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The Marathon Continues

Posted on 06/28/2007 by chick

The next leg of the Vonnegut marathon is Cat’s Cradle, which I plan to start in a couple of weeks. I read this book in college and enjoyed it immensely. I’m looking forward to reading it again. For once, I … Continue reading →

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Ignorance Is Bliss

Posted on 06/27/2007 by chick

Now, before I let Mother Night go back to the library, let me share my favorite passage. The main character pretends to be a Nazi and he plays the part perfectly. Too perfectly. He says this about himself: Since there … Continue reading →

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Fresh-Baked Goodness

Posted on 06/26/2007 by chick

Packing up your entire life and moving it to another state is an awful experience. Material items really shouldn’t be that important and yet it’s hard when you have to leave things behind or they get damaged or lost. But … Continue reading →

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Fast Reader

Posted on 06/26/2007 by chick

Yup, I finished another book: Storm Thief by Chris Wooding. I found this book on the New Fiction shelf of the library’s YA section. Grade: B Storm Thief is a quick and fun read. It has plenty of unique elements, … Continue reading →

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Mojito Bandito

Posted on 06/26/2007 by chick

I am the Mojito Bandito. It’s true. Leave your mojito unattended and I will steal it. What can I say? Mojitos are yummy. We discovered the mojito on a Caribbean cruise. The cruise itself was not very good, just a … Continue reading →

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Who You Calling Fussy?

Posted on 06/25/2007 by chick

What a lovely weekend! On Saturday, I did almost nothing, which was quite nice. On Sunday, we went to Providence and had some yummy falafel wrap and hummus. It still amazes me that I eat such things. When I was … Continue reading →

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Not Forgotten

Posted on 06/25/2007 by chick

I didn’t forget about the Vonnegut Marathon. Not at all. I finished Mother Night on Thursday, but I was too busy on Friday to blog about it. It’s not the kind of book that you read, breezily comment on, and … Continue reading →

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Rediscovery

Posted on 06/24/2007 by chick

So what am I going to do with this yawn-inspiring book, Rediscovery? It’s part of the popular Darkover series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Darkover is a fictional world in which the inhabitants have extremely powerful forms of psionic ability, such … Continue reading →

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Yawn

Posted on 06/23/2007 by chick

I really hate it when characters in books fall asleep and dream. The dream sequences are almost always boring and unnecessary, just the author weakly rehashing the character’s feelings and experiences as a segue to the next action scene. What’s … Continue reading →

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Bringer of Rain

Posted on 06/22/2007 by chick

I took a long stroll along the shore this afternoon. The sand was soft under my feet. The ocean was so calm and clear that I could see a crab skittering around several feet under water. The sky was a … Continue reading →

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