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Best of 2011: going to the movies
We all have to take break from reading some time. Why not spend your reading down time watching…
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Best of 2011: wall of sound
Today we have a great list of music for adults and children. Who knew shoegazing was a genre?…
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Best of 2011: kids in America
Today we list the best in children’s and young adult books from 2011. You are sure to find…
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The Thing evolves
We may not want to admit it, but we’ve all felt a little paranoid at one time or…
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Best of 2011: location, location, location
Our second installment of the best of 2011 features important works by authors from the great Pacific Northwest. After sampling…
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Best of 2011: fiction favorites
Tis the season for Best of Lists. Your inner cynic may question the need for yet another. But…
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2011 heavyweights – literally
Reading is generally understood to be good for the brain. And now The Everett Herald just ran an…
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Words plus pictures equals riveting adventures
As the holiday season approaches there are abundant movie releases aimed at families and children. One of the…
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State by State
State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America is an anthology of 50 essays on 50 states by…
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Let there be punk!
I’d like to think that one day two or three blokes, one named Harold, were sitting in Harold’s…
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Listening with my eyes open
Ever since I was a young girl I’ve had a fascination with talk radio. I have always been…
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Did you know? (White House edition)
There are five kitchens in the White House. The main kitchen on the ground floor, one upstairs for…
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I’ve seen London, I’ve seen France … or … travel tales that aren’t
An effective travel read transports me to exotic locales, compels me to tread the road untrodden, and inspires…
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The Street of Crocodiles
The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz is an atmospheric and fantastic account of a boy living with…
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Policy of truth
Finding out what actually happened is usually considered a good thing. In most mysteries ascertaining who did it…
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Ready Player One
Were you born in the early nineteen-seventies? Are you a complete [expletive deleted] dork? Then this novel is…
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Pages full of Halloween ideas
What do mummies dance to? Wrap music. Why did Dracula go to the doctor? Because he was coffin.…
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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
I’m really not a bird person. I’m not really much of a documentary person either, for that matter.…