LibraryThing
I could say Carl made me do it, but no one would believe that…Truth is, I got my rebate card from Cingular from when I bought my new phone and pretended that it was a gift card, not money that I had previously spent…so I went to bookcloseouts.com (those people should pay me a commission) [...]
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“Stories are, in one way or another, mirrors. We use them to explain to ourselves how the world works or how it doesn’t work. Like mirrors, stories prepare us for the day to come. They distract us from the things in the darkness.”
Smoke and Mirrors is Neil Gaiman’s first collection of short stories, or as [...]
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New Orleans can be a real bummer these days. As you all know my girlfriend’s mother recently moved back to New Orleans and I’ve been trying to help her get her house back to a livable condition. We’re slowly getting there, but everything is a fight. This city is a constant reminder of loss and [...]
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The results from Carl’s Tiny Stories contest are in and the stories are all amazing. I have to give a big round of applause to everyone who participated in this one. I really enjoyed reading everyone’s stories and the amount of effort put into these really shows. They were all top notch. Many were very [...]
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A fun question has come up in the comments of a previous post. Me and Jean Pierre have been talking about discovering those magical books that you weren’t prepared for and give you the surprise of a lifetime….the ones that stick with you…the ones that become favorites when you weren’t expecting much at all. [...]
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