Category Archives: Reading

Rediscovery

Posted on 06/24/2007 by chick

So what am I going to do with this yawn-inspiring book, Rediscovery? It’s part of the popular Darkover series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Darkover is a fictional world in which the inhabitants have extremely powerful forms of psionic ability, such … Continue reading →

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Yawn

Posted on 06/23/2007 by chick

I really hate it when characters in books fall asleep and dream. The dream sequences are almost always boring and unnecessary, just the author weakly rehashing the character’s feelings and experiences as a segue to the next action scene. What’s … Continue reading →

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Book Marks

Posted on 06/18/2007 by chick

I just started reading Mother Night. One of the first things I noticed is that a previous reader (or readers) marked some of the pages. I used to think that marking books was strictly taboo. Then I went to college. … Continue reading →

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Paging Mr. Vonnegut

Posted on 06/16/2007 by chick

The Vonnegut Marathon is still on and I’m ready for the next leg of the race: Mother Night. The library gave me a hardcover this time. The front cover is dull, but the back cover has a picture of the … Continue reading →

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Maybe the Moon

Posted on 06/16/2007 by chick

I finished Armistead Maupin’s Maybe the Moon last night. Grade: B I have mixed feelings about this novel. On one hand, it’s full of likable characters in interesting situations. On the other, it has graphic sex scenes and an unhappy … Continue reading →

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Loose Ends

Posted on 06/15/2007 by chick

For the last time referring to the previous post about mythical whosiewhatsits, this final addendum should leave us feeling extremely well-educated on the subject. A will-o’-the-wisp is a light that appears over marshy ground. It is thought to be caused … Continue reading →

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French Boast

Posted on 06/14/2007 by chick

Harking back to Tuesday’s strange list, the next set of unfamiliar words is the French section: follets, lutins, and magots. According to my French-English/English-French dictionary, follet is just an adjective meaning “playful,” but an esprit follet is a sprite or … Continue reading →

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The Devil, You Say!

Posted on 06/13/2007 by chick

Were you puzzled by a lot of the words in Tuesday’s post? I was, and I just can’t stand not knowing the meaning of a word. I absolutely have to look up the ones that I didn’t recognize and even … Continue reading →

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Say What?

Posted on 06/13/2007 by chick

One of my favorite lines from The Water-Babies is this one about St. Brandan. “Then he and his friends got into a hooker . . .” Now, now. Get your mind out of the gutter. A “hooker” is a boat, … Continue reading →

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Game Time

Posted on 06/12/2007 by chick

There are many lists in The Water-Babies. Let’s turn one of them into a game. Give yourself 1 point for each mythical creature that you recognize from the list below. The maximum possible score is 31. . . . who … Continue reading →

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