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The Sequestered Nook: ONE DAY by David Nicholls
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. July 27, 2010. ONE DAY by David Nicholls. A book I had been excited to read for a long time. When my hip friend. And winning a free ARC, I was very excited to read it. Is the story of Emma and Dexter, who first truly connect on July 15, 1988, the day of their graduation. The book consists of all the following July 15ths (incidentally, the day I received One Day. Like Starter for Ten, One Day. How it feels to be in your early ...
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The Sequestered Nook: December 2009
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. December 29, 2009. Books You Can Live Without". Here is a fun article. From the New York Times that I identify with a lot these days. Because I'm kind of in between homes at the moment (my. Books are notes from the field, bound and domesticated, life brought into narrow focus. Get rid of a book? Get rid of my books? December 28, 2009. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN By Garth Stein. The Art of Racing in the Rain. Good movie, and...
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The Sequestered Nook: February 2010
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. February 28, 2010. STARTER FOR TEN by David Nicholls. Naturally, I have yet to finish any of the books I brought/ started on my trip to London (which was wonderful, thanks Hay! But, of course, as I passed the time in a bookstore in Heathrow waiting for my flight to depart for home, I decided to add another book to my heavy backpack –. A Question of Attraction. That’s exactly how I felt! Is preceded by a. Esque question that s...
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The Sequestered Nook: April 2010
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. April 30, 2010. THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN by Claire Messud. Lately, I’ve been exploring my overwhelming love for New York through the books I’ve been reading. First up – Claire Messud’s. The Emperor’s Children. More than the intertwining stories of all the characters, or the satirizing of New York high society, or the reflections on the lost generation of entitled but disillusioned young people,. The Emperor’s Children. Earlier ...
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The Sequestered Nook: STARTER FOR TEN by David Nicholls
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. February 28, 2010. STARTER FOR TEN by David Nicholls. Naturally, I have yet to finish any of the books I brought/ started on my trip to London (which was wonderful, thanks Hay! But, of course, as I passed the time in a bookstore in Heathrow waiting for my flight to depart for home, I decided to add another book to my heavy backpack –. A Question of Attraction. That’s exactly how I felt! Is preceded by a. Esque question that s...
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The Sequestered Nook: Happy Birthday, Ernest Hemingway!
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. July 21, 2010. Happy Birthday, Ernest Hemingway! All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.". Thanks to Overlook Press’s Twitter. I’ve recently been rereading a bunch of his short stories in an old copy of The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories. It is prime example of how Hemingway has a way of taking simple, mundane things (whether it is the thorn that ultimately kills the ...
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The Sequestered Nook: Happy Birthday, Harry!
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. July 31, 2010. Happy Birthday, Harry! Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It seems almost pointless to talk about how much I love. Because everyone loves Harry Potter. And all the books are indisputably amazing. But I do. I remember reading the first two books in 7. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I have...
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The Sequestered Nook: May 2010
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. May 02, 2010. In Conversation: Roddy Doyle and Colum McCann. Today was another of those perfect New York days. It was the final day of the PEN World Voices Festival,. To Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach, to Japanese translations, to Don DeLillo, to talking dogs, to. I only wish I took detailed notes. Outside of a Northside Dublin concert venue. And I was amazed to learn that. A Star Called Henry. Oh, Play That Thing! Let the...
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The Sequestered Nook: August 2010
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. August 19, 2010. Summer In The City. I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands. F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Where you can just. Any and all the books that you like. Hundreds of books. For the. Recently read (and soon to be written about, I swear): Rachel Shukert's. A CUP OF JO.
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The Sequestered Nook: DON'T PANIC
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Reflections and Ruminations on Literature of All Eras, Genres, and Brow Levels. July 28, 2010. I don't know.". I don't know what I'm looking for.". Because . because . I think it might be because if I knew I wouldn't be able to look for them.". What, are you crazy? It's a possibility I haven't ruled out yet,". Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, the sweet serenity of books". View my complete profile.
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