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Archive for December, 2007

Christmas Books

Posted in Christmas, tagged , , , , , on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I received a few books for Christmas that I was wanting. I got two Wizard of Oz books from my parents: The Wizard of Oz (a pristine copy from 1956) and Ozma of Oz (also a pristine copy, but from 1989), both in hardback. They also got me a hardback book about Raggedy Anne (my [...]

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Good Flannery O’Connor Quote

Posted in quotes, tagged , , , on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I thought this was a clever quote from one of the greatest Southern literature writers of all time.
Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
- Flannery O’Connor

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The Acts

Posted in reading, tagged , , on December 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I haven’t been reading as many books lately and have actually taken a hiatus from Wicked because I have been reading my Bible every day. I began in the Book of Acts, mainly because it’s probably the book I have read the least. I think it’s the book I’ve read the least because it doesn’t [...]

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Follow-up to Tin Man

Posted in modern fiction, tagged , , on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I meant to write a review on Tin Man. It was okay. It wasn’t spectacular and it was very different but I figured out it was supposed to be an re-incarnation of the Wizard of Oz tale. Not a re-telling of the story. DG was a great-granddaughter to the original Dorothy Gale and was named [...]

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