Category Archives: reading

Bookish links for Saturday, April 20, 2013

Posted on April 20, 2013 by CarrieK

Author news: ~ The eighth Outlander novel, Written in My Own Heart’s Blood is finally coming out in December – here’s the cover. ~ The final book in Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy has a title – Allegiant. It’s being released … Continue reading →

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2012 DNFs

Posted on January 2, 2013 by CarrieK

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre (audio) – The reader is terrific, so it’s not the format. I made it through two discs, but for a spy thriller, it is slooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I mean, nothing happens. Conversations, mostly. Just … Continue reading →

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2012 End-of-year reading stats – and goals for 2013

Posted on December 31, 2012 by CarrieK

At the beginning of the year, I posted a list of goals for my 2012 reading. Now that the year is over, I’ve discovered that I did well with some goals, and not so well with others. First, I vowed … Continue reading →

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from Making It Up by Penelope Lively

Posted on October 24, 2012 by CarrieK

From Making It Up by Penelope Lively: I did not go to any school until I was twelve years old; until then, my home-based education centered entirely upon reading — pretty well anything that came to hand, prose, poetry, good, … Continue reading →

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Book memories

Posted on October 2, 2012 by CarrieK

This is a post from August of 2005 that I found while reading through my personal blog. I finished reading From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg to Nan last night. As we giggled our … Continue reading →

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Bookish links for Saturday, September 29, 2012

Posted on September 29, 2012 by CarrieK

Discussion starters: ~ S. Krishna’s Books: ON DNFing Books ~ The Guardian: Book bloggers are harming literature, warns Booker prize head judge – I’d love to hear your comments on this one! Reviews and blog posts that have me adding … Continue reading →

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Safe vs. good books

Posted on September 27, 2012 by CarrieK

While doing some reading of my former personal blog, I came across this wonderful quote from a post on a blog called The Master’s Artist – a blog that, unfortunately, no longer exists. But the quote is still wonderful. The … Continue reading →

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Bookish links for Saturday, June 2, 2012 – and the winner of Caleb’s Crossing

Posted on June 2, 2012 by CarrieK

First, congratulations to Katie, who has won a copy of the new paperback edition of Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. Discussion starters: ~ Carol at Magistramater asks What do you want in a book? Reviews and blog posts that have … Continue reading →

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