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Read Run Bake

But mostly read.

  • Read
    • Does It Hold Up?
    • Favorites
    • First Loves
    • Hidden Gems
    • Quick Takes
    • Read Alouds
    • The Week in Review
  • Run
  • Bake
  • Lucy’s Corner
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Category: Does It Hold Up?

The book according to me

January 26th, 2018Amy0 Comments

I've been wanting to reread an old John Irving book for quite a while now. He was a very early favorite of mine, but it's been quite a while since he wrote something I liked.…

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The week in review

June 24th, 2017Amy0 Comments

I am kind of checked out this week, but I did get to combine two of my very favorite things, reading and the beach. There was also soft serve involved. Pretty excellent combo. I'm not…

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I’m not a kid, I happen to be 18

June 1st, 2017Amy0 Comments

Were Judy Blume books essential reading for you when you were young? She certainly was for me and all my friends, but all these years later, I'm still never sure quite how universal the Judy…

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There’s no book like Was

May 5th, 2017Amy0 Comments

"Dorothy," said Aunty Em. "Please come back. You were the light of my life. You were what kept me going all those years." These lines, said by the "real" Aunty Em to depressed adolescent Dorothy…

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Yep, still there

March 31st, 2017Amy0 Comments

Jenny opened a plastic compact, looked into it, and then snapped it shut, as if merely making certain that she was still there. That little bit from Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant has stuck with…

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Jake Jackson? He doesn’t even know you exist.

February 28th, 2017Amy0 Comments

"There are those nights when you're pushing thirty and life seems over. When you feel like you'll never tie up any ends and no one will ever kiss your lips again." I felt this way…

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You don’t get it when there’s nothing to get

January 13th, 2017Amy0 Comments

I was 21 when I first read Nude Men, and it became an instant favorite. I was curious and mildly apprehensive about revisiting it. For one thing, I've never liked a single thing Amanda Filipacchi…

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Berthe Erica Crow!

December 13th, 2016Amy0 Comments

"The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that) but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!" These opening lines of The Westing Game still pop into my head anytime I need to remember which…

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It may not be great but read it anyway

November 8th, 2016Amy0 Comments

Oh how I wish I could go back in time right now and make my 14 year old self write a book report on The Handmaid's Tale. I remember that I got it as a…

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Unforgettable

October 14th, 2016Amy0 Comments

I go through two or three books a week, so I don't always remember everything I read, even if I enjoyed it in the moment. One book I will never forget is Jill McCorkle's first…

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I love to read. I've always loved to read. Most days, it's the first thing I do in the morning and the last thing I do at night. I know I'll never be able to read all the books that I want to, but I'm giving it my best shot. When I'm not reading, I'm probably running. You may have seen me out there with the pink socks, although I recently switched to green and blue. (Go 'Hawks!) It's lucky that I love to run because I have a pretty serious sweet tooth. What do I love more, making dessert or eating it? Too close to call. But I do know that my kids will grow up knowing how to make a perfect brownie.

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