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Well-Mannered Frivolity
http://www.wellmanneredfrivolity.blogspot.com
My blog is about the art of the written word. I post book reviews, book related news, and poetry.
Recent Posts
Poem of the Week
ImpromptuIf I were a cassowaryOn the plains of Timbuctoo,I would eat a missionary,Cassock, bands and hymn-book too.- by Samuel Wilberforce...
Teaser Tuesday
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab your current read. 2. Open to a random page. 3. Share two (or three or four, if you're me) “teaser” sentences from...
40 Years on the Street... and Counting!
Forty years ago today, Sesame Street premiered on PBS. In honor of my childhood (and sometimes adult-hood) favorite, I've found some appropriately "booky" Sesame Street segments. So take a few minutes today and give a big salute to Sesame Street!And ...
Dime Store Magic: A Book Review
Dime Store Magic by Kelley ArmstrongPublished 2004/ 448Reading Challenges:100+ Reading ChallengeCountdown ChallengeKelley Armstrong's Dime Store Magic is book 3 in the fantastic Women of the Otherworld series. This is the story of Paige Winterborne, ...
Poem of the Week
To a Frustrated PoetThis is to sayI knowYou wish you were in the woods,Living the poet life,Not here at a formica topped tableIn a meeting about perceived inequalities in the benefits and allowances offered toemployees of this college,And I too wish ...
What Kind of Book Are You?
You Are Fantasy / Sci FiYou have an amazing imagination, and in your mind, all things are possible.You are open minded, and you find the future exciting. You crave novelty and progress.Compared to most people, you are quirky and even a bit eccentric....
