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Heinlein can write a stinker, too.

I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein My review rating: 1 of 5 starsI’ve tried reading this one three times. I got almost within a hundred pages of the end this last time and I could see the … Continue reading

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Summer reading assignments

My copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows came on Saturday. I resisted the urge to crack open the book and begin reading the moment The Fetching Mrs. Bixby handed me the package from Amazon because I knew that … Continue reading

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Vivid Imagery

From Robert Penn Warren’s All The King’s Men, page 33: It looked like those farmhouses you ride by in the country in the middle of the afternoon, with the chickens under the trees and the dog asleep, and you know … Continue reading

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