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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: First Loves

Pop culture megamix

August 15th, 2018Amy0 Comments

Dash is living and breathing Dog Man 24 hours a day this summer. One thing he and Lucy like about it is how some of the titles are references to "real" books, so we came…

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FILED UNDER: Dash's Den, First Loves, Read, Read Alouds, Too SoonTAGGED WITH: dog man, dog man lord of the fleas, lord of the flies

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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FILED UNDER: Does It Hold Up?, First Loves, Read, Too SoonTAGGED WITH: jillsy sloper forever, the world according to garp

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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FILED UNDER: Does It Hold Up?, Favorites, First Loves, ReadTAGGED WITH: forever, judy blume

One thing leads to another…

May 29th, 2017Amy0 Comments

I had a few reasons for reading Last Things this weekend. For one, I love graphic memoirs, in fact, they're typically the only memoirs I can stand. I also tend to be in pressing-on-a-bruise mode…

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FILED UNDER: Favorites, First Loves, Hidden Gems, ReadTAGGED WITH: come over come over, cruddy, last things, lynda barry

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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FILED UNDER: Does It Hold Up?, Favorites, First Loves, ReadTAGGED WITH: 52 million, dinner at the homesick restaurant, first loves, the accidental tourist

Gimme shelter

January 26th, 2017Amy0 Comments

One of the perks of having been a precocious reader was getting book recs from my mom at an early age. I can thank my mother for introducing me to Anne Tyler, John Irving, Toni…

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FILED UNDER: First Loves, Read, Too SoonTAGGED WITH: anne tyler, first loves, flowers in the attic, john irving, my sweet audrina, pb, toni morrison, too soon, v c andrews

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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FILED UNDER: Does It Hold Up?, Favorites, First Loves, ReadTAGGED WITH: first loves, the westing game

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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FILED UNDER: Does It Hold Up?, First Loves, ReadTAGGED WITH: call me ofrich, first loves, nolite te bastardes carborundorum, the handmaid's tale

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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FILED UNDER: Does It Hold Up?, Favorites, First Loves, Hidden Gems, ReadTAGGED WITH: Does It Hold Up?, favorites, first loves, hidden gems, the cheer leader

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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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