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A Few Science Book Reviews (The Great Equations by Crease and Two by Gawande)
Written by Rebecca Reid on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Filed under: Nonfiction, ReviewsFor those that read this blog regularly, it is probably no surprise that I prefer art, literature, history, and social sciences to mathematics and science.
Before this month began, I hadn’t read any books in the Dewey Decimal 500s category or the 600s category (for the Dewey Decimal Reading Challenge) in all of 2009. I also [...]
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Written by Rebecca Reid on Friday, July 10, 2009 Filed under: Fiction, ReviewsRemember how just the other day I said I give books more of the benefit of the doubt lately?
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean is a fine example of that. A year ago, I may have dismissed it entirely because it seems so superficial to me. (Actually, I probably would have dismissed it as [...]
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- Ah I guess one hour of google reader catch up is enough for my first night back to blogging. Maybe tomorrow I'll get more...
- @bibliosue I'm okay! I'm just taking a blogging break. Been rather stressed. Definitely still reading. Eager for Weds. bk club mtng!
- I'm starting to go cross-eyed so I'm off. have a nice night. I'll be quiet this weekend, I think.
- @BiblioEva i was just checking who I follow and those are the 3 melissas I see. but haven't checked who follows me for long time
- @BiblioEva there is balletbookworm and melissa1lbr too