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Checked Out: Week 20

It seems like the perfect storm this week when it comes to books for me. I already had Requiem, the final book in the Delirium series. Then Allegiant, the final book in the Divergent series arrived at the library for me. Not to mention I have to finish my book club book, The Sound of … Continue reading Checked Out: Week 20

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Checked Out: Week 19

I just realized not just that I read a lot of series books, but that there are also a plethora of series books out there, more so than it seems like there were back in the day. We’ve come a long way from Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew. I even recall reading the massive horde … Continue reading Checked Out: Week 19

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Checked Out: Week 18

As usual, this week I dropped in on a library and grabbed a few books, some of which I won’t even read, but it’s fun to pick them up. I’ve been reading on my Nook again, too, which has been kind of fun. It had been some time since I had even picked it up, … Continue reading Checked Out: Week 18

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Checked Out: Week 17

Well, I got a bit sidetracked this week with my book Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan. I’ll admit I was a bit prejudiced against it from the start, and once I got past the first chapter I realized it had more than one narrator. In fact, it has at least four so far (but … Continue reading Checked Out: Week 17

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Checked Out: Week 16

I spent the better part of the past two and a half weeks reading two amazing books, and now that I’ve finished both of them it’s almost like I’m starting over again from scratch. You know that feeling, when you’ve been holding your breath for so long that you forgot you were holding it, but … Continue reading Checked Out: Week 16

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Checked Out: Week 15

I never did finish Invisible Man, which was okay because it just kept getting denser and denser. Sometimes I don’t mind books that are dense with the language. Indeed, some of my favorite books are written that way, but for some reason this book didn’t strike me as worthwhile for all its posturing and accolades. … Continue reading Checked Out: Week 15