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Best of 2013: just the facts (non-fiction)
We continue our best of 2013 series of posts today with our favorites in Non-Fiction. Enjoy these books…
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Best of 2013: fiction
It’s hard to believe, but 2013 is about to enter into our collective memory. Before we boldly go…
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Holiday meal helper, part 3: finishing flourishes
If you’ve been following my recent posts, you’ll know we’re on a shared journey together. We’re on the…
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Best of 2013: for the kids
Today we explore all the great picture books, fiction, how-to and much more in our list of the…
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It’s the most grumbleful time of the year
For the most part my transition into my thirties was pretty smooth; no real shocking changes other than…
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Holiday meal helper, part 2: planning perfection
Welcome to the menu portion of my three-part series intended to help you master your holiday host or…
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Girl books
The last student in the bookmobile wasn’t finding a book that she wanted. She finally asked me for…
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Spot-Lit for December
Here at areadinglife, we’re getting ready to share our list of books published in 2013 that staff members…
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Holiday meal helper, part 1: cooking with confidence
Uh oh. You really did it this time. You have achieved the goal you’ve dreamed of since childhood.…
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Physician heal thyself
I’m not sure exactly when the shift happened, but doctors, in the real world at least, are no…
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Dexter: serial killer with a heart of ?
In the last couple of weeks I’ve been cheering for a serial killer. Not a real one but…
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What’s overdue? or books I wish I’d read in 2013
2013 brought a great change in my reading habits. Without any conscious choice I found myself checking out…
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History remembers, history forgets
Throughout history, there have always been moments that define a generation. For my parents’ generation it was always,…
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Please talk during the movie
Sometime in the early 1990’s I found Mystery Science Theater 3000. Friends told me tales of a show…
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Crafty double-take titles
Future me is an amazingly crafty and talented person. I owe this predicted success to the hours I’ve…
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Spot-Lit for November 2013
Some of the new releases we’re especially looking forward to this month include Sebastian Faulks revival of Wodehouse’s…
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Things that go bump in the night
It was a dark and quiet night around midnight when I heard a scritch, scritch, scritch from the…
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Let’s try swapping crappy lives or 3:59
I was bored one day and I tend to get into trouble when I’m bored (because I morph…