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Challenges | A Fondness For Reading
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A Fondness For Reading. 8230;thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading. I always described myself as “not much of a joiner,” but this list of reading challenges shows that I have changed! When it comes to books, I am indeed a “joiner! It’s only time. 8221; is my motto! Reading is a journey for me, and I’m enjoying my travels! December 14, 2007. December 4, 2009. December 8, 2012. December 18, 2013. Once Upon a Time IX. Hosted by Carl @ Stainless Steel Droppings. I’m Lost in Books. My GOODR...
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Robin | A Fondness For Reading
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A Fondness For Reading. 8230;thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading. I’m a wife, mother, daughter, grandma, retired teacher, gardener, knitter, and passionate reader. I live near Portland, Oregon, USA. Too Good To Be True. My rating: 4 of 5 stars. I needed an Ann Cleeves fix so this quick read was the perfect choice! View all my reviews. This entry was posted in book notes. July 3, 2016. This looks like a great library shelf to frequent this summer! This entry was posted in libraries.
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A Fondness For Reading | …thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading | Page 2
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A Fondness For Reading. 8230;thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading. A Day in My Life: A Blogging Event. My blogging friend, Trish, ( Love, Laughter and a Touch of Insanity. Is hosting this 2nd annual blogging event. Last year, I so enjoyed reading about people’s lives, but didn’t post about my own. This year, I’m sharing a day in my own life, and will once again enjoy reading about yours! THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016. Work on my Bullet Journal. One of the joys of. I’m much more effic...
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In Memoriam | A Fondness For Reading
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A Fondness For Reading. 8230;thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading. 8220;A friend is a gift you give yourself.”. Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email (Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Stuff...
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Oxfordshire in the Blood | A Fondness For Reading
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A Fondness For Reading. 8230;thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading. Oxfordshire in the Blood. The Hubby and I just finished watching the old Inspector Morse. Series (all 33 episodes) which we first watched on Masterpiece Mystery. Many years ago. The books were written by Colin Dexter. The TV series was intelligent and well-written, very good mysteries, and enjoyable to watch again this many years later. My great, great, great grandfather, Thomas Gomm. Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy.
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Reading Journeys | A Fondness For Reading
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A Fondness For Reading. 8230;thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading. 8220;Reading Journeys” is a list of personal projects I have set for myself over the years. It’s fun to set some personal challenges with no time constraints and to travel a different direction for awhile. Please click on the title of each journey. To see my list of books read and books I intend to read along each path. Journey 1: May Sunshine Light Your Day, (an ongoing personal project). To paraphrase Jane Austen, B ...
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The Dolls’ House | A Fondness For Reading
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A Fondness For Reading. 8230;thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading. The Dolls’ House. When I was a little girl, I had a dolls’ house. It was made of painted metal, nothing fancy, and although it had little plastic furniture, I don’t remember any dolls that might have come with it. I loved it, though, and with my own collection of dolls spent hours and hours lost in imagination. Wrote some wonderful novels for children. I just read her book, The Dolls’ House. April 12, 2015. I would hav...
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The Breaking Wave | A Fondness For Reading
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A Fondness For Reading. 8230;thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading. In the last few months, I’ve listened to two audiobooks by Nevil Shute: The Far Country. And The Breaking Wave. I enjoyed both very much. Nevil Shute’s books. Was a sort of mystery because it started with the suicide of a young English woman in Australia, a former WREN during World War II, and we didn’t find out until the very end exactly WHY she did such a thing, and how she ended up in Australia. For our generation, ...
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Potpourri | A Fondness For Reading
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A Fondness For Reading. 8230;thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading. Click on this photo to see my In Memoriam page. Click on this photo to see my Blog Awards page. These links are related to books I have read, authors I enjoy, special places, and some of my special interests. Powell’s Bookstore, Author interview with Alexander McCall. The King’s English Bookshop. Interview with Betsy Burton. Of the King’s English Bookstore. Podcast of Natalie Babbitt speaking at Bookfest 2001. Click he...
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Goodbye, Ivan Doig | A Fondness For Reading
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A Fondness For Reading. 8230;thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading. Goodbye, Ivan Doig. Sad news yesterday about Ivan Doig. We’ve lost yet another wonderful author. I have a special place in my heart for Ivan Doig. My father loved reading his books, and so did I. When I read his memoir, This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind. As a girl from mountains, I also loved his descriptions of the western landscape that was so familiar to me. And The Sea Runners. He didn’t conside...
