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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821176890705272567Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:50:44 +0000book: quintana of charynseries: lumatere chroniclesnewsmm: quotegiveawaypub: candlewickbook: froi of the exilesnews: bookawardsblog tourbook: on the jellicoe roadbook: the piper's sonfan reviewcover revealfan postmelina marchettamm: interviewbook: ferragostmm: eventsnews in less than 132 minutesnews: film132 minutesbook: saving francescafan postsgiveaway winnerpub: penguin australiabook: finnikin of the rockbook: looking for alibrandifanartshelf envy132 Minutes | Melina Marchetta Fansnoreply@blogger.com (A.J.)Blogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821176890705272567.post-2178200186076812223Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:13:00 +00002013-01-22T15:13:26.539-05:00giveawaygiveaway winnerARC winners + new Quintana giveaway!Congratulations to the <i>Quintana of Charyn</i> galley giveaway winners! Here are the four lucky winners:<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Cate A.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Lacey T.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Angelica J.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alice M.</span></div> <br /> They all have replied to our emails and the ARCs are on their way to them. Hope you all enjoy the conclusion to the Lumatere Chronicles!<br /> <br /> If you didn't win, you have yet another chance to win an ARC of <i>Quintana of Charyn </i>through Goodreads! Click <b><a href="; to go directly to the giveaway. The giveaway is hosted by Candlewick, ends February 18, and open to US and Canadian residents. It's really simple to enter. All you need is a Goodreads account. Good luck!2013/01/arc-winners-new-quintana-giveaway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J.)34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821176890705272567.post-2070708511007107222Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:45:00 +00002013-01-09T08:56:36.003-05:00book: quintana of charyngiveawaypub: candlewickGiveaway: Quintana of Charyn Galleys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" height="320" src="; width="239" /></a></div> In case you haven't heard yet, <i>Quintana of Charyn</i> was scheduled to release on March 12 in North America, but the release date has now moved to <b>April 9</b>. So those patiently waiting for its release will have to wait just a bit longer. It'll be worth it though!<br /> <br /> For now, thanks to Candlewick, we have <i>Quintana of Charyn</i> galleys (ARCs) up for grabs! There will be <u>four</u> lucky winners chosen. The giveaway is open to US/CAN residents only and will end January 18. The winners will have 48 hours to reply back to our email with their mailing addresses or new winners will be chosen. The galleys will be sent straight from Candlewick.<br /> <br /> To enter, all you have to do is fill out the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck, everyone! :)<br /> <br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <a class="rafl" href="; id="rc-89588c2" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a> <script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>2013/01/giveaway-quintana-of-charyn-galleys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J.)30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821176890705272567.post-4827202844852198012Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:23:00 +00002012-11-20T11:23:18.445-05:00book: quintana of charynpub: candlewickQuintana of Charyn Preview<i>Quintana of Charyn </i>will be released March 12, 2013 in North America. Candlewick, the North American publisher, has posted a preview of <i>Quintana of Charyn</i> on Scribd! It's the first two chapters, which you can read below. Or you can access it through the <a href=" link</a>, if the file isn't showing up. And don't forget that you can read the prologue <a href="2012/09/quintana-of-charyn-prologue.html">HERE</a>. Enjoy!<br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.660907127429806" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_17554" scrolling="no" src="; width="100%"></iframe>2012/11/quintana-of-charyn-preview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J.)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821176890705272567.post-2399667172809078773Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:00:00 +00002012-11-10T06:00:08.770-05:00book: quintana of charynmm: interviewshelf envyShelf Envy with Melina Marchetta<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="; width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <b>This is the final post for the&nbsp;<i>Quintana of Charyn</i>&nbsp;blog tour! If you missed the other dates, you can find the entire schedule&nbsp;<a href="2012/10/quintana-of-charyn-blog-tour-schedule.html">here</a>.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> First and foremost, I'd like to thank Melina for the intrusion. I'm sure she's wondering why in the heck I've asked her to show us her bookshelves. Well, my primary reason is that I'm nosy and I've always wanted to know the type of books she reads or have read. It wasn't easy; but asking her to do this post took a few self-inflicted slaps in the face as I psyched myself out. I'm just glad I didn't have to resort to liquid courage.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>222</o:Words> <o:Characters>1268</o:Characters> <o:Company>home</o:Company> <o:Lines>10</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>2</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>1557</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><a href="; imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="; width="266" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -18pt;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -18pt;"><b>What was the last book you purchase?</b></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"> <span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> <span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Damien Echols’ Life After Death. It’s an autobiography written by one of three men wrongly accused of the murder of three little boys in West Memphis Arkansas almost twenty years ago when they were teenagers. It’s an amazing read about injustice and faith and growing up different.</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: right; text-indent: -18pt;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">2.<span style="font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU"><b>Which literary characters (other than yours) would you&nbsp;like to hang&nbsp;out with? <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> <span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"> <span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Too hard a question, but apart from Sydney, I love New York so I wouldn’t mind spending a night listening to Mia and Adam (from Gayle Forman’s Where She Went) play music.