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Recent Read: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

On September 25, 2014 · 3 Comments · In books

You guys, I never read anymore. It’s sad and pathetic, but true.

Last week, however, I was heading to Las Vegas for work—and my work commitments once I was out there were scheduled to be minimal—so I figured I would take advantage and READ something that wasn’t work related for once. Before I went, I […]

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The Polar Express

On November 29, 2012 · 2 Comments · In books, holidays, nora

Last year, Nora received a copy of The Polar Express in a children’s holiday book exchange I participated in with some friends. At that time, she wouldn’t even let me read it to her.

A few weeks ago, we ordered some Christmas movies to add to our (very small) Blu-ray collection. One of them was […]

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Resisting The Hunger Games

On November 10, 2012 · 27 Comments · In books, movies

I tend to have an aversion to a lot of the “fad” books. You know the ones… they seemingly take the world by storm. It’s not that I’ve never read a bestseller—I’ve read many—but I’m talking about the books with which it seems the world is obsessed.

I tried and did not care for Harry […]

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Dear Santa, Part II

On December 5, 2011 · 5 Comments · In baby gear, books, holidays, nora

Once I hit “publish” on the post about Nora’s Christmas list, I realized that I neglected to include some very important wish list items… like movies and BOOKS!

I’ve mentioned before that we don’t let Nora watch a lot of TV–although she is exposed to some daily in the background at daycare–but we’re still […]

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Recent Read: Two Kisses for Maddy by Matt Logelin

On June 5, 2011 · 4 Comments · In books

Oh, where to start.

It’s not a surprise that I would buy and appreciate this book, as I have been a follower of Matt’s blog for quite some time now. In fact, I blogged about him way back when.

It’s likely that many of you know the basis of his story. After […]

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