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Noted and Quoted.

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Thought you might enjoy seeing the Reference list for my Literacy & Society position paper.

  • “About a Boy” (2002). Universal Pictures.
  • Au, Kathryn H. (1998) “Constructive Approaches, Phonics, and the Literacy Language of Students of Diverse Backgrounds.” National Reading Conference Yearbook, 47.
  • Bjorklund, David (2005). Children’s Thinking; Cognitive Development and Individual Differences. Fourth Edition. Belmont, California: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
  • Nussbaum, Martha (1997). Cultivating Humanity. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  • “The Reader” (2008). Mirage Enterprises.
  • Scribner, Silvia (1984). “Literacy in Three Metaphors.” American Journal of Education. Chicago: University of Chicago.
  • Skorokhodova, Olga Ivanova. As quoted by F.T. Mikhailov (1980). The Riddle of the Self. Moscow: Progress Publishers.
  • Socrates. As quoted by Plato, Apology 38a.

Yup, that’s the way I roll.

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for October.

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Bought:

  • The five books I bought in Iowa!
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (book 3!!!)
  • Toast, by Nigel Slater

Read:
  • Sweep 12: Eclipse, by Cate Tiernan (cathy’s)
  • Sweep 13: Reckoning, by Cate Tiernan (library)
  • Sweep 14: Full Circle, by Cate Tiernan (cathy’s)
  • Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness, by Scott Westerfeld (library)
  • Sweep 15: Night’s Child, by Cate Tiernan (library)
  • The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Midnighters 3: Blue Noon, by Scott Westerfeld (library)
  • Liar, by Justine Larbalestier
  • Even Money, by Dick Francis (and Felix Francis) (iphone/kindle)
  • Ravens, by George Dawes Green (library)
  • Mother of Storms, by John Barnes (anne’s)
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson

Seduced by Prairie Lights.

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You may have heard about a wee lil roadtrip to Iowa we took on Friday. One of just several reasons (PIE SHAKES. PIE. IN A SHAKE.) to go to Iowa City was to hit up this great bookstore, Prairie Lights, recommended by one of my professors. I haven’t been buying books at all in my unemployed state (borrowing! from various friends AND the library!) so I had given myself a $100 budget for the event. (I actually came out $10 under! Yay me! Aren’t you proud of me for being so restrained?!?!)

  • “The Flying Troutmans”, by Miriam Toews – the first cople pages sucked me in. You may remember me reading another book by her a couple years ago.
  • “The Turtle Catcher” by Nicole Helget – another writer I’ve read before (you can search for Helget on this old page) and a Minnesotan. I’m interested to see what her fiction is like.
  • “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson – a YA selection. First few pages seem very intense. On a side note: I don’t think it’s a great decision to house the YA downstairs in what primarily looks like a (tiny, little wee) kids’ playroom. I would have liked to see this section upstairs, maybe near the fantasy/sci fi section would be a good spot.
  • “Normal People Don’t Live Like This” Dylan Landis – a short story collection about young girls. Thanks again to Betsy Crane for getting me on the short story bandwagon these last few years. So pleasing sometimes to just be able to read a story and not have to set your book down and come back to it.
  • “College Girl” by Patricia Weitz – Read a few pages. Seems a bit like Frankie Landau-Banks and a bit chic-lit-y and I really think I’m going to like it.

I can’t wait to get readin’! After I finish some homework, that is…

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for September.

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Bought:

  • Evil at Heart, by Chelsea Cain (iphone/kindle)
  • Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (iphone/kindle)
  • Sweep 10: Seeker, by Cate Tiernan (iphone/kindle)
  • Sweep 11: Origins, by Cate Tiernan (iphone/kindle)

