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All the parts of my life

"I am trying to hold in one steady glance / all the parts of my life." — Adrienne Rich, from the poem "Toward the Solstice"

Tag: Book Thief

If I could have one superpower … (plus bookcase photos)

July 5, 2021August 3, 2024

Many years ago, probably after a library sale or a buying spree at a used book store, I remember joking to a friend, “I’m buying books now to read in my retirement.” Ha ha ha. Little did I know! There are probably thousands of quotes and memes that diehard book…

Read-a-thon: We’ll see how it goes

October 22, 2011

The day is finally here, Jeff and the boys are at basketball practice, but I didn’t make specific Read-a-thon plans or sign up early because I didn’t know if we’d have anything else going on.  But, we took yesterday off and did a day trip, so the rest of my…

Random

February 26, 2009

I was on my way to my therapy appointment on Tuesday, running late as usual, and I thought, “I wonder if I was late to my own birth.” Note to self: ask Ma when her due date was, and if I was running late then as well. My book group…

Finished another excellent book

August 11, 2008

Today, I finished listening to the audio version of The book thief by Markus Zusak. I just wrote this in my “50 Book Challenge” list on LibraryThing: 30. The book thief – finished listening to it this afternoon, crying near the end, but not quite sobbing, as the boys had…

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