Category Archives: Musings

O! Say What To Read

July 1, 2008 – 5:37 pm

My husband and I are headed out of town over the long Fourth of July weekend and I’m trying to decide what book I want to read. I’ve been in book limbo since my book club wound it’s season up last month and it’s officially free reading time. Problem is, there are just too many [...]

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Jane Austen Buy A Hair

June 6, 2008 – 12:56 pm

Jane Austen Hair Club? The Guardian reported that a locket “containing what is believed to be Jane Austen’s hair is expected to reach more than £5,000 (US$9,812) at auction.” ~shelfawareness

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I Kid You Not. VP Cheney’s Favorite Reads Are Military Books.

April 1, 2008 – 3:46 pm

Deb Riechmann of The Associated Press recently reported that Vice President Dick Cheney travels with a green duffel bag full of nonfiction books about military campaigns and political affairs. He was spotted currently reading Rick Atkinson’s “The Day of Battle” about the army’s campaign to capture Sicily and Mainland Italy during World War II. [...]

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JOKE: Never Argue With A Woman Who Reads

March 11, 2008 – 8:05 pm

This funny comes from Faith Johnson a member of my golf league. Faith is 84 years young and continues to whip me at golf most weeks. I’ve come to love the jokes she shares at the end of play. This one is for all us girls that read!
One morning a husband returns after several [...]

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Book Quote

February 8, 2008 – 7:16 pm

A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
Erica Jong, O Magazine, 2003

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What’s The Man In Your Life Reading?

January 30, 2008 – 4:13 pm

This post was sparked by the stack of semi read books stacked on my husband’s night stand. At the bottom lies “Unlimited Doubles!!”by Steve Tourdo. The cover shouts, FINALLY….a “SYSTEM” for out-playing your opponents in tennis. Anytime. Anywhere. GUARANTEED. I’m thinking that its a reference tool, much like a dictionary, always [...]

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Books and Boys

October 25, 2007 – 9:30 pm

I ran across an interesting article in my local paper the other day titled, “The Book and the Boy Don’t Often Mix“. I found this interesting because my twenty eight year old son has always been a reluctant reader. When he does read, it tends to be a sci-fi or humorous book, much in [...]

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