Category Archives: Reading

That Was Then, This Is Now

Posted on 11/07/2012 by chick

The Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture from NPR’s “Fresh Air” by Geoffrey Nunberg Grade: B The short essays in The Way We Talk Now ought to have been perfect for me, given my interest in language … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale

Posted on 10/24/2012 by chick

The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz Grade: B+ The Night Fairy is about a fairy named Flory whose wings get chewed up by a bat. Now flightless and terrified of bats, she decides to try a different lifestyle. She … Continue reading →

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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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