Tag: reading
group name: bookcorps
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November 07, 2009 10:44 AM EST --
Trying New Things
Linda Bilodeau is the author of Stepping Through Seagrass , The Wine Seekers and The Olive Branch- A Tale of Resistance. She is a student in the MFA program . . .
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February 01, 2007 12:38 PM EST --
You have to think that there is already something going wrong when I decide upon my New Year's Resolution on February 1st. Perhaps it should be to stop procrastinating. Aaah well. . . .
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December 29, 2007 10:44 AM EST --
I have set a personal goal of attempting to read 50 books in the next year. Given the nature of my life it's more than an ambitious goal. The first way to accomplish a goal is to break . . .
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February 22, 2007 11:58 PM EST --
One of the most common things a new novelist is likely to hear from well- meaning friends and relatives is, “Hey, why don’t you call Oprah
and see if she’ll put you on the show?” . . .
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April 14, 2007 10:23 PM EDT --
I love it when I come upon an author who has written several books in a series. I get to start at the beginning with the first book and eventually read every book in the series. The characters . . .
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February 08, 2007 12:08 PM EST --
The Literary Game and How to Read It
There comes a time in every honest conversation about literature
between students and professors when the students' willingness to
accept . . .
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June 08, 2008 11:46 PM EDT --
I'm out of summer reading material, and was wondering if anyone has any good book recommendations. I love fiction and non-fiction...so I'm open to reading just about anything. Hopefully, . . .
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October 25, 2009 04:12 PM EDT --
I have always loved the “Arthur Legend” which is the story THE TAKER AND THE KEEPER is based on.
With a red monocle and his friend Yolanda, Gregory stumbles upon a “hole” . . .
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April 02, 2007 10:03 PM EDT --
What is it that makes a story timeless? The answer to this question is definitely a potential moneymaker for a fiction writer, because timelessness is a characteristic of many . . .
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April 28, 2007 01:38 PM EDT --
Earlier this month I was asked by some wonderful people at gather if I'd be interested in trying out and reviewing a Sony® Reader PRS500. My first thought was "Who wouldn't?!" and . . .
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January 23, 2008 10:01 PM EST --
I was tagged to write for this Meme on my blog and supposedly it'sbecause I'm so well read but one thing I've learned from blogging isthat I'm not so well read. I'm just well read in . . .
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November 20, 2007 10:12 PM EST --
The National Endowment for the Arts released a new report yesterday. Entitled "To Read or not to Read: A Question of National Consequence", the 99 pager combines numerous studies from universities, . . .
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March 27, 2007 01:23 PM EDT --
Spring has arrived to our little town. The other day my daughters and I spotted a Robin as we walked and I was reminded of how excited I would get as a little girl to spot my first Robin of the spring. . . .
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April 27, 2009 03:26 PM EDT --
BEAR TALE is one more wonderful pattern from Cheryl Almgren Taylor. She creates wonderful quilts and then goes one step farther and includes a list of reading suggestions for snuggling under . . .
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January 03, 2007 10:42 AM EST --
Note: I wrote this article in August for an online publication which did not end up publishing it. So, I posted this in early October on Gather.
2006 has been a year of scandals for the publishing industry. . . .
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January 24, 2007 05:59 PM EST --
Does God Have a Sense of Humor?
A Book Review of "Lamb" by Christopher Moore
I had no idea what to expect between the covers of Christopher Moore’s 2002 novel, “Lamb: . . .
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April 12, 2007 10:54 PM EDT --
In the not so distant past, authors were expected to do two things: 1) lie on the grass in the shade, and stare up at the sky with their hands behind their heads while they dreamed up stories. And 2) . . .
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October 03, 2007 09:26 PM EDT --
New York-based Time magazine reporter Lisa Takeuchi Cullen not only has a nose for news, she can make you stop dead in your tracks, especially when it comes to planning your own funeral.
I had the opportunity . . .
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April 01, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
This past week I received one of those forwarded emails that we all get from time to time. This one was from my sister-in-law (who is nine days older than I am) and was about the benefits of growing . . .
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June 14, 2007 01:33 AM EDT --
In an article entitled, "Read Any Good Books Lately?" found online at The New York Times, the paper surveyed 17 popular authors to enquire what they had been reading lately or planned to dig . . .
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