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Gail Gauthier has written eight books for children, as well as short stories, essays, humor, and creative nonfiction for adults. She also writes about books and writing at her blog Original Content. In 2026 she's focusing on history. ...more

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A 24-Hour Readathon? In My Day, We Did 48.

I learned of Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon nine minutes before it started. For a hot second I considered being all impulsive, dropping everything, and taking part. Believe me, I had way more than 24-hours of reading to do. But in my search for time, I'm try to stay on-task, and the task that Saturday involved some invasive plants at the back of my yard and a wide array of additional activities both wo Read more of this blog post »
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Mill by David Macaulay
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"The concept behind this beautifully illustrated book is a little difficult for me to grasp. It deals with mills inspired by those in the Blackstone historic area of Rhode Island, but instead of using the actual mills that are known to have been ther ...more
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This American Woman by Zarna Garg
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"I am a fan of Zarna Garg's on-line videos and the clips of her stand-up I've seen. So, I jumped at the chance to buy her memoir, 'This American Woman,' when the e-book edition was on sale. (I like ebooks, because I'm a minimalist and control the num ...more
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The Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee Rosso
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This year I'm making an attempt to actually "read" some cookbooks that are being used with a cookbook club at my library. This is only the second one. I have to say I found this somewhat...elitist. It may be because of the constant talk of entertaini ...more
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" I'm not sure if we read bits of The Aeneid in my classic and folk epic class. I had to look it up just now to see what it's about. And while I recogni ...more "
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The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud
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These characters are not Bartimaeus in Stroud's best-known series, but they're good nonetheless. I can see myself reading the next book at some point. ...more
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When the Wolves Are Silent by C.S. Harris
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Liked the American history connection in this one.
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ADHD Is Awesome by Penn Holderness
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I felt this was a memoirish self-help book by an ADHD advocate, not a medical professional. As such, I found it informative and easy to read, but I don't have ADHD, myself. I have a very young family member with an ADHD diagnosis. I can understand th ...more
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Make Believe by Mac Barnett
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Probably neither as good nor as bad as its fans and detractors find it.
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What Cannot Be Said by C.S. Harris
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I like to read these books when I need diversion, so I was going to stop for a while, until the next time I needed diversion. Then I started driving a family member to medical appointments, so divert me!

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The Mere Wife
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"Beowulf" is my favorite epic (Doesn't everyone have one?), and this isn't the first "Beowulf"-related novel I've read. I'd like to make that a reading thing for me.

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