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Gleefully squipped from the redoubtable thornyc!

No particular order on this one...

1. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graeme
   
   
2. The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
   
   
3. The Phantom Tollboth by Norton Juster
   
   
4. Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
   
   
5. Dune by Frank Herbert
   
   
6. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
   
   
7. Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
   
   
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I want to know your favorite things. The little stuff that makes you smile to yourself or look back and smile over. We spend so much time immersed in the noise of our lives that I think it's a good idea to slow down for a minute to remember the little things that we love.So repost this in your own journal (or answer it in mine)- maybe it'll remind ( Read more... )

Meme from coyotegoth. Don't take too long to think about it. List 15 books you've read that will always stick with you -- The first 15 you can recall in 15 minutes ( Read more... )

That ya'll might find amusing. I'm home working on a writing project (typical for a young Owl at this time of year) and I have on as companionship/inspiration/soothing background the film Finding Forrester, starring Sean Connery as a reclusive, agoraphobic writer who is discovered living in the South Bronx ( Read more... )

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First, I make sure I pack a brass lantern, an air pump, a small pile of plastic with a valve attached, and a couple of oars.

(yes, I've been relaxing by playing Zork I)

Seriously--five books:
I'd bring my current reading stack:
2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
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Borrowed from flaggestateThe Big Read thinks the average adult has only read six of the top 100 books they've printed below ( Read more... )

Sir John Mortimer, the British barrister who created the beloved character "Rumpole of the Bailey" died today at his home in Chiltern Hills, north of London. He was 85.


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