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I just finished reading Rabbit, Run by John Updike for my book club meeting tomorrow. I’m not sure exactly what I think of it, but I wanted to get some of my own thoughts down before the meeting. I apologize for the randomness and stream-of-consciousness of the entry, I’m sort of write-thinking at the moment. [...]
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As much as it pains me to mention Kanye West on my blog at all, I just can’t help pointing this out. Kanye is, apparently, a proud non-reader. Interestingly enough, he’s also an author of a new book. In an interview about his book, Kanye “eloquently” pointed out… Sometimes people write novels and they just [...]
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Title: Understanding Comics Author: Scott McCloud Pages: 215 (hardcover) One Sentence Summary: A non-fiction comic that explores the definitions, history, and vocabulary of comic books. One Sentence Review: Even though reading a comic on comics was a challenge, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in comics that wants to learn more about the [...]
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This week my reading started out really slowly. Despite working on it all week, it took me until Friday to finish The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. So starting on Saturday I finally got to jump into the pile of books I’m trying to get read in June. The Books on My TBR Pile Thanks [...]
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Hello and welcome to the first edition of the Sisterhood of the Summer Reviews, where my sister Jenny and I will be doing co-reviews of our favorite books. The first book in our summer selection is The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards. First, a quick summary of the book: The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is [...]
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For the last several months I’ve asked you guys to vote on one book that I should be sure to finish during that month. After three times I guess this is sort of a feature? I like doing it because it inspires me to pick books that I’ve had on my shelf for awhile and [...]
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Oh man, am I excited for this week’s BIP topic! This week’s task is a content analysis of book reviews to get some info about reviews. How long are they? How personal are they? How many paragraphs does the average book review have? By comparing book reviews written by bloggers to reviews written by professionals, [...]
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