Forgotten Book - Advisory Service
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A hugely pleasurable dividend of posting on this blog is the fascinating
correspondence I receive from readers. Recently I've been delighted to
correspon...
Never Pay to Write
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Gabino Iglesias is becoming my spirit animal. His substack posts
consistently teach me something, or confirm something I already knew.
Gabino has worked...
Grief is for People
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After *The Swimmers*, I read *Grief is for People*, by Sloane Crosley,
checked out from the library at the same time, and also the right book for
the rig...
At the Edge of a Thousand Years: chapbook review
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*At the Edge of a Thousand Years*
by Matt Hohner
Jacar Press, 2024
reviewed by Bethany Reid
winner of the 2023 Jacar Press Full-Length Poetry Book Cont...
One Man's Opinion: THE SCORE by RICHARD STARK
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*If I kill, it's because I don't have any choice.*
*You mean self-defence.*
*Wrong. I mean it's the only way to get what I want.*
The last book I pass...
A sad farewell
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5 31 2023
Not really THAT sad. This blog has been a good thing for me for quite a few
years. I’ve been blogging here since January 2010 on my writing...
Foreign Service, a James Bond Story
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A few years ago the copyright on Ian Fleming's James Bond ran out in Canada
and a publisher here announced an anthology of short stories featuring
Bond. I ...
trying to find a way of getting down
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Why should I miss the dirty icicle in *La Femme de Gilles*, when I can
still see “long, black snow-covered hedges” and that “heap of stones” Elisa
sits o...
Breastfeeding & Nutrition Research Paper
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Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND The arrival of an infant surely
brings incomparable joy in every family. But how they raise them will play
a signi...
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside BookBar
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Originally posted on bookbarblog:
I work for Nicole Sullivan but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to
thwart parts of her agenda and her worst inclin...
APHASIA
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*Aphasia is the result of damage to the parts of the brain involved in
speaking, reading, writing and understanding others.*
Any damage to the language area...
The Mad Girls – free promotion!
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For three days, you have the opportunity to get acquainted with an
interesting new writer, published by Candied Crime, our family publishing
company. Rannv...
Gumshoe/ B-Girl Day
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Once upon a time I called it Hard-boiled Guy/B-Girl Day.
Since I put it together, I decided Gumshoe worked better.
Celebrate the cinematic release of the...
A Little Cloud, by James Joyce
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I know, I know, I'm late for Bloomsday, and at this point, I thought you'd
have forgotten. My friends, why haven't you forgotten? I mean, you surely
know t...
Grazie & Arrivederci!
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So that's the end of the Europa Challenge! Thanks to everyone for a great
five years of reading and reviewing! I'll leave the blog up so folks can
find you...
It Lives!
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It has been quite a while since I have updated this blog. Some things have
changed over the last year, I changed jobs last October, after thirteen
years ...
UNDER CONSTRUCTION ~ OVER DELIGHT
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION ~ OVER DELIGHT
* AT THE BIJOU * ?
Yes, that's right.
From our newly refurbished red velvet reader seats . . .
to showcasing AUTH...
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Miss Lemon's Mystery Roundup, 2011
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Aside from a fragrant cup of Earl Grey, there is almost nothing Miss Lemon
likes more than tucking in to a delicious mystery. The more British that
myster...
The Valleys of the Assassins: Freya Stark
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(published by the Modern Library, $15.00, or from Amazon)
When planning my trip to Qatar, it was hard to decide on reading material.
If I go abroad I alwa...