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Bloggiesta: In Which I Reveal the Sad State of the Maw Books Blog
I’m almost embarrassed to reveal to you my current bloggy to do list for the Bloggiesta, the blogging marathon party that started this morning. But here it is. Considering that I’m hosting the darn thing, I’ll be thrillled to get half of it done during the next 48 hours! I want to be [...]
Bloggiesta! Let’s Begin the Festivities!
Welcome to the first edition of the Bloggiesta! A party like none other!
Led by our mascot . . .
Pedro!
Plan. Edit. Develop. Review. Organize.
(Seriously, is that not the coolest. Jill thought he needed a name and @SlowTrav on Twitter came through in a big way.)
You’ve been prepping all week after checking out the challenge details. You’ve [...]
The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine
The Blue Notebook, James A. Levine ’s debut novel, is about child prostitution in India. It’s a book that I knew going into would be an emotionally hard and difficult read and I wasn’t wrong. It’s haunting. It’s the type of book that elicits a physical reaction from the reader and I found myself [...]
Do Books Make You Cry? Or Am I the Only One With a Heart of Stone?
I do not cry when I read books. I’ve always been that way.
So I really surprised when about a year ago I found myself crying while reading Left to Tell, Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Genocide by Immaculee Illabagiza. But that book is at least understandable. It’s about the genocide in Rwanda and the particular [...]
