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2009-11-23T13:01:50Z

Hello friends! I haven't had a lot of time to blog in the past few weeks, but here are my latest posts over on Wordpress: Books I want to be reading Book Giveaway Winners The Secret Lives of People in Love by Simon Van Booy (review) Happy Bi...

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New Home

2009-11-08T19:25:11Z

Vox friends & readers: I feel very bittersweet announcing that I'm another person jumping ship: I'm moving Books, the Universe, and Everything over to Wordpress. My main three reasons for leaving Vox are: 1. The requirement for people to registe...

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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

2009-11-01T15:10:08Z

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart is the third book about a group of four extraordinarily gifted and adventurous children who call themselves the Mysterious Benedict Society. Since this is the thir...

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Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut

2009-11-01T03:59:02Z

Look at the Birdie is the second posthumous collection by Kurt Vonnegut. The first was Armageddon in Retrospect, which came out last year. I thought this collection was a lot better than Armageddon in Retrospect. Armageddon had some good stories...

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Read-a-Thon Recap

2009-10-25T15:19:39Z

I had no idea how much fun the Read-a-Thon would be. I had a blast! I loved settling in for a cozy day of reading and good snacks, doing mini-challenges, reading posts from other participants, and tweeting with everyone. I'm already excited for th...

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The end of the line (Hour 18)

2009-10-25T05:06:01Z

Well folks, I think this is it for me tonight. I've had an absolutely lovely time participating in the read-a-thon! I made it to hour 18, which is longer than I expected to last. I finished The Wild Things during hour 17, for a total of 3 books ...

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Give Me Five (Hour 17)

2009-10-25T04:16:32Z

Books Read: 2 Blog Posts: 8 (including this one) Mini-Challenges Completed: 11 (including the one below) Coffee Consumed: 2 mugs, plus 1 Starbucks Doubleshot My progress was severely hindered by the exciting and ultimately heartbreaking MSU game ...

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Mid-Event Survey (Hour 13)

2009-10-25T00:46:38Z

Time for the mid-Read-a-Thon survey! 1. What are you reading right now? The Wild Things by Dave Eggers 2. How many books have you read so far? Two - Cherries in Winter and Making Mischief 3. What book are you most looking forward to for the s...

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Reading Is Fundamental (Hour 12)

2009-10-24T23:51:05Z

We're almost halfway! Not much to update, still reading The Wild Things. Haven't progressed much - went out to Barnes and Noble, and now I'm eating dinner. But I wanted to update to participate in the Reading is Fundamental mini-challenge from J...

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Read-a-Thon Update (Hour 9)

2009-10-24T20:43:05Z

I finished Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation by Gregory Maguire at the end of hour 7. I started For Grace Received, but wasn't feeling it. So I switched to The Wild Things by Dave Eggers (my fur covered edition!) which I'm really enj...

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