Read for the Book to Movie Challenge I saw the movie version of this book when it was in the theater (back in 2006), and that definitely colored my perceptions of the book. I had read online that Ridley Scott (the director of the movie) had come up with the original idea for the book […]
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Read for the R.I.P II reading challenge. I very much enjoyed this book, despite the fact that it took me forever to get through it. I’m a pretty fast reader, so it doesn’t often take me 20 days to finish reading something. I was somewhat reminded of my (high school) freshman attempt to read Les
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Not only are the crab apples ripe, but half the tree is yellow. The yellow trees tend to start first around here, though we get the occasional young maple that will go an early red, but those are few and far between. I love this time of year. I went out shopping this weekend and
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Read for the Book to Movie Challenge. Interesting little book. The story centers around Mirabelle, a shop girl in the LA Neimans, and her relationship with Ray Porter, a much older man. At its heart, the book is about transitions. It’s clear from the beginning that this is a relationship that was never meant to
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Is there anything more beautiful then fresh tomatoes from the garden? Especially when they’re heirloom tomatoes, and therefore come in so many pretty colors? As you can see, the cherry tomatoes in my father’s garden have been going crazy. It’s nice to know that even though I don’t have the room/proper light for vegetables, I
Can I get a Hallelujah? I’ve been working on this book for almost two years, and I’m done! I’m not really sure why it took me this long to get through this book. (I was only able to get through about half a story before something else would distract me and leave the book languishing
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Well, when it rains, it pours. I mean, how can I refuse to a do a reading challenge when I can easily pick out the books in a quick three minute survey of the living room section of the library? It would be wrong not to sign right up! So, without further ado, I present
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Woo-hoo! A challenge tailor-made for the half of my TBR bookpile otherwise known as my boyfriend’s book collection. I may come to regret this, but I’ve decided to do Peril the Third. My books are: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – Susanna ClarkeNorthanger Abbey – Jane Austen (This is actually from my collection, and is
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Read for the Armchair Traveler Reading Challenge. This book made me hungry. The descriptions of the food that the author and his wife were eating in their jaunts around the Luberon reminded me once again of how much I’d like to visit France. I also enjoyed the descriptions of the local color, and read with
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Great conclusion to this series. I thought it was a great young adult way to handle the book. (Aimed any older, and the two main characters would have ended up married, but I actually like that they don’t.) I honestly didn’t see Tal’s ultimate path coming until it was staring me in the face, so