Tag: books
group name: mnreaders
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June 13, 2008 02:10 PM EDT --
Mention the name Judy Blume and a positive response, whether a squeal, gasp or smile, is never far behind. Such was the case when I told my 9 year-old daughter that I had scored two tickets to see Judy . . . more
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October 05, 2007 01:13 PM EDT --
We met online at 11:00 am ET on Monday, October 8th for an interactive interview with Jim Lehrer, Executive Editor and Anchor of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrerand author. We discussed his recently released . . . more
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December 06, 2007 06:10 PM EST --
(humming:) "The weather outside is frightful...."
It's the perfect time of year for curling up with a good book. Except of course for all the holiday festivities, family gatherings, . . . more
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May 19, 2008 02:47 PM EDT --
Look for the reviews of Queen of the Oil Club , That Summer in Sicily , and a rare breed of love on mnreaders.gather.com and publicradio.gather.com
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December 31, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
Welcome to a whole new year!
I admit, I make some half-hearted new year's resolutions around this time... usually it centers around more exercise, less eating... more listening, less talking... . . . more
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February 04, 2008 11:28 AM EST --
This is going to be a GREAT month for reading. I just know it. Why? Because later this month my 'significantly other' and I are going away for a four-day weekend, and all we plan to do is . . . more
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October 17, 2006 02:09 PM EDT --
Seems like the movie can never quite live up to the magic of the book. I was wondering if anyone out there can think of examples where the movie actually surpassed (or at least matched) the genius of the . . . more
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October 04, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
Change is in the air... colder nights, the leaves are turning, I'm making soups instead of salads, and I'm drinking more tea than ice water. Ahhh - I LOVE fall.
I'm also getting . . . more
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July 02, 2008 05:54 PM EDT --
Happily, I'm about to embark on yet another reading retreat. This time it's a week in Door County, with nothing on the agenda except for biking, reading and napping. I've got a stack of books . . . more
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April 04, 2007 12:29 PM EDT --
Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning ran with the intriguing show, Writers rate the greats:
A book critic asked more than 100 of today's most well-known writers what they think are the top 10 . . . more
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June 01, 2007 04:15 PM EDT --
Garden guides, garden guides, garden guides.....
Okay, so maybe I'm starting to do a little summer reading, too, when I'm not obsessing over the state of my backyard. A recent road trip from Arizona . . . more
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May 01, 2008 04:33 PM EDT --
May Day! May Day!
I mean "Happy May Day!"
I'm finding the tug of spring pulling me away from my books... "you can't read! there's gardening to be done!" . . . more
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May 24, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
In the latest "What are you reading?" discussion I noticed a few people mentioned reading aloud, myself included. It made me wonder how many people read aloud and how they do it.
Despite . . . more
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January 02, 2008 03:42 PM EST --
Like Mother Hubbard I went to my reading cupboard and found that it was quite bare. This got me to thinking. We think globally and act locally right? We buy locally, why not read locally? In 2008 . . . more
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June 18, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
I noticed that Nancy Pearl would be a guest on MPR's Midmorning today [June 18, 2007]:
From the Hardy boys to Harry Potter
Summer reading lists and the latest Harry Potter may absorb younger readers, . . . more
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September 04, 2007 01:48 PM EDT --
On The Road. Or as some write: On the cliché-paved road. In his article Levi Asher wonders, "Is it not possible to write about Jack Kerouac's 50-year-old masterpiece without childishly . . . more
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February 01, 2007 11:01 PM EST --
The cold has set in here in St. Paul, which makes me seek the warmth of a good book. And since it's the season of St. Valentine, why not something a little on the romantic side? It doesn't have . . . more
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October 30, 2007 10:11 AM EDT --
Politics in all its notorious glory becomes a prop for this acute study of human dynamics as played out on the political field in Life's A Campaign , written by Chris Matthews, . . . more
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June 15, 2006 08:35 AM EDT --
With any luck you're near one of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, reading a book that you can't put down. If you're online and looking for other readers, your luck is even . . . more
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August 08, 2006 03:16 PM EDT --
I've struggled with the notion of "writerhood" for years. I remember as a child, it was the only thing I wanted to be when I grew up. I was totally absorbed by books, spent entire summers . . . more
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