</i></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> <span lang="EN-AU" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="text-indent: -18pt;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b> </b></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><b>Name your&nbsp;ultimate top 5 books.</b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: center;"> <span lang="EN-AU" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"> <span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I’m very fickle about this so if someone is to ask me in a year’s time I<a href="; name="_GoBack"></a>’d probably have another list of five and if someone is to ask me about my most influential novels, I’d have a different list and so on and so forth, but for now my five are: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon; The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner; The Broken Shore by Peter Temple; Persuasion by Jane Austen; and Hills End by Ivan Southall. </i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> <b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-AU">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU"><b>What&nbsp;is the most random item (knick knacks or book) in your bookshelf?<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> <span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"> <span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: inherit;">&nbsp;<i>Holy water (from my mum, who wants me to bless my house with it.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-AU">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-AU"><b>Do you have a go-to book when you hit a wall in your writing?&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> <span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-AU"><i>No, I think the worst thing I could do to myself is read someone else’s work when I’ve hit a wall with my writing.&nbsp; But for solace, I find myself re-reading fantasy novels. My last re-reads were two of Anne Bishop’s books from the Ephemera Series.</i></span></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</span></div> <!--EndFragment--><br /> <br /> Huge thank you to Melina Marchetta for taking the time to answer our questions and to the bloggers who participated in the blog tour! This tour wouldn't have been successful without you all. It was our first time hosting a blog tour, so it was definitely a big learning experience for us. We hope everyone enjoyed following the tour and reading the posts for the past <strike>9</strike>&nbsp;10 days. :)<br /> <br /> The giveaway is still up and will be running until the end of November. Please don't forget to enter for a chance to win the entire Lumatere Trilogy!<br /> <br /> - Joy &amp; Alexa2012/11/shelf-envy-with-melina-marchetta.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J.)130tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821176890705272567.post-6354740614045628207Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:11:00 +00002012-11-09T12:11:50.439-05:00blog tourbook: quintana of charynmelina marchettaMelina Marchetta on the Secondary Women<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="135" src="; width="400" /></a></div> You can find the entire schedule for the <i>Quintana of Charyn</i> blog tour&nbsp;<a href="2012/10/quintana-of-charyn-blog-tour-schedule.html">here</a>. For this guest post, we asked Melina Marchetta about the secondary female characters and how they find strength in hopeless situations.<br /> <br /> <hr width="65%" /> <br /> I just wanted to start by saying a big thank you to Joy and Alexa and all those who have written such kind words about Quintana of Charyn.&nbsp; I came back from being away and read all the posts and the art work this week and loved them all.<br /> <br /> Joy and Alexa asked me to write a post and we settled on a question about the secondary characters of women.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="; width="158" /></a></div> What you do when you need characters to find the strength to keep going, even when everything seems hopeless, is you give them a role model. That’s why Quintana gets the title of the novel.&nbsp; Because through watching her and understanding her past, the women of the valley begin to understand the complexity of Quintana.&nbsp; Apart from Froi and Lirah, they are the only people who grow to love Quintana for herself, rather than because she’s the mother of the future King. She may not always be nice, but she earns that love by hunting for them, arming them, and being the leader her father never was.<br /> <br /> When I was working on Froi of the Exiles, I knew that the women of the valley would be important to Quintana’s journey.&nbsp; By the time I started the last novel, I had changed my mind and felt that Tesadora and Japhra and the Mont girls better assisted her journey.&nbsp; And then I changed my mind again.&nbsp; If I had just relied on Tesadora and the Mont girls, I think I would have gone over old ground and missed out on finding out more about the women of Charyn.&nbsp; In one of the most crucial scenes in Quintana, Phaedra begs for their lives and Cora refuses to kneel at the feet of any man, and I loved them both for it.&nbsp;&nbsp; That’s what I wanted to explore.&nbsp; What would I do? Who knows, but I think I’d like to refuse to beg like Cora, yet I’d do anything to live much like Phaedra. <br /> <br /> I loved writing those powerful prickly moments between Quintana and the women in her life because I got to discover more about her. Things I didn’t know. Her words to Florenza about the filth of memories are one of my favourite lines. It breaks my heart that I can’t remember this moment, but years ago, the real Jimmy Hailler (from Saving Francesca) told me that a defining moment for him was when we were sitting on the front steps of the school where I taught him and I told him something along the same lines. Something about not letting our past write the story of our future lives.&nbsp; So I used that sentiment in this novel.&nbsp; That’s how strange writing is.&nbsp; You can have a conversation with a teenage boy about life, and ten years later it can end up a conversation between women in a fantasy novel.<br /> <br /> And of course I didn’t want to forget about Tesadora.&nbsp; Apart from the Queen of Lumatere, she’s one of my favourite characters and her story line and that of the generation of Charyn women who missed out on having children was the most heart breaking to write. Cora and Tesadora, and the women of Charyn who missed out on having children because of the curse, were very real to me. What I loved about Tesadora is that she didn’t give in and take a woe-is-me attitude. Nor did Cora.