The fact is that I sort of had two mothers, growing up. One is my real mother, Lee, who has always been the rock upon which my two brothers and I stand. The other is my aunt, Rena, who I consider in many ways to be the mother of my intellect. Certainly she’s the mother [...]
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If you read no other books in celebration of Earth Day, these two should be the ones you read: Geography of Hope, and Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit. [...] It’s really been a lot of fun so far. I love exploring book-related things — not just reviewing, but finding out fun tidbits, learning some history, whatever. [...] The only way I could describe how The Fionavar Tapestry made me feel was to say that I felt like my veins were filled with light. Twenty five years later, I can still pick up that trilogy and feel the same way. [...] Penguin USA is getting into the holiday spirit this week for its book break. This week’s break is the first four chapters of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Have you seen any of the Christmas Carol movies yet this season? I noticed one the other night, while I was surfing toward something else, but it didn’t [...] The American Book Review has published a list of what they consider to be the 100 Best Last Lines from Novels. Isn’t that the greatest idea? [...] Some of my Twitter acquaintances are staging Free E-Day tomorrow, December 1st. This is a day to celebrate Indie Culture, featuring plenty of art that will be given away for free. [...] It’s about time we stopped people trying to turn our young women back into 1950s helpless little man-dominated wifies. [...] This has to be one of the most wonderful things I’ve ever seen. If you remember Nora the piano-playing cat, you will love this. [...] I’ll be checking the back episodes and then watching for these every week! I love this idea. Tantalizing tidbits to get you interested in hearing or reading more. [...] |
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