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Whimsical Wednesday

28 Wednesday Jun 2017

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Mason Cooley, Matilda, Reading, Ronald Dahl, Whimsical Quotes

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Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

~ Mason Cooley ~

Bookish Thoughts

06 Friday Nov 2015

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Humor, Inspirational quotes, Reading

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“Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.”

~ Joseph Addison ~

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Lovely Literary Lines

14 Tuesday Jul 2015

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Harper Lee, Literary Quotes, Reading, To Kill A Mockingbird

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“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”

~ Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird ~

Words That Need To Be Banished!

25 Sunday Jan 2015

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Belle, Blizzard, Cheating, Deflategate, Footballs, New England, New England Patriots, Polar Vortex, Reading, Snowmageddon

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I was already sick of the words “Polar Vortex”, and “Snowmageddon”. And now as another blizzard has New England in it’s sights, well, I’m ready for summer.

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My beloved Patriots are heading off to the Super Bowl under the cloud of  another cheating scandal. For anyone who hasn’t heard, at issue is whether or not the Pats intentionally deflated footballs to give them a superior edge over the Colts during the AFC Championship game. No matter what happens, I think the media has come out the losers in this. Nevermind the overhyping of this story, “Deflategate”? Seriously? They couldn’t come up with anything better?

So. Since I’m totally disgusted with the news, this’ll be me for the next couple of days.

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Adorable Picture of the Day

15 Thursday Jan 2015

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Books, Cute Cats, Reading

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Is This Asking For Too Much?

09 Friday Jan 2015

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Belle, Books, Happiness, Libraries, Reading

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Perfect Way To Start The Week

05 Monday Jan 2015

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Quotable Quotes, Reading

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Quotable Quotes

07 Friday Nov 2014

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Books, Inspirational quotes, Reading

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When You’re Ashamed of What You’re Reading

23 Thursday Oct 2014

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Guilty Pleasures, Reading

79599f4f5e85bee667f5f3494c09c55aThis is a great post by Confessions of a Book Geek, and I have a feeling it will resonate with a lot of people. I’m going to completely humiliate myself by admitting I’m addicted to the Pretty Little Liars series. I’m going to go hide now.

Confessions of a Book Geek

So, we’ll start at the beginning –

Jamie @ The Perpetual Page Turner wrote a post in August that resonated with me – I Got The Message Loud & Clear: Reading Isn’t Cool. I’m sure at some point in every Book Geek’s life they’ve faced the odd looks, sniggers and maybe even bullying over the fact that they like love to read. Thankfully, the notion that reading isn’t cool seems to wear off as we get older, these days people practically admire the fact that I enjoy reading and studying (or maybe I’m just comfortable enough with my hobbies not to care what others’ think anymore).

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Following on from this idea that reading in general isn’t cool, there has been a flurry of posts over the last few months (including The Reading Police Do Not Exist, Yes, I’m Reading A Romance, So? and Life’s Too Short For That) discussing…

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