Weekly Geek: Day Six

“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.”

– Anne Rice, The Witching Hour

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Day Five: Weekly Geek

From Great Expectations by Charles Dickens:
“That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of [...]

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Day Four: Weekly Geek

From The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald:
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us.  It eluded us then, but that’s not matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…..And one fine morning—— So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into [...]

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Weekly Geek: Day Three

From The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini:
Was there happiness at the end, they wanted to know. If someone were to ask me today whether the story…. ends with happiness, I wouldn’t know what to say. Does anybody’s? After all, life is not a Hindi movie. Zendagi migzara, Afghans like to say: [...]

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Weekly Geek: Day Two and Sunday Salon

From The Alchemist by Paolo Coehlo:
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

I have been on a Megan McCafferty kick this week. I flew through Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings and Charmed Thirds and now have Fourth Comings left to read. This series was/is a lot [...]

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Weekly Geek: A Quote a Day

One of my favorite Weekly Geeks last year was: A Quote a Day. This will have you pulling books off your shelves and Googling for your favorites. It also means a post a day for the next week – or as many as you can do. Quoth Dewey:
You may want to come up with a [...]

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Weekly Geek: What’s In a Name?

For this week’s edition of Weekly Geeks, we’re going to take a closer look at character names. What are some of your favorite character names?
Go to Google or a baby name site like this one or this one, and look up a favorite character’s name. What does their name mean? Do you think the [...]

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Weekly Geek: Judging a Book by Its Cover

Judge a Book By Its Cover!
This week it’s all about judging books by their covers! Pick a book–any book, really–and search out multiple book cover images for that book. They could span a decade or two (or more)…Or they could span several countries. Which cover is your favorite? Which one is your least favorite? Which [...]

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Weekly Geek

What are you passionate about besides reading and blogging? For example, are you crafty (knitting, woodworking, scrapbooking, model building)? Do you cook? Into gaming (computer or board)? Sports (player or spectator)? Photography? Maybe you like geocaching, rock climbing? Or love attending events like renaissance fairs, concerts? Music? Dancing? You get the idea.
Teaching is my passion. [...]

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