It doesn’t take a genius to know that The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series isn’t exactly quality literature. One can simply glance at the cover and know as much. Forever in Blue the Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood is the fourth in the Traveling Pants series and the final book. It traces the story of four best friends who…
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On Being Ashamed
I love Harry Potter. And I’m not the tiniest bit embarassed to say so. I’ve seen all the movies, read the books mutliple times, stood in line at midnight to buy books four, five, and six, and gone to school with a scar drawn on my forehead (which freaked my high school Forensics coach out because it was the day…
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100 Books to Read or Not to Read
I stole this list from Leah and I was pleased how many of them I’d read. It also reminded me of how many books I’d like to still read. Bolded books are ones I’ve read and ones with an (*) are ones I’ve never heard of. Feel free to copy – I’d be very interested to see what people have…
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Movies
I love to read movie reviews, even for movies I have no intention of ever seeing. I guess I just like knowing what’s going on. I generally read all of Eric Snider’s movie reviews and supplement with Rotten Tomatoes or Slate.com. I’ve read a few reviews for the new movie adaptation of “Bridge to Terabithia” and, wow, I’d like to…
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread by Kate DiCamillo
I’ve been working my way very slowly through a fabulous book called “First Families but at the rate I’m reading, it will likely be another week or two at the least before I finish it, and I was feeling antsy to read and complete something. The Tale of Despereaux fit the bill perfectly. It’s another Newbery book – the 2004…
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