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    Julie & Julia by Julie Powell

    Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

    I came across this book while browsing at the library. I’m not sure it would normally have caught my eye, but a blogger that I read on occassion had recently mentioned it and so when I recognized the cover I casually picked it up. And while the Mr. went off to discover (as he usually [...]

    Abandoning Books

    Friday, April 7th, 2006

    I started reading Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood after seeing the movie, which was just fascinating. However, barely twenty pages into the book I had to abandon it. I found his use of language to be heavy-handed and flowery, as if he were trying too hard to be literary. Also, the whole novelization of this [...]

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