(Notable Quotables is a meme brought to you by the Bewitched Bookworms. Every Monday you’re invited to share a favorite quote or two from the books you’ve been reading.) As I mentioned in my debut books list, Erma Bombeck was a writer gifted the art of (occasionally snarky) observation. Today’s quotes are all by the…
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Notable Quotables #1
(Notable Quotables is a meme brought to you by the Bewitched Bookworms. Every Monday you’re invited to share a favorite quote or two from the books you’ve been reading.) Ooh, a quote meme! Not only am I obsessed with cataloging all my books — I collect quotes too! And this meme gives me the perfect…
I Refuse to Read This.
In a recent “chain letter” that has swept through my Facebook feed, people are given a list of 100 “classic” books and asked to indicate which they’ve read, either in full or bits and pieces. You may or may not be surprised to learn that I’ve read, from cover to cover, 33 of those 100….
On Lending Books
To lend, or not to lend: that is the question. Book lending is a touchy subject amongst avid readers; often our fear or a lost or damaged book is at war with our desire to spread the book love to all our friends and family. The answer to the question, “Do you lend books?” will…
My Favorite Banned Books
As I mentioned a few days ago, I actually read many challenged or banned books in high school. I can’t decide if this is because I happened to be in a more “liberal” district, or because I was in the AP English program and all we did was read the classics (“classics” often being a…