May 2011
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“in the sugar-sweet light of late afternoon”
– tahir shah
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April 2011
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sermon from the royal wedding by Rev. Richard...
For those who did not have a chance to hear this, it was pretty amazing.. And so far the news coverage I have been watching (since watching the wedding live) has largely skipped over (shocking I know!) this powerful sermon: “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” So said St Catherine of Siena whose festival day it is today. Marriage is intended to be a way in which man...
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“In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance...”
– Charles Dickens
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“At some point in my erstwhile post-college semi-career as a musician I had an...”
– Joshua Blankenship
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book review: In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of...
Once in awhile you come across a book so wonderful that like a hidden treasure, part of you doesn’t want to let anyone know about it and the other wants to tell everyone. This is how In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams by Tahir Shah is for me. After eyeing a beautiful leatherbound version of The Arabian Nights by Richard Francis Burton, I had wandered over to the travel books trying...
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“For some of us, books are important as almost anything else on earth. What a...”
– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, pg. 15 (via settledthingsstrange)
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book review: johann sebastian bach by rick...
As I read Johann Sebastian Bach by Rick Marschall, I noticed that this book was definitely written for the more musically inclined audience. There is heavy wading into the composition process of Bach and some of his contemporaries.  Yet if the non-musically gifted reader is willing to dive in they will also find that there are many jewels to be gleaned from this story about Bach’s life and for the...
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“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That’s...”
– Haruki Murakami
Apr 24th
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If I don't own a bookstore when I'm older, I'd at...
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“it takes a long time to grow an old friend.”
– John Leonard
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“There is in every true woman’s heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies...”
– Washington Irvin
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“Blind eyes become the seer of light beyond the sight of mortal fear.”
– The LXD
Apr 21st
“Now he marches in mediocrity with the capacity to be great.”
– The LXD
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becoming a book reviewer
I just recently received a request in regards to how to get started as a book reviewer, and I remembered reading the below on a fellow book reviewer’s blog, the parchment girl, and think she does a great job! So check out the below and then let me know if you have any additional questions J HOW TO GET REVIEW COPIES  My goal here is to outline the three primary methods of obtaining review copies...
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