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I figured I would do some reading challenges while I was on vacation and just in general since I have committed to reading 52 books this year. I have been looking over the lists of the books I have read and the books that I plan on reading to see what I can count toward [...]
Week Number 127 1) What is the most disgusting thing you’ve ever had in your mouth? I’m trying to remember. I think I remember eating snow as a child and getting a patch of pee. Eew! 2) What is the boldest thing you’ve ever done? Sat across the table from someone and told them how [...]
So I’m in Rocca D’Evandro which is this little village to the south of Rome in Italy. Really gorgeous. Right out of the movies. The village is small. They have narrow “streets” and walls that are from medieval times. A cross carved in concrete to commemorate a girl stabbed in the village in 1889. Supposedly [...]
Getting through airline security for an international flight on a Friday night turned out to be pretty uneventful even though I left work later than I expected, took the train to the airport train and got off at the wrong stop and had to go back one stop, thrn zi got offf the airtran at [...]
Bel Canto, by Anne Patchett Publisher: Harper Publication Date: August 2, 2005 Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages Beautifully written, this book reminded me of reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The “unreality” of it all. Not meant to be taken literally. Loved the way the narrator was upfront about what happened later in the story because then [...]
I’m Curious 1) What famous couple do you think will announce their separation next? I can honestly say that I have no idea. It is a rare occasion when turn on my television, and that’s usually to watch a movie. Don’t really read the newspaper either. Sometimes I look the the NYT and clip certain [...]
I will be waking up in the morning to go to work and from work hop on a plane to Rome, Italy. I’m starting to get excited but I don’t feel prepared at all. I have decided that I am just going to take my backpack. I did that when I went to Ireland. It [...]
I’ve been trying really hard to finish North River by Pete Hammill for a book club meeting that I have tonight and I am having the hardest time. It’s just not my type or style of book. While I’m reading it, I manage to get through but once I put it down, it’s really hard to pick [...]
Curious As A Cat 1) What is the craziest thing you ever did as a child or teen?I really wasn’t a crazy child. I liked to read. I liked to crochet, and in the summers I liked to stay inside so that I wouldn’t be eaten alive by the mosquitos in Alabama. I guess I [...]
Blog Talkers Where were you at midnight, when it became 2008? What sort of goals did you set for yourself for 2008? Have you met those goals? Are you working on those goals? Have your goals changed? If so, how? What are your goals for the remainder of 2008? Are you looking forward to [...]
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