&nbsp; Cora is the planter of the hope seeds. Japhra is a healer. I’d like to think there’s more to women than being defined by society’s expectations. I really wanted these women to be more than the sum of their experiences.<br /> <br /> <hr width="65%" /> <br /> Don't you just love anything Melina Marchetta writes? It's always great reading what she thinks about her characters and this post was insightful. Thank you, Melina, for writing out this wonderful post for the tour! :D2012/11/melina-marchetta-on-secondary-women.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J.)58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821176890705272567.post-1866121613776209964Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:00:00 +00002012-11-01T00:00:04.297-04:00blog tourbook: quintana of charynfan postsLit Chat: Joy and Alexa on Quintana (and Giveaway)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="; width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> See the full schedule for the <i>Quintana of Charyn</i> blog tour <a href="2012/10/quintana-of-charyn-blog-tour-schedule.html">HERE</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nea="true" src="; /></a></div> So. Alexa and I spent an hour or two one Sunday afternoon <strike>fangirling</strike>&nbsp;chatting about Quintana.&nbsp;Please bear with us because we were all over the place. We wanted it to be as spontaneous as possible so we didn't really have any prepared topics or questions. We flew by the seats of our pants and if you can bear with our ramblings, I'm sure we've made a bit of sense...somehow. <br /> <br /> <b>Please note: We had to block out a couple of spoilery things below. We could tell you what they were...but then we'd have to kill you...just kidding! &nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">12:46 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: Oh hey!</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">12:47 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: I was looking everywhere and finally found the invite on this talk thing lol</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: Sweet. :)</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">12:48 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">You read Quintana pretty fast!</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">12:49 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: I've realized I can read fast when it's a book I REALLYREALLY want to read. Other books just take me days. lol</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: I hear ya. I forced myself to slow down. I've read and re-read this book already.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">12:51 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: Ooh I want to reread it too along with Froi. Not sure when tho.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">12:52 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: I knowwwww. I had this plan to write a post on 132 about all the things I was looking forward to about Quintana before she comes but time ran out on me.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">12:53 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">Anyway. I don't need to ask if you loved it because...that's just a stupid question. LOL. Of course, you did!</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">12:54 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: That would have been an interesting post to compare to after reading.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">Yes, same for you!</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: Exactly. Rhetorical question. :)</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">12:57 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">Well what were you looking forward to the most about Quintana?</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:00 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: In the summary it said that there was a showdown between Isaboe &amp; Quintana in the valley and I couldn't wait to read that!</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:01 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">Who was going to gain power &amp; who was going to go through heartbreak?</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:02 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">It made me really nervous. D:</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:03 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: For me, I wanted to know if Froi would be forced to take sides. I knew his bond with Isaboe would make it difficult and it was interesting to see it all play out.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:06 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: Yes I wondered how that was going to work out. I know he cares so much for Isaboe, Finnikin, and Lumatere, but I wanted him to be with Quintana and his real parents.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">Everyone has just been through so much. I wanted everyone to be happy.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:08 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: They got there but it wasn't easy though, wasn't it? But I'm not complaining. I love that about MM's books. Her characters go through so much before she gives them their HEA. The books are always fraught with hardships and heartaches.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:10 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: So true. Wouldn't be an MM book without all that.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">Who did you think would get the power or the heartbreak?</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:15 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">I didn't want either Quintana or Isaboe to go through any sort of heartbreak. But I admit I did want Quintana to get the power...</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: I was more hedging on the fact that no matter what, both kingdoms would be united as one. Froi is the bridge that would link them to peace. As for heartbreak...well. It was across the board. Like you said, it wouldn't be an MM book without it.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:16 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">And I agree. Charynites deserved peace after all the years of their struggle.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:20 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: They did deserve! Actually while I was reading, I remember finally deciding who I wanted to have the power. I was like, 'Okay, Isaboe, I'm sorry. It's Quintana's turn.' As soon as I thought I turned the page to the next chapter..</span></div> <div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:21 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span style="background-color: black;">Spoiler:&nbsp;And I found out Isaboe and Finnikin had lost their baby!!