When you’re one of several children, I think most people, at least occasionally, daydream about what it would be like to be an only child. I know I did. One of the things that my parents did that I loved most was take just one of us on vacation – one parent, one child. Three or four days as the…
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The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine
9.5 of 10: I can’t say anything about The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had that will do it justice. Just trust me that it’s really terrific and should definitely be read. It’s sometimes delightfully fun to read a book with no idea what it’s about. It doesn’t happen to me all that often, but it did last week. I…
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Food, Glorious Food
I’m still cooking with a vengeance, and oh, how Bart loves doing all the dishes I’m producing (I think). New priorities are 1) at least three vegetarian meals a week and 2) two side dishes per meal, unless it’s soup and sandwiches. Friday Homemade Pizza (I always use this crust recipe) Mango Guacamole Salad I think Bart’s eyes rolled back…
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Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
9.5 of 10: You can’t ask for better non-fiction than Lincoln: A Photobiography. A very fair and interesting look at Abraham Lincoln from birth to death. I couldn’t put it down, which is sadly rare for non-fiction books. I mentioned in my goals post, that I was trying to crank through some Newbery titles in order to reach my mark…
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Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia
I am half way through the fourth of the five National Book Nominees and thus I feel entitled to say that Jumped by Rita Williams Garcia is far and away my least favorite. Not only do I think this book is the worst of the nominees, I think it’s flat out lousy, compared to a far wider range of books….
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