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Top Books I’d Recommend to Someone Who Doesn’t Read Classic Novels
Ankit the Reviewer recently asked me to create a top ten list of my favorite classic novels. As this is limited to only what I have read (or am reading, in the case of Dickens), I am adding...
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Oh Boy! It’s My Day to be a Girl! Here Are My Top Ten Book Boyfriends
I’ve been getting all serious and intense with my writings on Dickens, so I wanted to take a break and get all gushy. Which is good because it’s easy and my brain is mush. So, here’s my top ten list of...
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WWW Wednesday — 2/1/12
What I Am Currently Reading: Mrs. Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw and The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King I just started Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession on Sunday, and its being short,...
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Happy Birthday Charles Dickens!
It seems that San Diego is paying tribute to Dickens on his birthday–it is as gray and rainy today as the scenes he described in Bleak House. I can almost see Lady Dedlock, staring out my window at the...
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Top Ten Books I’d Save If My Home Were on Fire
This was a tough one, as it’s hard to choose between them all. At the same time, they’re just things, and many I have already read. If they burned up, they’d still be stored up in my memory, much like...
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If Classics Were Set to Punk Rock…
I’m a big fan of early punk and new wave. I’m also a huge fan of classic literature. Here are ten punkish (my husband is forcing this disclaimer: I KNOW these don’t all fall in the “punk” category, but...
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Top Ten Bookish Tattoos
If you get a book cover tattooed on your body, you must really love the book. Or, at least, have some sort of connection to the book. Perhaps the art is just that awesome. After reading Mother Night by...
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Top Ten Fantasy Books/Serials
Recently, I was looking at my shelves on Goodreads and was surprised by the sheer amount of fantasy novels I have read or want to read. I have never really noticed what a huge fan of the genre I am,...
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Top Ten Books I’m Looking Forward to in the Spring
Spring is here, and I’ve already started my spring reading, but I’m pretty excited because Spring Break is right around the corner, and, being a teacher at a year-round school, I get the entire month...
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Playing Hooky with Literary Characters
I was always a goody-goody. Never skipped school until college. I didn’t even participate in Senior Skip Day in high school, which was all but posted on the school calendar. However, if I were to play...
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