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I like this picture of a kitten (by eva101 via flickr) because the cat has crazy eyes, and this post is all about feeling a little crazy and overwhelmed. Since last Monday I’ve been filling in for our online reporter at work, which has involved going into work at 5:00 a.m. and writing a lot [...]
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Title: The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns Author: Elizabeth Leiknes Genre: Fiction (chick lit) Pages: 167 One Sentence Summary: Lucy Burns got stuck working for the Devil, but now, despite being gorgeous and able to each as much chocolate as she wants without getting fat, she wants to get out. One Sentence Review: This book [...]
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My friend Alex (who blogs over at Film Misery) posted about Harry Potter: The Musical, a production developed by the students at the University of Michigan. You can follow this link to watch parts of the show on YouTube. (I can’t embed code on my blog right now, so you’ll just have to follow the [...]
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Finally, the results! The BIP Week #11 project was to dissect some book reviews by the numbers.The gist WAS to go to this Google Docs spreadsheet and fill in some questions based on two book reviews — one of your own, and one from a professional organization. Questions included how many personal references there were, [...]
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Congrats everyone! We’re now halfway through the Blog Improvement Project! I think that’s pretty awesome. Week #12 is also a great time to get back on the bandwagon if you’ve fallen behind, or join the BIP for the first time. At this point, I think it makes sense to revisit the goals we all set [...]
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In order to finish up the Spring Reading Thing 2009 Challenge (results posted soon), I had to read The Year of Magical Thinking and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close back-to-back in the last week and a half. Both were great books, but also emotionally draining books. I finished ELAIC on Thursday night. About 50 pages [...]
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Well, the start of my Bloggiesta started out with work and a siesta, but now I’m ready to go! For part of this afternoon and tomorrow I’ll be participating in Maw Books Bloggiesta, “a blogging marathon with a fiesta flair.” You can follow at the blog, or follow @bloggiesta on Twitter. I’ll be updating my [...]
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Title: The Year of Magical Thinking Author: Joan Didion Genre: Memoir Pages: 227 (paperback) One Sentence Summary: In the middle of their daughter’s serious medical issues, Joan Didion’s husband dies unexpectedly and Didion tries to pick up the pieces. One Sentence Review: Despite the fact that this is a memoir about grief, I finished it [...]
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This week’s Weekly Geeks topic is to get caught up on reviews. We’re supposed to list the reviews we’re behind on, then solicit questions from readers to help write the reviews. We’ll then link back to the people who asked the questions for the review. I’ve loved this topic since Dewey first suggested it for [...]
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The BIP Week #11 project was to dissect some book reviews by the numbers. I was (and still am) excited about this idea, but so far response has been pretty low. So I decided to extend Week #11 one more week — you now have until Friday, June 19 to complete it. BIP #12 will [...]
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