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Currently Reading Terrorist by John Updike And wondering if merely writing that title here on the blog will result in governmental readership... I'm about half way into this book, which I have to read by June 18th w…
Enter At Your Own Risk For the past few days I've been meaning to go pick up a copy of John Updike's Terrorist for the June book club meeting here at my 9-5 job. And yesterday when I decided to take the 38 Limited home…
Currently Reading The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien A long, long time ago I promised a friend that I would read his favorite science fiction book. Having been recently reminded of that promise I hunted down a copy of…
Cosmic Inspiration Sunday I began the day watching one of the History Channel segments on The Universe. They run a series about the universe and I try to watch them when I can. A few months ago I caught the tail end of …
Book Club Recap I dunno. I'm beginning to think that the best book club conversations include a variety of perspectives, differing opinions, and disagreement. When it's a love fest, it's kinda boring. Don't get me wron…
Currently Reading The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda I've become one of those people who read Neruda. I say "one of those people" because sometimes I wonder if some people read Neruda to be seen with one of his bo…
There Will Come Soft Rains I don't know why but the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains," popped into my head this morning. I know I probably read it in high school. I checked out a gigantic Ray Bradbury anthology f…
Currently Reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz I've been meaning to blog about this book and now I'm almost finished with it. I usually don't read books this fast...I think I bought it on Monda…
Finished Reading Someone I Loved by Anna Gavalda I actually finished this book last week, but am just now blogging about it. I have to say, I was surprised it ended, not the way it was ended, or the writing, but I had…
Currently Reading Someone I Loved by Anna Gavalda I bought this novel on Sunday before heading to the Magic and immediately started reading it. Anna Gavalda is becoming one of my favorite fiction writers. If you look…