</span></span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:22 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: Lol! We're going to have to block that one out!</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">But yeah, that was...hard to read.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: (lmao Okay!)</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:24 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">Yeah, it was. So sad. :'( I wanted to go in there and comfort them. I regretted thinking that one deserved more happiness than the other. Quin&amp;Isa both deserved happiness.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:28 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: I love what Finnikin said when Isaboe asked him that question and his answer was that he'll shout out to the goddess in fury why he was given so much and other men so little. God. This is what I love about her writing. It doesn't take much for her to reduce me to tears.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:36 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: Aww Finnikin... While it all just broke my heart, I'm glad that MM still had Finnkin and Isaboe go through heart wrenching moments. They were going through things like everyone else.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:37 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: I must admit, I was a little irritated with him right from the get to. I mean, come on, Finch. You really think Isaboe is going around dreaming of another man while she's in bed with you? Duuuude.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:44 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: Oh I know! I wanted to punch him! His assumptions and some of things he said were funny to me because they were so ridiculous. :p</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: :)</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:45 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">Do you ever find yourself going to the map to track where everyone was? I did that a lot. Lol.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:46 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">I think this is the only fantasy book where I'm completely vested in every facets of the novel.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:47 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: Heck yea! I would have been lost without those maps. This time I kept getting Sarnak and Sorel mixed up.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:48 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">Same here. Usually I don't pay much attention to maps in other books, but I loved looking at the ones in this series.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: I was more obsessed about how much traveling they had to do. Like that part where Grij had to take Phaedra back to the valley. Mind you, it probably was more because I was dying for a reunion with Luc-ien!</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:49 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: Phaedra and Lucian!! &lt;3 &lt;3</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:50 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">I was definitely looking forward to scenes with them. I needed to know what would happen between them! :D</span></div> <div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span style="background-color: black;">Spoiler:<b> Joyousreads</b>: Yessss. God. I expected a lot more temper throwing from that Mont though.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span style="background-color: black;">Especially when he found out his wife was alive the entire time.</span></span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:51 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: lol I wanted the opposite. I didn't want him to get angry at all!</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:52 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: What?! Come on, Mont boys are hot when they lose their tempers! Actually, so do the boys from the Rock...and the Flatland...and the River. Well...I like them when they lose their tempers anyway. :)</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:55 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: I know, you're right! But....I didn't want him to be angry at Phaedra. Because she's awesome, and I wanted him to be understanding.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:56 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: MM's books are littered with strong heroines...even secondary ones. A lot of writers could use a lesson or two from her.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:58 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: For real. And her secondary characters leave an impression. I actually care about them and want to know what happens to them as much as the main characters.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">1:59 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: Which brings me to this question: if MM would write a short story about a couple of her secondary characters, which two would you pick?</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:00 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">...that is, if we were given the chance to choose. :)</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:01 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: After finishing Quintana, I would definitely love to read more about Perri and Tesadora.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:02 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: God. Yes! It'd had to be R-rated. There's just no way those two wouldn't have fierce...er, relations. Lol.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:03 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: I loved those two before, but when I found out what happened to them all those years ago.. I need to know more!!</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">YES! lol And Perri is just...&nbsp;<b>faints</b></span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:04 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: Yes. That scar on his face. That fierce, dangerous aura? And Tesadora could give as much as she could take. They're perfect.</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:08 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: They made me smile so much. X3 That reminds me, when Lucian tried to warn Perri about Tesadora's mood...that was hilarious! Oh Lucian. XD</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:09 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: Tesadora is one scary witch.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:10 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;">Was it everything you hoped for?