Category Archives: Reading

Two More Marples

Posted on 03/06/2010 by chick

The Marple books that I borrowed from the library had to go back to the library yesterday, so I do not have them for reference, but I will try to give you an idea of what they were about. 4:50 … Continue reading →

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Another Month Over

Posted on 03/04/2010 by chick

This February wasn’t the best month for my blog. It started out well, with lots of ocarina shots, but by the end of the month the posts had gotten sparse. February is a short month, and it was perhaps not … Continue reading →

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Tons of Reading

Posted on 02/21/2010 by chick

I have done tons of reading lately, mostly lightweight stuff, so I’m going to try to get as much of it into a single post as I can. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, series by Rick Riordan Book 1: The … Continue reading →

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Quick Reviews

Posted on 01/31/2010 by chick

Naked by David Sedaris Grade: A- I enjoyed this collection of essays about Sedaris’s childhood and early adult years. Though I would recommend it, I would also suggest that no one approach this book in a bad mood. He wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Sad but Excited

Posted on 01/30/2010 by chick

J.D. Salinger died on Wednesday, January 27. I hadn’t even realized that he was still alive. Since he was a recluse and hadn’t published anything since 1965, he may as well have been dead for all the difference it made … Continue reading →

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About a Girl

Posted on 01/25/2010 by chick

Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Grade: B+ Girl With a Pearl Earring is a fictionalized account of how the famous Vermeer painting of the same name came to be. The Girl is a young Protestant woman named … Continue reading →

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The Last from 2009

Posted on 01/22/2010 by chick

Here is the last of the 2009 books (phew!). The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie Grade: B+ Morning has come and what a day is in store for Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, because there’s a dead body in … Continue reading →

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The Marplethon Moves On

Posted on 01/18/2010 by chick

The Mousetrap (a.k.a. Three Blind Mice and Other Stories) by Agatha Christie Grade: A I enjoyed this collection of short stories by Agatha Christie. She had a good sense of humor and I agreed wholeheartedly with the character named Giles … Continue reading →

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Out With the Old

Posted on 01/17/2010 by chick

I need to finish writing about the books of 2009 so I can move on to the books of 2010 (of which there are already 3!). So here’s another 2009er. Death in Zanzibar by M.M. Kaye Grade: F The main … Continue reading →

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Favorite Princess

Posted on 01/04/2010 by chick

I don’t want to spend too much of 2010 writing about books from 2009, but I’ve got to finish up these reading posts, so here’s a quick one. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Grade: A+ In A Little … Continue reading →

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