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Monthly Archives — November 2008

Thanksgiving Salute to Dysfunctional Literary Families

“All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”- Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Happy Thanksgiving, bookworms! Thanksgiving is the ultimate family holiday and, for most of us, that means a happy holiday. Alas, this isn’t the case for everyone. So in that honor, I’ve decided to have a little fun [...]

Wish List

With Christmas officially a month away (where did all that time go?), I thought I’d give you all a taste of what’s on my holiday wish list this year. It should be no surprise to those of you who have read this blog from the beginning, but I’m a fan of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series [...]

Boys in Books are Better, Part 2

We love Mr. Darcy. That’s a fact. But do we really understand why? Darcy, Mr. Rochester, Heathcliff, Romeo, Noah, Robbie, Edward – they’re all far from perfect. And yet we continue to hold them up as ideals of perfection. Maybe it’s because we love the bad boys (and there’s certainly plenty of those throughout literature). [...]