July 2009

My Infinite Summer: Page 223

by Kim on July 14, 2009 · 22 comments

Since I started Infinite Jest, my goal has been to suck it up until page 223. I kept telling myself that if I could just get to page 223, everything would be good. Why? Because the Infinite Summer blog told me so In their posts on tips for reading the book, the guides (four readers [...]

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A List of Book Lists

by Kim on July 13, 2009 · 24 comments

A friend of mine recently asked if there were any book lists out there that she could look at to try and finding some more good stuff to read. I scoffed a little inside before answering, not because it’s a bad question, but because there are just so many lists to choose from. Our conversation [...]

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Review: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

by Kim on July 9, 2009 · 23 comments

Title: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Author: E. Lockhart Genre: YA fiction Pages: 345 (hardcover) Two Sentence Summary: Fifteen-year-old Frankie starts out the year with a new, awesome senior boyfriend. But pretty soon Frankie gets tired of being treated like a little girl and strikes back. Two Sentence Review: This book is exactly the [...]

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Happy Birthday, Me :)

by Kim on July 8, 2009 · 31 comments

So, today is my 23rd birthday! Normally I wouldn’t post about this specifically, but I think it makes a good short post for Blog Post Bingo (which anyone can participate in!). I don’t have any big plans for today — Boyfriend took me to see Mat Kearney in concert last night, and I’m celebrating with [...]

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My Infinite Summer

by Kim on July 7, 2009 · 18 comments

My book club decided to read Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace for our next book. I’ve had this book for a very long time, but never read it. I’m not even sure why I brought it to Madison with me when I moved last year — I think maybe when people came over I [...]

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Blog Improvement Project Week #13: Blog Post Bingo, Round 2!

by Kim on July 6, 2009 · 25 comments

A number of the responses to the Mid-Year Review (Week 12) said that Blog Post Bingo (Week 3) was a favorite topic, so I decided to run it again during July! This time, we’ll be going for three weeks (until July 24) and trying to write 12 kinds of posts. The idea of Blog Post [...]

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What Book Should I Read in July?

by Kim on July 3, 2009 · 13 comments

Now that it’s July, it’s time to take a vote for the book from my growing TBR pile that I should read this month! This feature has turned into one of my favorites to do because it’s so interactive — you choose my book, then ask me questions about it for me to use in [...]

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Review: Under the Banner of Heaven

by Kim on July 1, 2009 · 21 comments

Title: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith Author: Jon Krakauer Genre: Literary Journalism Pages: 369 (paperback) Two Sentence Summary: From the front of the book — “On July 24, 1984, a woman and her infant daughter were murdered by two brothers who believed they were ordered to kill by God. The [...]

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