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Well, my alleged break ended up not actually being a break. I got a little food and called Boyfriend about evening plans, but then the idea of commenting on all the Read-a-Thon blogs took over and I went back to commenting like a madwoman. I’ve now been to 142 of the 192 blogs at the [...]
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I finally finished going through one column of people signed up for the Read-a-Thon at the original Mr. Linky. That’s 61 blogs in, I’d say, 2 hours. Wow… I might not actually get to comment on all the blogs since it’s taking me so long and I still have two full columns. That’s sort of [...]
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After looking at all of the comics, I decided that I just couldn’t pick winners for each category. So, I’m going to leave all of them in the running for the $10 egift-certificate and leave the decision up to you guys Below are the submitted comics. Head down to the bottom of the post for [...]
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Here’s the comic I came up with for my mini-challenge! Enjoy the PSA
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I missed the first few hours of the Read-a-Thon because I was out at the Farmer’s Market, but now I’m here and doing my best to cheerlead and hang out for the afternoon. So far no takers on my mini-challenge about making a comic, but I hope people will like it! Anyway, I hope everyone [...]
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Welcome to my Mini-Challenge for the Read-a-Thon! Comic books have become very popular lately, so I wanted to try and honor that with my mini-challenge. The task, should you choose to participate, is to create your own comic inspired by the Read-a-Thon! Logistics For the next three hours, Readers and Cheerleaders are challenged to create [...]
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Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style. Not everyone is excited to celebrate though — Geoffrey K. Pullum, head of linguistics and English language at the University of Edinburgh, takes on the famous book in this article — “50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice” — in The Chronicle of [...]
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Title: The Hours Author: Michael Cunningham Length: 226 pages Rating: One Sentence Summary: Virgina Woolf writes Mrs. Dalloway, Clarissa Vaughn plans a party, and Laura Brown tries to escape — three different women all impacted by the same novel. Two Sentence Review: This book gives you just enough story about the characters to make you [...]
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Yesterday I spent the morning with my family celebrating Easter and the afternoon on a five hour bus trip back to Madison, so no time for a Sunday Salon. I did have a fabulous reading week, however, and wanted to write a little bit about that this morning before school takes hold. Lu at Regular [...]
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