Read:
  • Evil at Heart, by Chelsea Cain (iphone/kindle)
  • Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (iphone/kindle)
  • A Pair of Blue Eyes, by Thomas Hardy
  • Sweep 1: Book of Shadows, by Cate Tiernan (sarah’s)
  • Sweep 2: The Coven, by Cate Tiernan (sarah’s)
  • Sweep 3: Blood Witch, by Cate Tiernan (sarah’s)
  • Sweep 4: Dark Magick, by Cate Tiernan (sarah’s)
  • Sweep 5: Awakening, by Cate Tiernan (sarah’s)
  • Sweep 6: Spellbound, by Cate Tiernan (sarah’s)
  • Sweep 7: The Calling, by Cate Tiernan (sarah’s)
  • Sweep 8: Changeling, by Cate Tiernan (sarah’s)
  • Sweep 9: Strife, by Cate Tiernan (sarah’s)
  • Sweep 10: Seeker, by Cate Tiernan (library)
  • Sweep 11: Origins, by Cate Tiernan (library)
  • Midnighters 1: The Secret Hour, by Scott Westerfeld (library)

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for August.

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Bought:

  • Sea Lord, by Virginia Kantra (iPhone/kindle)
  • My Life in France, by Julia Child
  • Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child, by Noel Riley Fitch
  • Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs
  • Hunting Ground, by Patricia Briggs

Read:
  • Sea Fever, by Virginia Kantra (iPhone/kindle)
  • Sea Lord, by Virginia Kantra (iPhone/kindle)
  • Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill
  • Carved in Bone, by Jefferson Bass
  • Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs
  • Happy All the Time, by Laurie Colwin
  • Hunting Ground, by Patricia Briggs
  • White Time, by Margo Lanagan (stories)

Times I Have Gotten Carded that You Might Not Expect

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  • Going to an R rated movie with my parents. WHEN I WAS 25. And also: with my parents!
  • Buying xacto blades at Pearl Paint in NYC. I believe I was 29 at the time. Apparently NY high schoolers were buying them to fight with????
  • Attempting to take the RC challenge at the grocery store. As a 22 yr old senior in college. They said “you can’t take it if you’re not over 16, your tastebuds aren’t developed yet!”*
  • To sit in the exit row on a plane. As a 32 year old. Where, again, I think the age requirement is 16?

Thing I Was Told More than Once by Bouncers at NYC Clubs
“I’ll let you in tonight. But next time don’t borrow your big sister’s ID.” [I have no sister.]

Thing I Now Say When Carded for Alcohol
“I’ve been old enough to buy this drink for 20 years now…”

*In their defense, I was wearing overalls at the time. But STILL.

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for June.

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Bought:

  • The Strain, by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan (for iPhone/Kindle!)
  • 13 Bullets, by David Wellington (for iPhone/Kindle!)
  • Mark of the Demon, by Diana Rowland (iPhone/Kindle)
  • Sea Witch, by Virginia Kantra (iPhone/Kindle)

Read:
  • Gone Tomorrow: A Reacher Novel, by Lee Child (on iPhone/Kindle!)
  • Magic in the Blood, by Devon Monk
  • Motherless Brooklyn, by Jonathan Lethem
  • Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn
  • Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi
  • 13 Bullets, by David Wellington (on iPhone/Kindle!)
  • Emerald City, by Jennifer Egan (short stories)

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for May.

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Bought:

  • Definitely Dead, by Charlaine Harris
  • All Together Dead, by Charlaine Harris
  • From Dead to Worse, by Charlaine Harris
  • Grimspace, by Ann Aguirre
  • What We Eat When We Are Alone, by Deborah Madison & Patrick McFarlin
  • In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan
  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
  • Blue Diablo, by Ann Aguirre
  • Wanderlust, by Ann Aguirre
  • Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris (for kindle/iphone!)
  • Gone Tomorrow: A Reacher Novel, by Lee Child (for kindle/iphone!)

Read:
  • Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris
  • The Dart League King, by Keith Lee Morris
  • Definitely Dead, by Charlaine Harris
  • All Together Dead, by Charlaine Harris
  • From Dead to Worse, by Charlaine Harris
  • Grimspace, by Ann Aguirre
  • Wanderlust, by Ann Aguirre
  • Dracula, by Bram Stoker (re-read)
  • All Summer, by Claire Kilroy
  • Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris