July 2011
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June 2011
7 posts
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'Wet Hot American Summer' Director David Wain Says... →
Have you ever been so excited about something that you go off topic of your one topic blog? Well now I have because check out this Q&A:
Wain: Yes, we have been talking about a sequel, prequel, something or other.
Goldsmith: The idea I’ve heard tossed around is that it would be a prequel but when you shoot it they would be 20 years older.
Wain: Well, no that would be absurd. The prequel...
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Summertime
Awesome:
Reading a book with some ice cream in Washington Square Park on a Sunday afternoon.
Not Awesome:
The resulting mosquito bites.
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Forgot to bake something for book club tonight.
Feeling pretty terrible about it.
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Y'all, I'm really sad Lonesome Dove is over.
Some thoughts:
I got a little teary when a horse would die, but was all “Welp, that’s what happens in the West” when a person got hurt.
This book was really about the ladies.
Your trip to the grocery store was not epic. Lonesome Dove was epic.
The mini-series is on Netflix Instant so that’s where I’ll be for the next little while.
Just letting you know...
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May 2011
6 posts
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Saturday Night Supper Club: Peanut Butter Nutella... →
Along with reading books, I obviously like to eat. What’s really great is that my friends appreciate food just as much as I do. We started a supper club where we eat together and share our own thoughts, news, music, etc. For the first recipe, here are my Peanut Butter Nutella Sandwich Cookies. Follow along and enjoy!
saturdaynightsupperclub:
So you know how sometimes you get stressed out...
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I just want to tell you that I read these books:
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Delores Claiborine by Stephen King
One Day by David Nicholls
Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Self Help by Lorrie Moore
Bonk by Mary Roach
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
The Convent by Panos Karnezis
On Beauty by Zadie...
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It's ok.
I think I spent more time writing an email review of The Voice than I have on writing book reviews in 2011.
April 2011
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The Ageless Appeal of Beverly Cleary →
Today’s must read is the NYTimes profile of Beverly Cleary.
How does Cleary explain her popularity? “I wrote books to entertain,” she told me. People often asked what she was trying to teach in her books. She would reply, “I’m not trying to teach anything!” This was the same attitude she had when she was first reading. “If I suspected the author was trying to show me how to be a better...
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The Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends
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“Four years since my last Murakami book, I now see his books being read...”
– If you get a chance, read Grace Jung’s essay “Why I (Now) Avoid Reading Murakami” at Thought Catalog.
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Bossypants by Tina Fey has 501 holds at the NY...
But you know what, there are only 12 holds on the LARGE PRINT version. Guess I won’t be needing my glasses for this one!
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“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself,...”
– Hillel the Elder (c. 60 BC-10 AD) , Jewish scholar and religious leader 