February 2011
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“If you don’t want a man unhappy politically, don’t give him two...”
– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
January 2011
28 posts
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“What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred...”
– Deanna Raybourn, Silent on the Moor
F is for Friday...
fridayreads:
That’s when we share our reads!
(This post inspired by Cookie Monster.)
Reblog and add a line about what you’re reading this week. Ten lucky participants will win free copies of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.
I’m finishing up These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf.
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“…time has a way of leading a person along a crooked path. Sometimes the path is...”
– A.S. Peterson, The Fiddler’s Gun
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“…we’re not accountable for how our accomplishments measure up to the...”
– Susie Larson, Embracing Your Freedom: A Personal Experience of God’s Heart for Justice
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“I had made dresses, altar cloths, aprons, cheese and wine. But how to make a...”
– Pamela Schoenewaldt, When We Were Strangers
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“It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our...”
– J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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“You can’t tell me,” answered Younger, “that marriage makes men happy. Do you know one married man who’s actually happy?”
“I’m happy.”
“Apart from you.”
Littlemore thought about it. “No. Do you know any unmarried guys who are happy?”
“No.”
“There you go then,” said Littlemore.
From The ...
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“There are three ways to live with the knowledge of death—to keep its...”
– Jed Rubenfeld, The Death Instinct
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“Death is only the beginning; afterward comes the hard part.”
– Jed Rubenfeld, The Death Instinct
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“As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes....”
– Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
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“The early settlers amazed her—they had pluck, they led lives of sweaty...”
– Jennifer Vanderbes, Strangers at the Feast
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“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river...”
– Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It
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“For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don’t...”
– Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It
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“I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continue to...”
– Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca
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If only there could be an invention that bottled...
holyflippingfliptarts:
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
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“His words created a weighty tension in my chest as if I were a small fish hooked...”
– Kathleen Kent, The Heretic’s Daughter
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“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Elijah Wood to return to Middle Earth in upcoming... →
I’m so looking forward to this movie! Peter Jackson is directing, Martin Freeman is playing Bilbo (squee!) and Elijah Wood will reprise his role as Frodo. It would be totally awesome if some of the other actors come in to reprise their roles as well (Gandalf and Galadriel especially!).
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“This house sheltered us, we spoke, we loved within those walls. That was...”
– Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca
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Bookalicio.us anniversary giveaway!
Pam at Bookalicio.us is having a two year blog anniversary. She is giving away tons of books and advance readers. The Grand Prize is a NookColor! Head on over to Bookalicio.us to enter.
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“From the first note I knew it was different from anything I had ever...”
– Deanna Raybourn, Silent in the Grave
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“They are not brave, the days when we are twenty-one. They are full of little...”
– Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca