Chris Baty is the founder of National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo, which I’ve decided to try out this year. In preparation for doing so, I decided to read his book, No Plot? No Problem! A Low-Stress, High Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days. That’s exactly what NaNoWriMo is for those who [...]
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What a great little book. The House with a Clock in it’s Walls is the first book in a trilogy written by John Bellairs. They are all collected in a book I’m reading called “The Best of John Bellairs” but I decided to review them individually. I’m reading the second book in the trilogy, The [...]
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So at least the SPAM Emails are getting to be entertaining these days. For some reason, I decided to actually read this one because of the person’s name before deleting it and it was truly entertaining. Sounds like someone that we could make a Sunday night TV movie for. Enjoy:
Dear ,My name is Aminat Kilongo [...]
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While picking tomatoes today we came across this very strange little pair. Close examination of the photo to the left will reveal what appears to be a pair of tomato siamese twins in the upper left corner. Scientists have yet to confirm what may have led to this genetic manipulation or if extra terrestrials may [...]
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It’s time to bid farewell to the Once Upon A Time Challenge. It’s been such a wonderful experience and I’m truly going to miss this one. As I’ve mentioned on other blogs, this has been so much more than just a book challenge to me. I’ve met so many other wonderful bloggers out there and [...]
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Two nights ago, I closed the final pages of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and declared an end to my journey through the Once Upon A Time challenge…But then thunder rumbled outside my window and the rains came…and John Connolly’s The Book of Lost Things called to me. So I made myself a cup of tea [...]
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I went to UNO today to talk to the head of the Counseling PhD program. A very nostalgic feeling came over me being back on that campus. I got my bachelors in psychology at UNO and I have so many great memories from my college days at that school. Nothing has changed. The campus looks [...]
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What a wonderful closing to the Once Upon A Time challenge. When I opened the first pages of this play, a smile came across my face as I rediscovered the beauty of Shakespeare’s language. I hadn’t read any of his work in years. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of my favorites of his and [...]
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I knew it had to come sooner or later…the first book of the year that I couldn’t stand. It was Grendel by John Gardner. I really wanted to like this book. I read it for the Banned Books Challenge and I’m not going to do a review of it because I really couldn’t do it [...]
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I’m sure that if you’re a fan, you’ve heard most if not all of this already, but there’s a whole bunch of Neil news lately!
Nymeth and Carl informed me in the comments section of my Beowulf review that Beowulf has already been filmed and is being released in November of this year! From Carl: “It [...]
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