Category Archives: Reading

Not Another Dragon!

Posted on 06/11/2008 by chick

Oh, yes, another dragon! There’s always another dragon, though I’m not often inclined to go along for the ride. It was Cornelia Funke’s popularity that convinced me to give this book a chance (well, that and a good price at … Continue reading →

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Visiting Old Favorites

Posted on 06/07/2008 by chick

What is the point of keeping books if you don’t go back and read them once in a while? I haven’t spent much time visiting old favorites lately, but I felt so down the other day, I knew it was … Continue reading →

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Vonnegut Returns

Posted on 06/07/2008 by chick

Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Grade: B+ I’m including the Vonnegut Marathon as a category for this post, but before anyone accuses me of overlooking this book during the marathon, let me quickly point out that this … Continue reading →

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Can’t You Read the Signs?

Posted on 06/05/2008 by chick

Astrology: Your Place in the Sun by Evangeline Adams is an astrology book that was published in 1928. According to this book, long life is a common trait among Virgos. Yay! But it also says that they tend to lack … Continue reading →

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After the Binge

Posted on 05/31/2008 by chick

I finished reading three of the books that I recently bought. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Grade: B+ The Westing Game is a mystery. Sixteen people are invited for the reading of a millionaire’s will. The will is a … Continue reading →

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A Gate to a Strange Land

Posted on 05/24/2008 by chick

The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Tepper Grade: B The Gate to Women’s Country takes place in a postapocalyptic world. Forced to eke out a rough living in the lands between “desolations” (vast radioactive areas where nothing will … Continue reading →

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Great Library Binge

Posted on 05/23/2008 by chick

It wasn’t my fault! They were selling books at the library, so what was I to do? Just ignore a whole roomful of cheap books? I’ve heard that some people have that ability, but not I. And so yesterday I … Continue reading →

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Of Flying Peppermint Sticks

Posted on 05/21/2008 by chick

Mary Poppins Opens the Door by P.L. Travers Grade: B Mary Poppins Opens the Door feels a little too formulaic after the other Mary Poppins books, but it still retains some of the magic from the original idea. I love … Continue reading →

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Say It Ain’t So!

Posted on 05/20/2008 by chick

I just don’t feel like I have much creativity these days. It makes me worry. And then I worry more when I read quotes like this one by Doris Lessing, recent winner of the Novel Prize in Literature. I keep … Continue reading →

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From Ordinary to Extraordinary

Posted on 05/19/2008 by chick

The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye Grade: A- The Ordinary Princess is M.M. Kaye’s only children’s book. It is the story of a baby princess who is given the gift of ordinariness by a fairy. When she grows up, she … Continue reading →

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