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Amy Reads Good Books
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For many, many years, I went to graduate school. Now, I'm finally on the tenure track. When not in the classroom or yet another committee meeting, I read as many good books as I can. When I'm not reading, I'm a wife, stepmom, and all-around average Midwesterner. When I am reading, I can be anyone, anywhere. Isn't that the joy of it?
Recent Posts
Booking through the mark
Suggested by Tammy: What items have you ever used as a bookmark? What is the most unusual item you’ve ever used or seen used? I think my bookmarks tend toward the ordinary: the page itself (yes, I fold corners! Ack!) a receipt one of these spi...
My Confederate Kinfolk
In My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots, novelist Thulani Davis begins digging into her family history by carefully looking through a photo album and short memoir left to her by her grandmother. What begins ...
Teaser Tuesday
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Participants share two sentences from a random page of their current books. Is it just me or does the holiday season eat into your reading time? Usually, I average a no...
Booking Through Thursday
But enough about you, what about ME? Today’s question? What’s your favorite part of Booking Through Thursday? Why do you participate (or not)? Three simple reasons that I love Booking Through Thursday: I know that I’ll get to read lots of...
The Diary of a Young Girl
While prepping for my literary theory class today, I came across the following quote by critic Terrence Hawke: All ends, when they arrive, shape the beginnings that precede them. (qtd in Barry 295) Immediately, my mind went to Anne Frank. As an adu...
Teaser Tuesday
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Participants share two sentences from a random page of their current books. This week, I’m soaking up Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. The novel, set in Tudor Englan...
