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The Problem with Endings
I’ve been thinking about rewriting endings a lot and I’m not quite sure why. It could be because I remembered an exercise my English teacher had our 7th grade class do. We read “The Landlady,” a short...
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The Art of Rereading
Before I read as much as I do now, I really only read Harry Potter and occasionally a book by Mary Higgins Clark. Very sad. And, while Harry Potter was still unfinished, I geared up for each new...
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Books that Stay with You
The first time I ever experienced reading a book and having it stay with me for weeks/months after I read it was Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I couldn’t get it out of my head. I thought about the...
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Nostalgia: For Better or For Worse
When I was a child, one of my favorite cartoons was Voltron. I adored it. I have so many good memories of watching that show. A few years ago, they started showing the episodes again on Cartoon...
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Blogging: An Endangered Species?
I read a couple of posts yesterday about the decline of blogging, one at Parajunkee and another at Alison Can Read. Basically they both posed a question about whether or not blogging, particularly book...
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Harry Potter: Ruined or Not Ruined?
Saturday night, I saw this article on Hypable. It mentions that JK Rowling regrets having Hermione and Ron end up together and that Hermione and Harry should’ve ended up together instead. I know there...
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Top 100 Favorite Books
Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly posted an article that listed the top 100 books people like according to what they’ve put on Facebook as part of the ten-book challenge. I thought it was really...
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Book Hangovers
I don’t often binge-read unless it’s the weekend. I can’t function if I don’t get enough sleep. And, since I’m already sleep deprived for other reasons (e.g. bad mattress, being overweight, too hot,...
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200 Books Everyone Should Read
Have you seen that list on listchallenges.com? The one with 200 books everyone should read? I have and every time I see it, I have several emotional responses to the list. My first feeling is dismay. I...
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Reading Slump
It’s as if I have no desire to read, or very little desire anyway. I’m enjoying the books I’m reading–The Stand and Dracula–but I don’t actually want to read more than a chapter at a time. Part of it...
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