Goodreads 2013 Reading Challenge
“So many books, so little time.” ― Frank Zappa Today, I signed up for the Goodreads 2013 Reading Challenge with a goal to read 50 books by the end of the year. This is 10 books more than my usual goal…
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A Writing Exercise – Self-Imposed
“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life My writing, however, tends to stop right after its first terrible effort 🙂 I have realized over…
Agatha Christie Marathon
“The best time to plan a book is while you are doing the dishes.” ~ Agatha Christie Last week, I accidentally embarked on an Agatha Christie marathon. What do I mean by ‘accidentally’? Well, I started reading one, and just…
At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie
“Inside, if this was the first time you had visited Bertram’s, you felt, almost with alarm, that you had re-entered a vanished world. Time had gone back. You were in Edwardian England once more.” (This is the parlor at the…
The Library of Congress
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an…
Close to the dessert table…
“Now she and I sit together in her room and eat chocolate, and I tell her that in a very long time when we both to go heaven, we should try to get chairs next to each other, close to…
