Tag: random
group name: mnreaders
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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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November 02, 2006 12:47 AM EST --
Election Day is soon upon us putting into even sharper view the small avalanche of political or world events books that are invariably released at this time. I can't quite manage a single one though . . . more
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July 19, 2006 03:08 PM EDT --
It's summertime, and the reading is easy. I usually like to tackle non-fiction in the winter, when there's nothing else to do. But in the summer, like many, I'm a sucker for mysteries, thrillers . . . more
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February 13, 2007 01:33 PM EST --
Sunday night in a small coffee house in what the Twin Cities people call “Greater Minnesota,” a group of approximately 100 people crowded around a small stage to listen to poet Robert . . . more
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December 20, 2006 03:13 PM EST --
I favor mysteries for light reading – Brother Cadfael (Ellis Peters), Adam Dalgleish (PD James), Lord Peter Wimsey (Dorothy Sayers) and, of course, Agatha Christie and Dick Francis. But . . . more
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December 20, 2007 10:39 PM EST --
Years ago, I was deer hunting in the northern Minnesota pine forests. It was a quiet, sunny day with good snow cover. I was in my stand at daylight, and after several hours of not seeing anything, and . . . more
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October 27, 2006 01:54 PM EDT --
I've run into a lot of books lately from out there in public-radio-land that hit home with what it is that any one of us believes. Big thoughtful notions looming - so if you're at all in a ruminating . . . more
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January 22, 2007 11:26 PM EST --
Some of you may have seen this before, if not, enjoy!
60 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in Minnesota plant gardens.
50 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably. . . . more
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October 11, 2006 12:24 PM EDT --
Indian writer Kiran Desai, who at the age of 35 has become the youngest woman ever to win Britain's most prestigious literary award, the Man Booker Prize, Wednesday recalled her parent's efforts . . . more
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January 15, 2008 10:32 AM EST --
Just leave me alone.
Don't need your advice, okay?
Hello? You still there?
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August 04, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
If you've been reading my posts for a while, you'll know that I've been awaiting a "writer's dream." No. It's not making the NY Times best seller list. This dream concerns . . . more
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November 15, 2006 12:47 PM EST --
Books are just about the best gift. You can give anyone a book, even if they look at you with a perplexed expression that says "why," they're still a great gift. It gets people thinking, . . . more
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February 15, 2007 02:56 PM EST --
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE LUTHERAN AIR IS NOW
OPERATING IN MINNYSOTA. ALSO SERVING VISCONSIN, NORT AND
SOUT DAKOTA.
If you are travelin soon, consider Lutran (Lutheran) Air, da no-frills airline. . . . more
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August 31, 2006 10:44 AM EDT --
The Minnesota State Fair teems with countless exhibits, farm animals, displays, rides and yes, food, but possibly the most fascinating exhibit is composed of the shirts worn by the tens of thousands of . . . more
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December 03, 2006 05:29 PM EST --
I thought I’d completed the process of writing a book when my memoir, The Scent of God , was published by Counterpoint, NY, this April. I didn’t realize that the most arduous part of authorship . . . more
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April 16, 2007 12:44 AM EDT --
An incident: a woman I had regarded as my best friend for ten years invited me for coffee. "So lovely to hear your voice," she'd said in her voicemail mesage, a response to my having called . . . more
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May 28, 2007 08:32 PM EDT --
The Liar’s Diary: A Book Review
Gather keeps getting better. I keep bumping into fine writers that I hadn’t encountered before and a growing number of outstanding authors. Often these . . . more
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October 03, 2007 10:31 PM EDT --
For months I counted down the days until Ann Patchett's newest book Run arrived in my mailbox. When it arrived I immediately set aside what I was doing and lost myself in the joy of her story-telling. . . . more
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February 15, 2007 12:44 PM EST --
Since late November I’ve watched a new beach form on our Lake Superior shoreline. It did not exist when we moved here eight years ago. It grows a bit every day. Now it measures around 18 feet . . . more
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January 27, 2008 07:00 PM EST --
Hope springs eternal.
"Wait until next year" is here!
The ump roars: "Play ball!"
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