Canned Laughter

I spent the entire weekend sitting on my rump. With temperatures hovering around 105, my get up and go got up and went. It was so bad, on Saturday I went to the grocery, realized I’d left my wallet at home, turned back around and never returned. We ordered Chinese. Sunday, I didn’t even bother [...]

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Forget Memorial Day Weekend. Around here it’s Prom weekend. And oh! Did the boy have a wonderful time! It was his first all-nighter (he stayed at the school lock-in until 5:00, then took a pack of girls out for breakfast), and it was my first all night nail-biter.
During the course of my post prom interrogation [...]

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According to Green Girl in Wisconsin, “Reading is Sexy”. I couldn’t agree more.
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Trick question. I do not “own” books. I buy books, read them and pass them on.
As a child I filled bookcase after bookcase. As a young adult, I filled storage boxes full of books [...]

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Because I like being reminded of good books and it’s been while since I did one of these, saw this over at Cursing Mama’s and couldn’t resist.
Key
1) Bold the books you have already read
2) Italicize the books you intend to read
3) Notes in parentheses next to note-worthy titles.
1) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2) The [...]

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Because guys dig literate chicks, tomorrow I will be joining some very hot chicks in turning off the computer and picking up a book.  It is Day To Read 2009 sponsored by Soccer Mom in Denial.  She urges us to
“Turn off your blog on January 8, 2009 to read a book, a magazine or even [...]

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I give thanks for the education that allows me to savor Louis de Bernieres’ beautifully evocative Birds Without Wings.
I also give thanks for the dictionary that  allows me to look up at least one word every three pages that I have never seen before.  Sometimes it’s good to seduced and humbled at the same time.

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It’s another book themed giveaway! This week I’m giving away Lauren Weisberger’s Chasing Harry Winston. It’s a New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Devil Wears Prada and it’s a hoot!  You’ll get a (twice read) hardcover copy direct from my darling mother-in-law, to me, to you and a bonus gift.
I wish [...]

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Mrs. Sara of A Clean, Well Lighted Place is the winner of my Busy As A Bee Give Away!  Congratulations, Mrs. Sara!
Watch for next week’s Give Away starting on Monday.  Good Luck!

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Yesterday Bunnie and I had a nice girls’ day out that ended in the bookstore (as all the best girls’ day outs do). I suggested a book that I had liked when I was her age and it got me to reminiscing about the books I loved growing up. Here’s a list of books that [...]

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Whoo! It’s hot and dry here but there are cool things happening.
First, Giveaways!

Ree is giving away You’re Not The Only One- Intimate stories from the Internet edited by Sarah J Peach.  A very cool book for a very worthy cause. Enter at My Life As A Hotfessional.
Blissfully Domestic online magazine is giving away a great big [...]

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