Category Archives: Reading

Chipping Away at the List

Posted on 10/04/2013 by chick

I’ve been chipping away at the list of Top 100 Children’s Books. My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett Grade: B+ My Father’s Dragon is a cute story about a boy who rescues a dragon that is being exploited by … Continue reading →

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Replacements Needed

Posted on 10/01/2013 by chick

I have been slowly replacing the old paperbacks in my library. It’s a necessary task. Some of them have degraded to the point that they might not survive another reading. The most decrepit of them all is C.S. Lewis’s Prince … Continue reading →

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The Worry Week

Posted on 09/30/2013 by chick

The Worry Week by Anne Lindbergh Grade: B+ The Worry Week is a fun story about three sisters who are supposed to stay with an aunt for a week while their parents deal with some business, but instead they sneak … Continue reading →

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Fifty-Two

Posted on 08/15/2013 by chick

Today I completed my reading goal for the year: 52 books. Perhaps now I’ll try to work my way through three books that I inadvertently abandoned along the way (The House of the Seven Gables, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, and … Continue reading →

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Grow Your Soul, Vonnegut Style

Posted on 07/17/2013 by chick

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. … Continue reading →

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Wish List

Posted on 07/16/2013 by chick

I was excited to learn from a Smithsonian article that there is such a thing as the Dictionary of American Regional English. I could get lost in a book like that. I had a lot of fun just with the … Continue reading →

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The Neverending Story

Posted on 07/04/2013 by chick

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende Grade: A If you remember the movie of the same name from the 1980s, then you already know the first half of this story. It’s about a boy and a magical book and the … Continue reading →

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Acquisitions

Posted on 06/21/2013 by chick

I went to the Westerly book sale on Thursday. I bought a lot of stuff. CDs were only a buck apiece! Dream Theater When Dream and Day Unite: It’s called an “Official Bootleg,” which seems like an oxymoron to me. … Continue reading →

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Repeats

Posted on 06/04/2013 by chick

I love books. I own a lot of them, but I don’t have a lot of shelf space. You’d think, then, that I’d have only one copy of each book. Not so. Repeats abound in my library. Here are some … Continue reading →

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Darkover Roundup

Posted on 05/20/2013 by chick

I had better tell you about the Darkover books I finished recently, while they’re still somewhat fresh in my mind. The Bloody Sun Grade: B+ The Bloody Sun is the story of Jeff Kerwin, a Terran orphan who feels drawn … Continue reading →

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