Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Banana Yoshimoto came recommended to me by a friend who said she was one of her favorite authors. I must admit, I too, am quickly becoming a fan. Kitchen actually includes two novellas, “Kitchen” and “Moonlight Shadow”. Both tales have to do with love, loss and the tragic beauty of life. Yoshimoto’s writing is lyrical, [...]

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Someone Likes Me!

I won an award!  The Girl With the Braids kindly awarded me the Zombie Chicken Award: The blogger who receives this award believes in the Tao of the zombie chicken – excellence, grace and persistence in all situations, even in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. These amazing bloggers regularly produce content so remarkable that [...]

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Try Something New Challenge: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

I have never been much of a science-fiction fan, so when I saw the Try Something New Mini-Challenge, I decided that I should tackle a science fiction book. What was cool about this challenge was that you paired up with another fellow book blogger and when you finish you complete a joint post. My partner [...]

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Monday’s Musing

oday’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about bookstores… How many bookstores do you frequent? Do you have a favourite? If so, which one and what makes it so? Well, for those of you who know me, you know I work part-time at a bookstore (when I’m not teaching) and so it goes without saying. Devaney, Doak [...]

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Balancing and Why I read “Chick Lit”

Okay, so I have been on a “chick lit” kick lately. I feel the need to explain this. I read literature, I read the classics, in fact, I study the classics. Right now my students are reading Hamlet and The Great Gatsby. I re-read these every year and analyze every sentence, looking for something I [...]

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Don’t Panic!

Must finish The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by tomorrow morning.  I am currently on page 79 of 153…. no problem. I chose this book for the Try Something New Challenge hosted by Things Mean A Lot.   I told my partner I would have it done by Friday and I am a little bit behind.  [...]

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Link Love: Giveaway for Jane Austen Ruined My Life

Head on over to A Novel World and enter this giveaway contest.

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Bookin’ Through Thursday: Worst Book You’ve Ever Read

Suggested by Janet: How about, “What’s the worst ‘best’ book you’ve ever read — the one everyone says is so great, but you can’t figure out why?” I have two answers for this one and both were read in college.  One is Moby Dick.  While I appreciate the themes of this book, I did not [...]

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Six Word Memoirs

This is a video I found on You Tube of Six Word Memoirs, written and produced by students in Mr. Wright’s creative writing class at the Academic Magnet High School in North Charleston, South Carolina. I have started working on this same assignment with my own students. Our own video to come soon.

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Monday’s Musing: Talking to Strangers

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about talking to strangers… We were all warned as children to ‘never talk to strangers’, but how do you feel about book-talk with random people? When you see people reading, do you ask what it is? Do you talk to people in the book store or the library? Why or [...]

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