Back to the Books
Do you like booklists? Yeah, me too. Do you also like to cross off how many you’ve read? I thought so! You seem like the type. Here’s a few links for you: Books you can’t live without Not a bad list!...
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Once again, it is time for an update on the doings of my book club. This is the type of post that most of my family skips, I’m sure, since it won’t contain any references to my kids. And to them I...
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Because I’m a slacker, I did not report on our October book club meeting, and now we’ve had another, so this will be a BONUS! DOUBLE ISSUE! (Doesn’t that make it feel more special instead of just...
View ArticleYet another exciting blog post about…books. Woot!
I keep a reading journal. The first year that Aaron and I were married, I was a substitute teacher. If you’ve ever subbed, you know that the job has long gaps of boredom. I did a LOT of reading...
View ArticleGenetics win again!
We have become a family of readers. THANK GOODNESS. When Leah was a baby, I realized that if she did NOT turn out to be a reader, how on EARTH would I be able to connect with her?  Almost all of...
View ArticleI’ll take books however I can get them, basically.
The other day Aaron went out and bought a Nook. But don’t think that was an impulse buy. OH NO, not from my cynical, cautious husband. No, he (ok, WE) have spent that last several months debating...
View ArticleLiterary Sexism
If you are new around here, you may not know that I used to be an English teacher. For three years, I taught 7th and 8th grade in a Minnesota public school, and loved every (well, ALMOST every!)...
View ArticleSo are they audioworms? Earworms? Nah, that doesn’t sound right….
This is the first year that I signed up the kids for the library’s summer reading program. I don’t know what came over me, honestly. Did I think we were going to bored this summer? Did I think...
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