I feel like I’m finally making a little bit of progress in life! I was contacted by a friend of a friend of my mom’s who is a private practice counselor who was kind enough to offer me a little bit of advice on the job hunt, etc. The friend of my mom’s sent him [...]
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Every now and then I come across a story that just brings a smile across my face, a story that is heart warming and classic. Kate DiCamillo’s The Tale of Despereaux is one of these stories. The complete title is The Tale of Despereaux: Being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and [...]
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If you need me, Me and Neil’ll be Hanging out with the Dream King…-Tori Amos, Tear In Your Hand
I’ve often felt that I should have the above quote made into a sign that I can hang on my door while I’m reading. My love affair with Neil Gaiman’s writing started about 10 years ago. I [...]
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Yes, today was a day of new things and those things actually did not include books! Can you believe it? They did however include poppets, a little blue one to be exact - and he (yes, I’ve decided that he is indeed a male) seems to be fitting right in and has paired up nicely [...]
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I had a couple of web wanderings that I wanted to share with everyone…
Lets start with the ugly, shall we. This just infuriated me, and I really shouldn’t even be giving this idiot the attention that he/she is looking for, but I’d appreciate it if you would go chime in. This blogger decided to write [...]
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Last night I could not fall asleep. No, it was not because I kept thinking of all of the horrible things that the dentist was going to do to me this morning (which actually wasn’t too bad), it was because of new Neil Gaiman books!! The long wait is over and I am now [...]
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The Letter, The Witch, and The Ring is the final book in John Bellairs trilogy and was a great ending to this series for young adults. This series was first published in the 70’s and I’m sure it’s well known by many children’s and young adult author’s today.
The last book in the series turns it’s [...]
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Well I’ve officially completed the Banned Books Challenge. Right down to the wire in true Chris form. I’ve really enjoyed this challenge. It’s given me the opportunity to read quite a few books that I feel that I should’ve read ages ago and to revisit books that I have read ages ago and wanted to [...]
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The second book in John Bellairs trilogy, The Figure in the Shadows, delighted me as much as the first. This book follows our same characters as the first book: Lewis, his Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman, and adds Lewis’ new best friend Rose Rita.
Lewis is still quite the unpopular kid at school as he was [...]
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So in the last couple of days I’ve applied for another 4 jobs. Two of these jobs are ones that I’ve really been hoping for. Well just a few minutes ago my phone rings and a number that I don’t recognize shows up on caller ID. Immediately I go into panic mode and of course [...]
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