Tag: life
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October 06, 2007 02:16 AM EDT --
Have you heard of The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz?
The book is a beautifully written instruction guide to achieve a life of freedom and happiness. He teaches four lifestyle commitments, . . . more
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June 16, 2008 04:44 PM EDT --
I like to read fiction, and I tend to pick up books that I find more entertaining than thought provoking. When a story gets to deep or complex I put it down and move on to the next one. Yes, I can be . . . more
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February 21, 2008 04:44 PM EST --
April Newton's fifth anniversary of being cancer free should have been cause for celebration. However, her life held a void, a great emptiness without a name. Through the radiation treatments, mastectomy, . . . more
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January 09, 2007 10:57 PM EST --
I'm currently reading Prep A Novel by Curtis Sittenfield (sp?), and have to say that I'm enjoying it immensely. It is the girlie version of "Catcher In The Rye" - but much longer and . . . more
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February 11, 2007 12:41 AM EST --
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere was the first book by Morris that I have had the opportunity to read, and even though it was so very melancholy I look forward to reading the rest of her works. . . . more
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January 15, 2007 09:31 PM EST --
I just finished Nicholas Lemann’s The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy. It was interesting. Like most readers, I went in from my own biased perspective. I wasn’t really . . . more
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May 10, 2008 05:40 AM EDT --
When I was four, we went to Sears. You wore seamed stockings, a black dress and a hat with a veil.
All I ever wanted was to try on dresses.
When I was six, I went to kindergarten.
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July 09, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
This past weekend, I had the opportunity of reading Khaled Hosseini's novel " A Thousand Splendid Suns". The book gripped my attention for hours and after going through the first few . . . more
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February 19, 2007 06:30 PM EST --
So Long A Letter is a series of short letters written by Ramatoulaye, a woman in West Africa, to a childhood friend. The letters are a series of memories and reminiscences that cover the choices . . . more
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January 22, 2007 11:11 PM EST --
Just a quick note on this memoir by Augusten Burroughs.
Hilarious.
But don't read it if you are homophobic or scared of crazy people.
Don't say I didn't warn you...
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August 05, 2007 11:29 AM EDT --
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
I bet there isn’t a soul who hasn’t heard of the book “Man, Woman and Child” by Erich . . . more
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December 28, 2007 08:08 PM EST --
Sex Detox is not what you expect. Or maybe it is. A few years ago, Sting was on Oprah . Oprah wanted to know if the rumors were true: Did Sting and his wife 'do it' in every room of . . . more
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November 05, 2007 08:25 AM EST --
Budding bioligist here, so stuff like this catches my eye. A new boook titled KamaSEAtra: Secrets of Sex in the Sea by Sheree Marris was just released and is one of the most engaging . . . more
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July 01, 2007 03:43 PM EDT --
What type of book is Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott? It's one of those rare books that makes you want to start reading it all over again just as soon as you finish. . . . more
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September 04, 2007 02:26 AM EDT --
As most people here know, Terry Shaw is the winner of The Gather First Chapters Writing Competition that ran last January. Geoffrey Edwards, another Gather member, is the runner up in the Gather First . . . more
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September 14, 2007 03:18 PM EDT --
Warning to mystery fans: Throw away your tasseled bookmarks for this whodunit. It's that kind of pager-turner.
The sign says, "Welcome to Maine-The Way Life Should . . . more
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September 17, 2007 04:53 PM EDT --
As many here know, Terry Shaw was the winner of the Gather First Chapters Writing Competition, that was run in conjunction with Touchstone/Simon & Schuster that began last January.
As winner, his . . . more
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November 12, 2007 05:15 PM EST --
Author: Louise DeSalvo
This book is a memoir that reads like a novel.
It is a woman's coming of age and coming to terms with society, family, career pressures.
She's an Italian-American . . . more
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October 16, 2007 03:27 AM EDT --
Pilfered from my friends bookshelf, these are the three books I am in the middle of reading today. These are not book reviews, but just a brief look at three books I didn't know about before . . . more
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December 12, 2007 02:16 AM EST --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today, December 12: is OPEN .
For the next two weeks, I thought it would be fun to look at Holidays Around the World.
Do you have . . . more
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