Keith Richards’ Life

Keith Richards’ Life: what a lively romp of a book. I’m not sure how much Richards wrote and how much “co-writer” James Fox is responsible for. There are indications throughout, though, in excerpts from Richards’…

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Finding Time to Read

A few weeks ago now, Hope left me this comment, ending with a question for me: As a mom to two young kids (4 and 2), I’ve only just begun getting back into regular reading…

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Minette Walters, Patricia Cornwell . . .

After a busy week finishing off my essay followed by my weekend’s Half Marathon run, I’m now nursing something sinusitis-bronchitis-y, and one of the best methods for doing that, besides sleep, is reading, right? (Well,…

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Kathleen Winter’s Annabel

I’m planning to write a post responding to Hope’s question (at this post) about how I found time to read while raising my children, and how I continue to structure pockets of reading time into…

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Howard Jacobson`s The Finkler Question

So who’s read the 2010 Man Booker-winner, Howard Jacobson’s The Finkler Question? I used to pride myself on reading the Booker winner and a few of the short-lists every year, but have missed a few…

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Copyright

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