Category Archives: Reading

Next in Line

Posted on 10/10/2012 by chick

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl Grade: B- As you might guess from the title, this book is about a fox. Foxes often raid farms for food, and this fox is no exception. Three farmers, each of whom is a … Continue reading →

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Soldiering Through

Posted on 10/02/2012 by chick

The last few weeks have been miserable. I have not been able to combine words in any way that makes sense to me. Writing about books, which is normally merely a difficult task, has felt almost impossible. Even work has … Continue reading →

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That’s Duckie

Posted on 09/17/2012 by chick

Here is the next book in my Dahl reading challenge. The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl Grade: B+ In this book, a young girl doesn’t like that her neighbors hunt for sport, so she uses her magic finger on them. … Continue reading →

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Time for Dahl

Posted on 09/05/2012 by chick

I didn’t forget about my Dahl reading challenge. I just got temporarily sidetracked by other things. On the bright side, the postponement improved the timing. You see, my husband, who picked up a bunch of Dahl books for me just … Continue reading →

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I Just Finished Reading…

Posted on 09/03/2012 by chick

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton Grade: A It started with a letter. A letter that had been lost a long time, waiting out half a century in a forgotten postal bag in the dim attic . . . . … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Been Reading

Posted on 07/30/2012 by chick

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain Grade: F In A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, a 19th-century engineer from Connecticut gets clobbered on the noggin and wakes up in 6th-century England. I’m not sure exactly … Continue reading →

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Flying to The Moon

Posted on 05/21/2012 by chick

Dear Marshall, We’re having some work done in the yard today. We hired someone to dig a drainage trench at the top of the hill and down the side. You must have been watching out the window as the digging … Continue reading →

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Musical Memoir

Posted on 05/15/2012 by chick

Broken Music: A Memoir by Sting Grade: B- I am a big fan of Sting’s music. As a child I was entranced by the song “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.” During college I listened to his early solo … Continue reading →

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Two Quick Books

Posted on 04/25/2012 by chick

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Grade: B+ You don’t have to look hard to find a person who ever had a beloved pet dog. You don’t even have to wander great distances to find a person whose life was … Continue reading →

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Sort of a Sequel

Posted on 04/22/2012 by chick

Tales from Watership Down by Richard Adams Grade: A- Tales from Watership Down contains an interesting mix of stories from the everyday lives of Adams’s fictional rabbits, many of whom we met in Watership Down, and tales of their folk … Continue reading →

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