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Buyer Behaviour (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
'Personally, I think a child needs two dolls - so that they can go on adventures together - a pencil, and a notepad. That's it. Everything else is decadent Western corruption. When I was a child, we made our own amusements: drinking vinegar pretending it was whisky, flooding the garden with a hose, spitting contests. Punching each other really quite hard. Permanently mentally disturbing each other...
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Scheiss Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Mamacita says: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s wonderful semi-autobiographical Little House series contains some of my very favorite titles of all time. If you don’t have the complete set in your home, TELL Santa Claus to bring it, and no two ways about it. Every home needs these books. Our society needs these stories [...]
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Serendipity (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Here is me, panicking about finishing all my challenges for the end of the year, knowing full well I probably won't complete them and yet again I find myself jumping into more challenges for next year. What can I say, I just can't resist them! So here are two I am joining for next year. This challenge is hosted by Aarti over at BookLus t Here is the information from the challenge from Aarti's post....
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Under the Gables (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The Good Samaritan by Rembrant van Rijn, 1644 There seems to be a new view going around that neighbors--that is, those who live within close proximity to one's house--should be left alone: You leave them alone, and they leave you alone. This idea empties the word "neighbor" of all of its meaning in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Both the Old and the New Testament call upon us to "love...
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Coffee tea books and me (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Last spring, we recommended our favorite books and movies which included warm and cozy scenes as well as authors who tended to write such books. I thought for autumn, as we are entering the cold months in the northern hemisphere (I'm sure those in the southern hemisphere can remember the recent cold!)... we'll recommend books and movies that make us feel warm and cozy. I enjoyed learning about new...
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My Friend Amy (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
I simply can't resist all of the fantastic challenges book bloggers keep putting in front of my face! Here are more that I'm joining! I'm joining the YA Dystopia Challenge at Bart's Bookshelf I shall consider reading (all books are already in my To Be Read pile!): The Knife of Never Letting Go and the Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden Life as We Knew It...
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Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
The Wall Street Journal article ran a couple nice articles last week about favorite children's books which are back in print. The first article (click the title of this post) was an overview particularly calling attention to the reissue of more books in Miroslav Sasek 's THIS IS... series, THIS IS AUSTRALIA and THIS IS THE WAY TO THE MOON (formerly published under the titles THIS IS CAPE KENNEDY and...
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Meridian Ariel (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
This week is Banned Books Week, a time to celebrate the freedom to read. There shouldn't be a need to have a Banned Books Week but unfortunately there are thousands of books that have been burned, banned and continue to get challenged by individuals, groups and governments that find them offensive. The books we read expand our minds, and make us the people we are. Books have always been an important...
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Read Roger (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
"That damned Horn Book"--the first words Milton Meltzer ever said to me, upon our mutual introduction fifteen years ago. Meltzer was ever-watchful of how the review journals were treating nonfiction books, a crusade begun by him in our pages more than thirty years ago. We commemorate the passing, on September 19th, of this omnivorously curious and immensely prolific writer with a profile...
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everydaytrash (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
We’re headed to Jersey today to take part in Laurapalooza. In preparation, I am finally read this New Yorker article about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, Rose that everyone keeps talking about (kind of dark); and asked friends to share any anecdotes they remember about the Ingalls family reusing things and making things from scrap. Hands down the [...]
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SLING WORDS (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Quote for the Week "All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it . . . bearing them all away to the green fields in the South. " That description of autumn by Laura Ingalls Wilder is what I thought of today when my husband and I went out for our daily walk. Ducks in a not very...
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BookLust (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
It never ceases to amaze me just how many book bloggers are out there that I don't even know. And that somehow, even out in cyber-space, people seem to "know" the same people, and then you can meet someone else who has a completely different group of friends! This is exactly what happened for me in the BBAW Interview Swap- I met Luanne of A Bookworm's World and got the chance to interview...
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Reading the Past (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
I've really enjoyed reading all the contest entries this past week. Without further ado, it's time to draw the winner's name. This morning Random.org picked the winner as contest entrant #2, which is Mantelli! Congratulations, Mantelli, and I hope you enjoy the book. I'll be in touch shortly. This wasn't meant to be a formal survey, but I found it fascinating to read about the novels that got everyone...
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HIP CHICK'S HOME (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
I went for a walk in the wood with my daughter on this glorious September day. The sun was in and out of the clouds, the air was crisp but warm, the trees were just beginning to tease us with color. There is nothing I like better than a walk in the New England wood on a September morning with a sweet heart for company and a crispy red apple for a treat. We came home to homemade beef and cabbage soup,...
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Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
From left, Erin Wasson x RCVA, Charlotte Ronson, and Jason Wu. Veteran fashion critic Lynn Yaeger is roaming the tents for us and blogging up a storm. Here's her latest report. Are the big bowls of French fries at the Couture’s Council Cipriani luncheon for Dries van Noten put there simply to taunt the fashion types in attendance? Or are they meant to herald a whole new age where we don’t...
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