Category Archives: books

Classics Club, Books #13, 14, and 15: Willa Cather’s Prairie Trilogy (from January-March, 2015)

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Laura

This is my first post about 2015’s books for The Classics Club.  I’ll be reading one classic book a month through 2018.  Track what I’m reading for the Classics Club here.  I’ll try not to include too many spoilers in … Continue reading →

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Mark Teaches Himself to Read With Pulitzer Prize Winning Books and Other Things That Are Most Certainly Definitely Absolutely True

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Laura

Did you know that… 1.  Mark has taught himself to read?  He’s been using Willa Cather’s novels as his reading primers. 2. Houghton College will be spending $84 million to construct a giant geodome around it to eliminate winter entirely … Continue reading →

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Favorite Books of 2014: Non-Fiction (everything else)

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Laura

I read almost 100 books in 2014.  Here are my favorites (and yes, I realize I’m nearly 3 months late with this list). I track my reading on Goodreads.  So if we’re not friends there, you should join me! Here … Continue reading →

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Favorite Books of 2014: Non-Fiction – Parenting and Education

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Laura

I read almost 100 books in 2014.  Here are my favorites (and yes, I realize I’m over two months late with this list). I track my reading on Goodreads.  So if we’re not friends there, you should join me! Here … Continue reading →

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Favorite Books of 2014: Fiction

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Laura

I read almost 100 books in 2014.  Here are my favorites (and yes, I realize I’m about 2 months late with this list). I track my reading on Goodreads.  So if we’re not friends there, you should join me! Here … Continue reading →

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Classics Club, Book #12: North and South (from December 2014)

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Laura

This is my eleventh, and final, post about 2014’s books for The Classics Club (just a bit late).  I’ll be reading one classic book a month through 2018.  Track what I’m reading for the Classics Club here.  I’ll try not … Continue reading →

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Classics Club, Book #10: To Kill A Mockingbird (from October 2014)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Laura

This is my tenth post about 2014’s books for The Classics Club (just a bit late).  I’ll be reading one classic book a month through 2018.  Track what I’m reading for the Classics Club here.  I’ll try not to include … Continue reading →

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Classics Club, Books #9/#11: Northanger Abbey/Sense and Sensibility (from September/November 2014)

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Laura

This is my ninth post of 2014 for The Classics Club (just a bit late).  I’ll be reading one classic book a month through 2018.  Track what I’m reading for the Classics Club here.  I’ll try not to include too … Continue reading →

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Classics Club, Book #8: Middlemarch (from August 2014)

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Laura

This is my eighth post for The Classics Club (just a couple weeks late).  I’ll be reading one classic book a month for the next 4-5 years.  Track what I’m reading for the Classics Club here.  I’ll try not to … Continue reading →

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Classics Club, Book #7: Emma (from July 2014)

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Laura

This is my seventh post for The Classics Club (just a month late).  I’ll be reading one classic book a month for the next 4-5 years.  Track what I’m reading for the Classics Club here.  I’ll try not to include … Continue reading →

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