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Read in September

nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:57:57 -0600

I read fewer books than usual this month, but enjoyed them all. Favorites: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Predictably Irrational. On This Earth takes the visual cake for its breathtaking photography.

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Read in August

nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:51:52 -0600

Favorites this month: In a Sunburned Country and Whistling in the Dark.

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Read in July

nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:50:25 -0600

Favorites this month: Mother Night, Smoke and Mirrors, Child 44

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Writing prompts - shut down

nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:08:03 -0600

An entry for the Writing Prompts group. This weeks prompt: Write a scene that turns on a ransom note - for something other than a human being. Josh plops into his chair, kicks off his sandals, and swivels around to the computer. He taps the space...

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Read in June

nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:00:06 -0600

Top 3 for this month: Then We Came to the End, Speaker for the Dead, The Host

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Writing prompts - now lie in it

nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:00:02 -0600

An entry for the Writing Prompts group. This weeks prompt: Write about a person whose reputation rests on the appearance of an inanimate object. He's just stepped out of the shower when he hears it. Oh. My. God. The garage. No! How can they be h...

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Read in May

nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:04:45 -0600

THE BEST: The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World Part travelogue, part psychological study, part philosophical journey, Weiner's book narrates his determined quest to find and experience the world's happie...

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Read in April

nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:21:13 -0600

THE BEST: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time It seems trite to tell you that this book is inspirational, but it truly is. It is the reminder we all need that one passionate, committed person can set in mo...

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Read in March

nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:11:20 -0600

THE BEST: The Monsters of Templeton Willie Upton returns to her hometown of Templeton, NY in a state of upheaval and soon finds herself unexpectedly wrapped up in solving the mystery of her paternity and unearthing the long-buried secrets of seve...

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Quote of the day

nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:43:25 -0600

"So she lived in a state of perpetual loss--the runner who gives her all to the race and always comes short. She couldn't give up the fight and couldn't quite win and so she was caught between the pride of battle and the shame of defeat. And in ...

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