Category Archives: Reading

Feeling Stretched

Posted on 10/19/2009 by chick

I feel all thin, sort of stretched…like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.—Bilbo in The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien I feel like that some days. To use that quote is to compare our son … Continue reading →

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Round 4

Posted on 10/15/2009 by chick

We went back to the used book store one more time. Here are my new acquisitions. The Stuff of Fiction: Advice on Craft by Douglas Bauer: It starts with a quote from a fairy tale that I just read, and … Continue reading →

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Naughty, Naughty

Posted on 10/14/2009 by chick

I read an ad in the newspaper about a used bookstore that was going out of business. They were selling their books at $5 per bag. How could we resist such a temptation? Naturally, we went and we spent. Then … Continue reading →

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More Marple

Posted on 10/13/2009 by chick

The Mirror Crack’d (a.k.a. The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side) by Agatha Christie Grade: A- The new world was the same as the old. The houses were different, the streets were called Closes, the clothes were different, the voices … Continue reading →

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On With the Marplethon

Posted on 10/11/2009 by chick

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie Grade: B The title of this novel is, of course, a reference to the poem by Omar Khayyam, The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall … Continue reading →

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13 Down

Posted on 10/04/2009 by chick

I have to confess that I started the Marple Marathon (or should it be called a “Marplethon”?) early. It was about 11:30 p.m. on the eve of the 15th when I actually started the first book. I hope you won’t … Continue reading →

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One Weird Book

Posted on 09/20/2009 by chick

Salamander by Thomas Wharton Grade: B- Salamander is about a printer who is given the task of creating the ultimate book, one that is infinite, with no beginning and no end. Naturally, such a task necessitates a quest, for he … Continue reading →

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Marple-icious

Posted on 08/24/2009 by chick

Below is the complete list of Miss Marple stories (thanks to agathachristie.com for the information). Some titles are novels and some are short stories. The first story in which Miss Marple appeared, “The Tuesday Night Club,” is found in a … Continue reading →

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Egad!

Posted on 08/23/2009 by chick

I have let Time, the Move, and the Baby blind me to the reality of my book problem. So many of my books were hidden in boxes, I forgot how many I had. Last night, we moved a bunch of … Continue reading →

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Still Reading, Still Writing

Posted on 08/22/2009 by chick

I am once again far behind on my reading posts. I will try to get caught up now. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding Grade: A- This is the sequel to Bridget Jones’s Diary. One always takes … Continue reading →

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