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Sunday Salon: Bookish Panic, Read-a-thons, and Read-Ins
Good morning! It’s a rainy day here in Southern California, a perfect excuse to stay in the house and curl up with a book or two. On Friday, I realized that I only have ten days before the next...
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Sunday Salon
Good morning! Breakfast has been made and now I finally have time to write a post. Last week was been a whirlwind. It seems like there was so much to do and just not enough time. Between homeschooling,...
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2014 World Book Night Picks!!
In case you missed it, last night the organizers of the U.S. World Book Night announced the titles picked for next year’s event on April 23, 2014. If you don’t know, World Book Night has been going on...
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Sunday Salon: 2014 as The Year of Tackling My TBR Mountain
When I look back at all the books I’ve read this year, I realize that only a handful were books of my own. Now that’s disappointing since I have so many unread books. Every year I say this but I mean...
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The Goldfinch Read-along
Things would have turned out better if she had lived. As it was, she died when I was a kid; and though everything that’s happened to me since then is thoroughly my own fault, still when I lost her I...
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My first read of 2014
Sheila over at A Book Journey asked readers which book will be their first read of the year. Read below to find out what I chose as my first read of 2014. It’s almost a superstition to believe that the...
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Review: The Visionist by Rachel Urquhart
The Visionist Rachel Urquhart 352 pages Published in January 2013 by Little, Brown and Co. Source: Publishers It had been but a few hours since her father had threatened them. Had he come at Mama with...
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February Wrap-Up and Memoir March
It’s ridiculous how fast this year is going by. I did read somewhere if there’s nothing new and different going on in your life, it seems like time is passing by fast. Do you guys think that’s true?...
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Review: Why Don’t Students Like School? by Daniel T. Willingham
My copy from the library. Do you see all the post-its? Why Don’t Students Like School? : A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions about How the Mind Works and What It Means For the Classroom Daniel T....
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2014 Summer Reading List
#482146917 / gettyimages.com The school year officially ended last Friday and since then, my days have been filled with watching the kids spend time being outside, playing Uno with the kids, and...
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Looking forward to May
Usually, I’m the type of person who changes the calendar on days before the month ends, always eager for a new start. Nowadays, all the months look the same as I count down until my July due date. For...
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Sunday Salon
Time: // 8:04 a.m. The scene: // As usual, I’m sitting at my desk in the living room. I spend a lot of time at this spot, doing research, reading, or just watching my kids play outside. Drinking: //...
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Currently
Time: // 5: 43 a.m. Tuesday morning. Everyone is asleep and the house is so quiet. It’s such a rare thing to experience. The scene: // I’ve been trying for the past two days to write a post, but to no...
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