Monthly Archives: June 2010

Ulysses Wednesday #3

Posted on June 30, 2010 by

  Welcome to Ulysses Wednesday, where I track my progress reading James Joyce’s tale of a day in the life of Leopold Bloom.   Status: on page 162 of 783   Nothing of interest has happened since my last update.  Bloom … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday – What are you Reading?

Posted on June 28, 2010 by

  It’s Monday – What are you Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at bookjourney to allow us to share with others in the book-loving cyberworld what is on our reading plates.    A fairly productive reading week … Continue reading →

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Ulysses Wednesday #2

Posted on June 23, 2010 by

  Welcome to Ulysses Wednesday, where I track my progress reading James Joyce’s tale of a day in the life of Leopold Bloom.       Status:  on page 97 of 783    It doesn’t seem like much, but I am … Continue reading →

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It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me — by Ariel Leve

Posted on June 22, 2010 by

  Ariel Leve lives in both New York and London. She seems to be successful in her career.  She is well-travelled.  But she is also anti-social, a hypochondriac, and in my opinion not someone with whom I would want to spend … Continue reading →

Posted in memoir, reviews

It’s Monday — What are you Reading?

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

  It’s Monday – What are you Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at bookjourney to allow us to share with others in the book-loving cyberworld what is on our reading plates.   I did a good amount … Continue reading →

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Ulysses Wednesday – #1a

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

  So is there a Ulysses curse or something that I need to know about?  Yesterday, day 1 of my Ulysses reading project, I thought I was doing well — I wrote a post in the morning and scheduled it to … Continue reading →

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Ulysses Wednesday – It Begins!

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

  Happy Bloomsday everyone!  This day in 1904 is the day described in detail in James Joyce’s epic novel, Ulysses, and on this Bloomsday I have chosen to begin my quest to read it; ideally before next Bloomsday (hey, I … Continue reading →

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A Long Long Time Ago & Essentially True – thoughts

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

  A Long Long Time Ago & Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka is a novel with two stories told in alternating chapters; the stories are set about fifty years apart but linked by family and by the city of Krakow.       The … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, book festivals, book thoughts, World War II

It’s Monday – What are you Reading?

Posted on June 14, 2010 by

  It’s Monday – What are you Reading?  is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at bookjourney to allow us to share with others in the book-loving cyberworld what is on our reading plates.   It looks like I had … Continue reading →

Posted in book groups, week in review

Printers’ Row Lit Fest

Posted on June 13, 2010 by

I’ll say it up front — I’m a dork. One of the highlights of the summer for me is the Printers’ Row Lit Fest in downtown Chicago, which was held this weekend.  Despite a bit of rain and cooler than … Continue reading →

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