Category Archives: Reading

Done!

Posted on 09/15/2010 by chick

Today marks the 120th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s birth and the end of the Marplethon. Did I finish in time? Of course.  I finished  the last few stories tonight. I will tell you about them some time later this week … Continue reading →

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Libraries and Hotel Disappoint

Posted on 09/07/2010 by chick

The realization that I had fallen behind on the Marplethon prompted me to figure out exactly which books I had left to read and where I might find them (hence the recent post). On Saturday, I discovered that a nearby … Continue reading →

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Wherefore Art Thou, Marple?

Posted on 09/05/2010 by chick

I am so far behind on the Marplethon. I don’t know how it happened. One minute I had all the time in the world, the next minute it had been almost a year. Time doesn’t just fly, it hauls ass. … Continue reading →

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Old Books and New Books

Posted on 08/12/2010 by chick

More recent reading… Shattered Silk and Search the Shadows by Barbara Michaels Grade: an A for each Barbara Michaels (a.k.a. Barbara Mertz and Elizabeth Peters) writes books in the genre of romantic suspense. But don’t judge her by her genre, … Continue reading →

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Sci-Fi Classic?

Posted on 07/01/2010 by chick

I bought three books by John Varley called Titan, Wizard, and Demon because I thought the series was supposed to be some sort of sci-fi classic. Hah. Titan by John Varley Grade: B- <spoiler alert> Synopsis: Sex with this guy, … Continue reading →

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Catching Up

Posted on 06/29/2010 by chick

I have read so many books lately, but I just haven’t had time to comment on them. Here are a few words on each of them. Tales from the Arabian Nights (A Whitman Teen Age Book), as told by Lee … Continue reading →

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Purge, Baby, Purge!

Posted on 06/28/2010 by chick

In preparation for Marshall’s first birthday party, we decided to finish remodeling the guest bathroom. That meant we could no no longer use it as a storage room, so earlier this week, we carried out box after box. We had … Continue reading →

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Happiness as a Goal

Posted on 06/20/2010 by chick

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin Grade: B+ I have been thinking for a while about how to be a happier person. When this book came out, I hadn’t yet considered a systematic approach, but it sounded like an interesting … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Good Cozy

Posted on 05/24/2010 by chick

Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs Grade: C+ I love tea. I love cozy mysteries. So I thought this would be an ideal book. But what I got was a primer on how not to write a book. For example, … Continue reading →

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Three of Seven

Posted on 05/02/2010 by chick

I was in the middle of rereading C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia when I decided to do the new reading challenge, so I didn’t finish the series. I was looking forward to reading the others, too. Maybe I’ll come back … Continue reading →

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