</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:13 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: It was completely satisfying. I felt so relieved and happy when I was done. :) What about you?</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:16 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: That and more. I can't pinpoint what I liked best about the book but I can say in all honesty that I didn't like the fact that this is the end for this series. I mean, don't get me wrong. It ended how it was meant to end but I just can't. I don't. You know the feeling you get when you've prepared and worked hard to achieve something for the longest time and instead of feeling relieved you're just kind left feeling empty? Like a deflated balloon? That's how I felt. Not because the book was unsatisfactory but it's like..."now what do I do?" yanno?</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:18 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Alexa</b>: It's weird; I did feel like that in a way as well. I didn't want it to ever end!</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:19 PM&nbsp;</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><b>Joyousreads</b>: Oh well. Anyway, the boy is screaming for his afternoon snack. I'll catch ya later on Twitter. Nice chatting with ya :)</span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; float: left;">2:


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Please update your readers:<br /><a href=" />;2010/03/ive-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-2039775354712683304Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:55:00 +00002009-04-26T12:56:05.893-07:00Dewey's weekly geeksMonday's Quote<blockquote><p><em>“My library</em></p> <p><em>Was dukedom large enough.”</em></p> <p>William Shakespeare, <em>The Tempest </em>(1611)</p></blockquote>2009/03/mondays-quote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-393425442753765628Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:48:00 +00002009-04-26T12:50:52.211-07:00A Novel Group Mini-ChallengeA-Z ChallengeThe Year of Readers ChallengeNotes to Self - Samara O'Shea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329089801370578370" border="0" /></a><br /> <em>Having an acute sense of self is about balance. You have to be kind to yourself, but not so lenient that you can’t be occasionally critical and enact self-discipline–and not so critical that you spend too much time degrading yourself . . . Knowing your physical and emotional strengths and weaknesses and being able to accept them is key to the well-lived life.</em><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>-</em>Samara O’Shea<em>, Sense of Self<br /></em></p></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">I didn’t really know what to expect when I picked up<em> Note To Self: On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits b</em>y Samara O’Shea. At the time I was in a writing slump; overwhelmed and stressed out from my everyday life, I knew it was because it had been weeks since I last wrote in my journal. Enter O’Shea with her second book.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Note to Self</em> is a guidebook for anyone interested in keeping a journal. With chapters like “Sense of Self,” which the above quote was taken from, “Romance on Record”, writing about the relationships that went right (or wrong), or “Intimate Details” about being honest with yourself when writing, O’ Shea did a great job in bringing almost every area of journal writing to readers. You also get the understanding for O’ Shea that journal writing isn’t just a hobby but a passion.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">I’m a journal writer who paints, draws, and put photographs and other momentos in my journal. O’ Shea didn’t really address the creative side of using art in your journals like Keri Smith does in her books, <em>Wreck this Journal</em> or <em>How To Be an Explorer of the World</em>. If you’re a journal writer who not only documents their life with words, this journal might not help you with that aspect of journaling but it is a great read.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Some of the things O’ Shea discussed that I really agreed with were:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The use of quotes in your journal. Nothing brings you more inspiration and peace during hard times like other people’s words.</li><li>Pose a question. Asking yourself questions helps to get the ball going when you’re feeling stuck in your life.</li><li>Set literal goals. When you place your goals in your journals they are always there to remind you and keep you going.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Another great thing about the book is that O’ Shea also uses a ton of excerpts from her own journals and the journals of others like Anne Frank, Samuel Pepys, Thomas Paine, John Wilkes Booth, and many others. She even brings up the famous young protagonist from Judy Blume’s <em>Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret</em>. I finished reading this book last month and still I refuse to take the post-its out until the day this book is due at the library. One more quote I would like to share:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote><p><em>This, more than anything, is what a journal leads to — finding your sense of self. . . You may think you’re living one way, but your writing says otherwise. Some of my math teachers were kind enough to give points for the work even if the answer ended up being wrong, so I say that’s how we go about doing this, too. Write out the work in the equation of yourself, and don’t worry about the definitive answer just yet. It’s a lifelong process, and herein lies the benefit of aging — knowing yourself all the more.</em></p></blockquote> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Read for The Year of Readers Challenge, A to Z Challenge, and A Novel Group Mini-Challenge #3</p>2009/03/notes-to-self-samara-oshea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-4495067946450443859Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:38:00 +00002009-04-26T12:54:54.445-07:00Women's History Month ChallengeSunday Salon: Reading Journal<span style="font-style: italic;">“It is life that shakes and rock us; it is literature which stabilizes and confirms.”</span><div class="snap_preview"><blockquote> <p>-Heathcote William Garrod, <em>The Profession of Poetry and Other Lectures</em> (1929)</p></blockquote> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 199px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329090835999829858" border="0" /></a>Good morning! Right now it’s so early that the sun has not came up yet and most of my family is still asleep. I have a pot of coffee brewing and one of my current reads in front of me. For the past several days I’ve been taking advantage of early mornings and late nights to get some of my personal reading done. It’s been such a great experience to get lost again in a book without the interruptions of life.