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From the monthly archives:
September 29 – October 3 is the 26th annual celebration of Banned Books Week, sponsored by the American Library Association. Started in 1982, Banned Books Week was started as a response to more and more books being challenged across the country. Since then, more than 1,000 books have been challenged.
As a book-lover, it’s easy to [...]
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I did not read anything today. I went home to the Twin Cities this weekend and spent time shopping, hanging out with my family, and visiting friends I haven’t seen in awhile. I didn’t even read on the car ride to and from Madison — I was having too much fun talking with my [...]
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I got really into Scrabble last year after I installed the Facebook application Scrabulous. Because I’m an English major, everyone assumes I’m better at Scrabble than I actually am; in truth, I pretty much suck at the game. Why? I simply don’t have the dedication. It takes a weird sort of passion to be really [...]
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Even though I technically have until Saturday, I am going to post my results from this week’s Weekly Geek challenge (courtesy of Dewey at The Hidden Side of a Leaf) today. I’m heading home to the Twin Cities for the weekend, so I don’t know if I’ll have time to post before Saturday.
So, here [...]
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Fall Into Reading 2008 is an annual challenge hosted by Callapidder Days. The only thing you need to do to participate is make a list of the books you want ot read this fall and post them in your blog.
To win prizes and stuff, the reading list of your choosing needs to be posted to [...]
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The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World is A.J. Jacobs first lifestyle experiment — a quest to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. In terms of plot, that’s really about it.
At first, I didn’t really like The Know-It-All. I thought it took a long time to get going, and [...]
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This week’s Weekly Geek challenge (courtesy of Dewey at The Hidden Side of a Leaf) is to play catch up. We’re supposed to set some goals for stuff we’re behind on, then post later in the week about how we did. My goals for the week are:
Finish writing the book reviews I’m [...]
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I decided to start participating in Sunday Salon because I think it will give me good impetus to blog more generally about reading and reading habits, which is something this blog needs. For anyone unfamiliar, Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb Hamel at The-DEBlog.com.
Here is how Deb describes the Sunday Salon:
Imagine some university library’s [...]
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I love YA fiction, and I have been reading it a lot lately as a break to most of the heavier reading I have for school. I usually love to read memoirs, nonfiction, that sort of thing, but just can’t seem to deal with the genre after a long day of class. But, when I [...]
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“It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.”
– Albus Dumbledore,
Harry Potter and the [...]
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