Tag Archives: reading

Reading for Pleasure

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Jodi

We all have our favorite books, those stories that we just fall into and never get tired of.  They are the ones that call to us every few years to read again.  Sometimes it’s one specific book, sometimes it’s a … Continue reading →

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The Simple Joy of Unexpected Descriptive Metaphor

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Jodi

“He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words. Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in … Continue reading →

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Juvenile Fiction where have you been all my life?

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Jodi

I happened to stumble on a section of my local library that I didn’t know existed, the juvenile fiction area.  This is fiction written for grade school kids who aren’t quite ready for full fledged chapter books but want a … Continue reading →

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Name that Book Challenge #2

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Jodi

Today’s Name that Book Challenge comes from the required reading list for many schools.  These were selected from books I was personally subjected to during my formative years.  Two of the books are on my top 50 favorite  book list, … Continue reading →

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6 Easy Ways to Avoid Writing in a Vacuum

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Jodi

Oh, hello! So glad you came to visit me down here in my vacuum.   Pull up a dust bunny and stay awhile, I love company.  You see, I’ve isolated myself from the world hoping it will free my thinking.  I’ve … Continue reading →

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Interview: Nazia Mallick

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Jodi

Today we travel across the globe to interview Nazia Mallick in New Delhi, India.  Nazia writes professionally for Ode magazine and her blog Tempest Lashed Horizon features her poetry and other works.  When you finish here, go check it out. … Continue reading →

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Time’s 100 Best Books List

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Jodi

As my follow-up to the BBC 100 Book list, here is a list created by two of the creative and well read minds of Time Magazine, Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo.  Criteria used for selection was that they had to … Continue reading →

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The Terrible Price We Pay

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Jodi

Before I could drive, my mother would take me to the library to pick out a stack of books for the week.  During the short drive home it was almost impossible to keep from opening the first and diving in.  … Continue reading →

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BBC’s 100 Book List

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Jodi

I’d first like to thank Nancy at Spirit Lights the Way for posting the BBC book list. The BBC list was created in 2003 after a poll of their readers/listeners favorite books. The rumor circulated on Facebook was that the … Continue reading →

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A Little Light Reading

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Jodi

Why do I do this to myself?  I knew it was a bad idea to start a stack of series books.  Now, I feel compelled to finish them and that’s a lot of reading!  Here are my recent acquisitions from … Continue reading →

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