</p> <p>I’m currently reading <em>The Elegance of the Hedgehog</em> by Muriel Barbery. The New York Times calls it “eloquent little essays in time, beauty, and the meaning of life” and I have to agree.</p> <p>The narration of the novel goes back and forth between Paloma Josse, a 12 year-old genius and the concierge of the building she lives in, Rene Michel. Rene is a great character. Smart, charming, funny with a love for <em>The Hunt for Red October</em>, tea, movies, and books, Rene’s voice is full of life as she observes what goes on in the building and gives the reader her own philosophical commentary. I’m not as crazy about Paloma as I am about Rene but she too has a great voice.</p> <p><em>The Elegance of the Hedgehog</em> was a bestseller in France before being released in the States last year. I picked it up out of curiousity and the great reviews. It was also one of the last books that Dewey was reading when she passed. Dewey was ahead of the crowd. I wonder what she thought of it. I have many passages marked with post-its.</p> <p><strong>This Week’s Reading</strong></p> <p>I plan on finishing <em>The Elegance</em> in the next couple of days. <em>The Scarlet Letter</em> is required reading this week for my American Lit. class. My classmates and I are required to read it twice this week and then write an essay on it by this Saturday. This week will be busy. I hope you have a great Sunday!</p> <p><strong>What are you plans for this week?</strong></p> </div>2009/03/sunday-salon-reading-journal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-6496305072756628658Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +00002009-04-26T12:52:43.611-07:00Women's History Month ChallengeWomen's History Month Challenge<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329090286583955554" border="0" /></a>Lu at <a href=" Rumination</a> is hosting a Women’s History Month Challenge. I’m in and my goal will be to read at least five books written by women. The majority of the books I read are by women but this month it might be a problem. Next week I have to read <em>The Scarlet Letter</em> for one of my classes. Plus, I only have two weeks to read <em>Atmospheric Disturbances</em> and <em>The Story of Edgar Sawtelle</em>. No matter what I plan on finishing this challenge though. Here are some of the books I plan on reading: </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>T</em><em>he Elegance of the Hedgehog </em>by Muriel Barbery. I’m currently reading this.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The Hunger Games </em>by Suzanne Collins. After waiting weeks for this book, I only have three weeks to read it before I have to return it to my library. No holds are allowed since this book is the book right now.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The House on Mango Street</em> by Sandra Cisneros. It’s been years since I read this, so I wanted to reread another strong and female voice.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>First, Body</em> by Melanie Rae Thon. I first read this collection of short stories years ago. I can’t wait to reread it.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Do you have any suggestions on great books I should read by women? I would love to hear them.</strong></p>2009/03/womens-history-month-challenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-8754912462091087173Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:30:00 +00002009-04-26T12:48:19.324-07:00Dewey's weekly geeksWeekly Geeks 3/7/09<div class="entry"> <br /> <div class="snap_preview"><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-297" title="wg" src="; alt="wg" width="137" height="144" /><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This week’s Weekly Geeks is to post a quote a day for a week. This is one of my favorite w.g. activities. My quotes for this week will be coming from a great book called<em> Speaking of Books: The Best Things Ever Said About Books and Book Collecting </em>by Rob Kaplan and Harold Rabinowitz.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote><p><em>Bibliomaniac: A victim of the obsessive-compulsive neurosis characterized by a congested library and an atrophied bank account. </em></p> <p>-Maurice Dunbar, Hooked on Books (1997)</p></blockquote></div> </div></div>2009/04/weekly-geeks-3709.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-340682086735558862Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:31:00 +00002009-03-19T07:23:25.277-07:00The EndHey Friends!1330v has a new home! So please update your feeders. Thanks!<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://classicvasilly.wordpress.com/">;2009/03/hey-friends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-1557393705191507459Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:28:00 +00002009-03-05T06:39:56.349-08:00Booking Through ThursdayBooking Through Thursday<p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;">We’ve all seen the lists, we’ve all thought, “I should really read that someday,” but for all of us, there are still books on “The List” that we haven’t actually gotten around to reading. Even though we know they’re fabulous. Even though we know that we’ll like them. Or that we’ll learn from them. Or just that they’re supposed to be worthy. We just … haven’t gotten around to them yet.<strong> What’s the best book that YOU haven’t read yet?</strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm going to limit my books to the ones on my bookshelves.<br /></span></strong></p><ol><li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck.<br /></span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Beloved - Toni Morrison</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sula - Toni Morrison</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Year of Fog - Michelle Richmond</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Gravedigger's Daughter - Joyce Carol Oates</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Loving Frank - Nancy Horan</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Color Purple - Alice Walker</span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Nights at the Circus - Angela Carter</span></strong></li><li><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger<br /></span></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Have you read any of these books? What were your favorites? Which one should I read next?