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Lisa — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:30:00 +0000

A Moveable Feast Read-a-Long: Finis

Annie — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Our A Moveable Feast Read-a-Long ended this week and I have loved each and every moment of it.

Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

Lisa — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter Trudy, now a professor of German history, begins investigating the past and finally unearths the dramatic and heartbreaking truth of her mother's life.

Weekend Cooking: Cracker Jack Recipe

Annie — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:30:00 +0000

I just finished reading The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach and now I have baseball and its unofficial anthem on my mind: Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd; Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root [...]

A Moveable Feast Read-a-Long: Week 3

Annie — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

The Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway Week 3 read-a-long and discussion hosted by Wallace at Unputdownables.net was very enlightening this past week. The focus of week 3 were the sketches on F. Scott Fitzgerald. There was quite an array of opinions expressed.

The Fox Guarding the Hen House

Annie — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Wordless Wednesday

Lisa — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

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Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran

Annie — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:00:08 +0000

Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran tells the story of sisters, Marjan, Bahar, and Layla, who flee Iran on the eve of the Islamic Revolution, settle in a little Irish village, and set up a Persian café against the bitter opposition of the town bully.

A Moveable Feast Read-a-Long: Week 2

Annie — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

The A Moveable Feast: Week Two Read-a-Long discussion is going great. What I enjoy most about book discussions are the many varied insights expressed by other readers. It's a great way to learn! I am a Hemingway fan and I am LOVING A Moveable Feast. His various sketches on Paris and his fellow artists are amazing. His writings on Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein have me wanting to learn more about each of them.

So Glad I Didn’t Live During the Ice Age

Lisa — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000