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October 22, 2011 End-Oh I had such good intentions to sleep for a just a few hours and then get up and read some more.  So didn’t happen.  So I didn’t make my goal, but I did have fun. Which hour was most daunting for you? The last one Could you list a few high-interest [...]

As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wifein an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through  the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production. Cleary, Beverly. (1977). Ramona and Her Father. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0688221140 (hc) 978-0380709168 (pbk) I read [...]

Monday Morning, 7:00 a.m.:  I finished this year’s 48 Hour Book Challenge at 7:00 a.m. this morning.  I’m afraid that I didn’t get as much reading in yesterday as I had hoped, but I did set my alarm an hour earlier to get in one last session of reading in. Even though I was busier [...]

Sunday Afternoon, 1:40 p.m. Well, I made it maybe another 30 minutes after I posted last night, and while I got in a few hours this morning, church, lunch, and now university graduation and dinner out tonight will be eating into my reading time.  I am tempted to sneak a book into the arena, but [...]

As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wife in an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through  the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production. Levine, Gail Carson. (1997). Ella Enchanted. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0060275105 (hc) 978-0064407052 (pbk) It [...]