</span>2009/03/booking-through-thursday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-6320177585327888373Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:34:00 +00002009-03-04T09:49:24.475-08:00Orbis Terrarum ChallengeOrbis Terrarum Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309372255947518402" border="0" /></a><br />I'm in! No list though I am reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery from France.2009/03/orbis-terrarum-challenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-3985539806101403658Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:29:00 +00002009-03-03T18:58:01.281-08:00misc.Sick Week<div style="text-align: justify;">The past seven days have been very chaotic. Hours after coming home from school last Tuesday, I became very tired and went to sleep early, hoping that all I needed was some rest. Wrong! I ended up with a fever of 104 and unable to go to the doctor because I was too sick to get myself there. Soon everyone in the Vasillis household was sick. From Grandma to the baby, all of us except my oldest were coughing, feverish, miserable lumps.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Today is the first day I felt okay. Everyone else has felt better for days but every time I thought I was getting better I would later end up exhausted and in bed again. I couldn't even read while I was sick which is a first in my life. I want to thank everyone for their get-well wishes. I really appreciate it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">February Update</span><br />February turned out to be a horrible month for reading. I read a total of nine books:<br /><br />1. Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile - Bill Willingham<br />2. Fables Vol. 6: Arabian Nights - Bill Willingham<br />3. The Poet Slave of Cuba - Margarita Engle<br />4. Daphne's Book - Mary Downing Hahn<br />5. Ziggy's Blue-Ribbon Day - Claudia Mills<br />6. Chicken Feathers - Joy Crowley<br />7. Potato Joe - Keith Baker<br />8. A Couple of Boys have the Best Week Ever - Marla Frazee<br />9. A Child's Day - Ida Pearle<br /><br />I enjoyed every book but I can't believe that I only read two adult reads. Let's hope March will be a better reading month. Now I'm off to sleep. I'm exhausted still.<br /></div>2009/03/sick-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-2392092885765313115Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:12:00 +00002009-02-28T12:12:06.136-08:00A Novel Mini-ChallengeJ.Kaye's Y.A. ChallengereviewsThe Year of Readers ChallengeYear of Reading DangerouslyThe Poet Slave of CubaThis week didn't turn out the way I imagined it to be. I had planned on turning in all assignments on time this week, get some reading in, and relax. Instead I caught a virus, maybe the flu, and ended up in bed for the last five days. I started feeling a little better yesterday. My youngest caught the virus last night and is miserable. Something tells me I won't be at school next week. . .<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span>Poetry cools me, syllables calm me<br /></span> <span>I read the verses of others<br /></span> <span>the free men<br />and know<br /></span> <span>that I'm never alone</span>. . .<br /> -The Poet Slave of Cuba<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307938363443682018" border="0" /></a>While I was taking care of my son this morning, I picked up <span style="font-style: italic;">The Poet Slave of Cuba </span>from my nightstand. Written in verse by Margarita Engle, it's the biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Manzano was born a slave in Cuba. A favorite of his first master, Dona Beatriz, he had to follow her around like he was her own child, calling her Mama, and pretend he didn't know his real mother. As Manzano grows up, he shows a wonderful gift for words. He can memorize any song, opera, play, poem in any language after hearing it just once. Dona Beatriz uses him as a parrot, going to the parties of slave owners and having to recite works by request.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">My first owner was sweet to me<br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> I was her pet, a new kind of poodle</span><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">my pretty mother chosen<br /> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> to be her personal handmaid . . .</span><br /></div><br />As an act of twisted compassion, Dona Beatriz sets Manzano's mother free but not him, a child. She refuses to let him go until her death. But after her death instead of freedom, he is sent to be a slave of La Marquesta de Prado Ameno. Evil is not a strong enough word for her. A manipulative, sad, twisted person who finds nothing better in life but to focus on making Manzano's own life hell. I won't tell you the rest but there was one part that made me hold my breath.<br /><br />It was the opening that made me check out the book.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">My mind is a brush made of feathers</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">painting pictures of words</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I remember<br />all that I see<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">every syllable<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">each word a twin of itself</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">telling two stories<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">at the same time<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">one of sorrow</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the other hope</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano</span><br />Margarita Engle (2006)<br />183 pages<br /><br />Read for:<br />Young adult challenge<br />Year of Reading Dangerously - Feb.<br />Diversity Rocks<br />In Their Shoes<br />Year of Readers<br />2009 Mini-Challenge #3<br /><br /></div></div></div>2009/02/poet-slave-of-cuba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-4655303437356925823Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:01:00 +00002009-02-25T06:01:00.612-08:00Library Loot 2/18/09I made a promise to myself that from now on I will only go to the library once a week. With this batch from the last two weeks you can see why.