By Jennie
“You have to read this book!” – words guaranteed to get my back up. There is nothing that guarantees quite the same combination of annoyance, guilt, resentment and the fear that I may be missing something as those six little words. My aunt (much loved by me in a general sense) is a great one for insisting that you read something that she loves (she does the same with movies), and usually my desire to read said book diminishes in proportion with each mention of it.
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By Jennie
Redbook has a feature on summer beach reads for 2010. Do any of these books look appealing to you? Or do you have your own summer reading list?
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By Jennie
I’ve read several good books lately: I recently finished Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (who wrote The Time-Traveler’s Wife), a sort of modern-day ghost story set in London, featuring two sets of twins, long-buried family secrets, and a sprawling Victorian cemetery famous as the final resting place of Karl Marx.
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by Jennie
I’m always wishing I had more time for reading. I try to plan reading time sometimes; if I have a day off I’ll tell myself that I’m going to do nothing but read all day. It doesn’t usually pan out, though – real life has a way of intruding, with its errands, crisises, and the occasional unplanned nap.
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Just a quick reminder. August is fast approaching. Our read for the month of August will be The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs. We’ll begin the read the first of August and have several discussion posts thereafter. Looking forward to seeing you there! It is not to late to purchase this book through our Imperfect Women Bookstore!
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Written by Jeff
After several hints, I was shocked, shocked to receive my Amazon Kindle DX for Fathers Day. For those of you unfamiliar with the Kindle it is an electronic reader that allows you to download books (at about 1/3 of the cost of a new hardcover), newspapers (for about $10 a month) magazines (about $2 per week) and blogs into a 9 inch screen (they also have a 6 inch model).
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Written by Nancy
Our read for the month of August will be The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs. We’ll begin the read the first of August and have several discussion posts thereafter.
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As you finished this book, was there anything that stood out as relevant to you in where you are in life at this time? Here is the last set of questions for us to discuss regarding “My Sister’s Keeper.”
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