti. Everyone in Vonnegut’s generation would … Continue reading →

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Christmas Wish

Posted on 12/14/2007 by chick

My future father-in-law came over a couple of weeks ago to help move our new sofa into the house. I was sitting at my desk when Faithful Reader brought him through my office. Faithful Reader explained that I was working … Continue reading →

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Murder with Deja Vu

Posted on 12/12/2007 by chick

Somewhere along the way I finished reading Murder with Peacocks but forgot to mention it. Oops. Well, here goes. Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews Grade: B This is another Meg Langslow mystery (the first, actually) and it is likable, … Continue reading →

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Not Bread

Posted on 12/04/2007 by chick

Bread sausage. Yum. There are things inside That are not bread. Chewy things, tough things That are not bread. Um. I eat it anyway.

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Haiku Cuckoo

Posted on 12/04/2007 by chick

Are you cuckoo for haiku? I remember writing haiku in school. It was a popular assignment all-around because it required so little effort. Kids could write it easily. Teachers could grade it quickly and kindly. What wasn’t to like? Years … Continue reading →

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Not a Knee-Slapper

Posted on 12/03/2007 by chick

Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut Grade: B Though Vonnegut never once mentioned the word granfalloon, this story is about the greatest group of granfalloons ever invented. The president of the United States thinks that artificial families will make everyone “lonesome no … Continue reading →

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New TV

Posted on 12/02/2007 by chick

Television screen: Not for sun, not for rain Inside only sparkling

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Doggone It!

Posted on 12/02/2007 by chick

I read a strange book recently. I had picked it up at an overstock store, so I expected absolutely nothing from it. Consequently, it had a real chance to dazzle me, and dazzle me it did. Lives of Monster Dogs … Continue reading →

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