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305440003692763170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305440294747870834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305440413842052706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305440513301648402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305443641561424690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 122px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305443801070421362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305443961372199490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305444110969680290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305446163193776066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305446463074089298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305446693827985522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305446957530823410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 111px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305447215745384306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 199px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305447348606217266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><ul><li>The Poet Slave of Cuba by Margarita Engle <span style="font-style: italic;">(Diversity Rocks &amp; Y.A. challenges)</span></li><li>Don't Sleep, There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle <span style="font-style: italic;">(World Citizen and In Their Shoes challenges)</span></li><li>Chains - Laurie False Anderson <span style="font-style: italic;"> (Y.A. challenge)</span></li><li>Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins <span style="font-style: italic;">(Y.A. challenge)</span></li></ul><ul><li>Sitting Bull - Bill Yenne <span style="font-style: italic;">(In Their Shoes challenge)</span></li><li>Fables Vol. 2: Animal Farm - Bill Willingham <span style="font-style: italic;">(Graphic Novels challenge)</span></li><li>Life as we know it - Susan Pfeffer</li><li>Time is a River - Mary Alice Munroe</li></ul><ul><li>Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from The Middle East, Asia, and Beyond<span style="font-style: italic;"> (Diversity Rocks and Lost in Translation challenges)</span></li><li>No one belongs here more than you: stories by Miranda July<span style="font-style: italic;"> (100 shots of short)</span></li><li>A Raisin in the Sun -Lorraine Hanbery <span style="font-style: italic;">(Diversity Rocks challenge)</span></li><li>The Northern Clemency - Philip Hensher <span style="font-style: italic;">(Book Awards Challenge)</span></li></ul><ul><li>Annie on my mind - Nancy Garden <span style="font-style: italic;">(Childhood Favorites, Young Adult, and Banned Book challenges)</span></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">The Saturday</span>s - Elizabeth Enright <span style="font-style: italic;">(Dewey Challenge)</span></li><li>Black Candle - Chitra Divakaruni <span style="font-style: italic;">(Diversity Rocks)</span></li></ul><ul><li>The Dark Hills Divide - Patrick Carman</li><li>Annie Allen - Gwendolyn Brooks <span style="font-style: italic;">(Diversity Rocks)</span></li><li>The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery <span style="font-style: italic;">(Lost in Translation challenge)</span></li></ul>2009/02/library-loot-21809.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-9102189880957902823Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:50:00 +00002009-02-24T08:50:00.973-08:00mememisc.Ten Things That Start with "F"<div style="text-align: justify;">It's my turn! The lovely Cornflower gave me the letter "F" weeks ago. Surprising enough it took me less than ten minutes to come up with my ten.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">French Vanilla Ice Cream.</span> It's plain but tastes great with a waffle bowl.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301032477916681538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">French Vanilla CoffeeMate in my coffee</span>. I've tried other flavors, but vanilla is the one for me.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Feist. </span>Listening to her puts me in the best mood.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">First, Body</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">: stories by Melanie Rae Thon.</span> I read this haunting collection of short stories many years ago and have not been able to get it out of my mind since. I have only one book left of Thon's to read.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fridays.</span> Not because there's no school for me, but because it's one of the few days I get my mother to myself for a couple of hours.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301031354845583522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Family</span>. That's not cheating. Their last name starts with "F" also.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fables </span>series by Bill Willingham. This series is so addictive.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301029241971211762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fresh Flowers. </span>I try to buy fresh flowers just once a month. Even if I'm broke, I know I can buy some baby breath for two or three bucks.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Four weddings and a Funeral</span>. I just love great movies.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Folgers Coffee.</span> I'm a zombie until I get this stuff into my system.2009/02/ten-things-that-start-with-f.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-5156299286548934492Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:35:00 +00002009-02-23T07:44:15.287-08:00Musing MondayMusing Mondays<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 117px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306017425329621906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">How often do you visit the library? Do you have a scheduled library day/time or do you go whenever? Do you go alone or take people with you?</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I visit the library once a week. I used to go to the library any time I felt like it but that's not really efficient time-wise. So now I usually go on Fridays or Saturdays. That way my family and I have at least a week to read some of books from the huge pile we checked out. I want to return a book that's been read as soon as possible so there won't be any late fines later on, which is important when all seven of us have library cards and the checkout limit is 25 items.<br /><br />If I go to the library on a Friday, I usually go by myself. That way I can browse in peace and find some good reads I may not have found otherwise. If I go on a Saturday I take the kids. We spend hours there. The girls like to walk around and browse while the boys usually find their books first and then play with puzzles the rest of the time we're there. It's a really peaceful day for us.<br /></div>2009/02/musing-mondays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vasilly)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222342276669735176.post-2606427431942350986Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:46:00 +00002009-02-23T01:46:00.634-08:00Mailbox MondaysMailbox Monday - 2/23/09Thanks to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Paperbackswap</span> and Dewey, my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">TBR</span> pile is bigger than it was two weeks ago. Since I was on break last week I didn't write a Mailbox Monday post, so here's what I received in the last two weeks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305371653681065218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305371885405391154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} cat

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