Archive for May, 2005
Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
24 days, and counting
I counted yesterday, and Jill is going to be here in 24 more days!!!
I am SO excited.
Even better, we will be seeing a lot of each other between now and then. First, we’re meeting in Charleston, SC, on Saturday, for my cousin Andrew’s wedding.
Then, I go to DC on Tuesday for a 2 […]
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
Half Magic
Half Magic was a very cute book. Kudos to Leta for reinforcing the recommendation.
The NPR summary is a little inaccurate. Half Magic is the story of 4 siblings who are bored and facing a whole summer of boredom. Their father passed away a few years before the story begins, and their mother is raising […]
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
UPDATE: A Plethora of Yummy Booklists
I have the delightful feeling of too many good choices for reading ideas in the next few months.
First, I have Pat Skarda’s reading list for her first year seminar, Groves of Academe. Oddly, I’d read about a third of the "recommended reading" list, but only one or two books […]
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Monday, May 16th, 2005
Guardian of the Horizon
Let me preface this by saying that I am generally a big fan of Elizabeth Peters and her Amelia Peabody series.
But I couldn’t figure out how this book works in the timeline of the rest of the series.
Guardian of the Horizon is set in 1907, before the Great War. In this book, Ramses […]
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Thursday, May 12th, 2005
Weekend Pt 2: What I Like About My Life
The other part of last weekend that was amazing, is that I spent the weekend in class.
The 2 coolest things about class last weekend were:
1) A great discussion with everyone there about what we like about our lives. Here’s a partial list of what I like about my life, in no particular order:
I have […]
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Monday, May 9th, 2005
Heck of a Weekend, Part 1, Margaret Edson
The Smith Club of Atlanta is breathtakingly efficient. Some weeks ago, they found me here and sent me a newsletter, and also invited me to a talk, "Groves of Academe: Academic Fiction Set at Smith and Elsewhere–An Evening with Dr. Patricia Skarda."
I almost didn’t go, but then I did. It was a VERY SURPRISING evening. […]
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Monday, May 2nd, 2005
The Opal Deception
I’m addicted to Eoin Colfer’s series of Artemis Fowl books. Every time a new one comes out, I tell myself that they aren’t THAT good and I’m not going to buy the new one in hardback. I’m going to wait.
So far, I’ve failed 100% of the time. The only book I own in paperback is […]
