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Why E-Readers Might be My Favorite Invention of All Time
My goal by the end of this post is to make everyone who sees it want to buy an E-Reader. Hopefully, you can afford to buy one. If not, I’m sorry to have added to the longing for material things already facilitated by a consumerist society. Before we get started, a note: Originally I had…
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Re-Reading My Favorite Novels for the Month of May
A few weeks ago I had this idea to kick off a tradition of rereading some of my favorite books during my favorite time of year. In Florida, April turning to May marks the best part of the season. It’s the beginning of summer (for us, anyway) where the ocean warms up, there’s a breeze…
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Book Review #5: John Green and the Anthropocene
Yes, I am quite proud of my rhyming title. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green is a book of many firsts for me. It’s the first book I’ve ever pre-ordered, it’s the first signed copy of a book I’ve ever purchased, and it’s the first book of John Green’s that I didn’t buy at a…
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It’s Okay to Leave a Book Unfinished (Stop #3: Tennessee)
First things first, I’m about to lie to you, and you are going to go along with that lie. I’m going to say the last major stop on my trip was Tennessee (Knoxville, specifically), but it wasn’t. In truth, my last major stop was Raleigh, North Carolina. However, it was a last minute addition to…
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Silver Canyon: The James Bond of Westerns (Stop #2: Utah)
The second significant stop on my first foray into western lands was Hildale, Utah. Never heard of it? I hadn’t either, but it’s where I could find the cheapest hotel for visiting Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. It is a town smaller than the pinprick you’d get on your thumb by trying to pin…
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Bless Me, Ultima: A Chicano Classic (Stop #1: New Mexico)
My first major stop on my road trip was Albuquerque, New Mexico. Before that I’d stayed a night in San Antonio, but only to make the twenty-six hour drive from Florida to New Mexico semi-bearable. With bloodshot eyes and aching limbs, I drove into Albuquerque around seven in the evening, checked into my hotel, and…
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I’m Taking a Vacation Day
Today. I’m taking a vacation day, today. It turns out I did not immediately return to my daily routine after my road trip. Instead, I did about a million and one other things, none of which were preparing a blog post. My plan was to read all of Bless Me, Ultima today and then write…
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The Alchemist and “Wine-mom Spirituality”
I am sure we have all heard that The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is one of those life-changing novels I told you all to be wary of in another post (specifically my review of Greenlights, which you can find here: link). Last year, I set out to read it to see if my life would…
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New Moon: A Defense of Bella Swan’s Depression
Yeah, this isn’t a post I thought I’d ever write either. I’ve been saving it for a week when I’m too busy to sit down and write something better. It turns out this is that week, so here you go. It’s also fitting in that when this goes up I’ll be driving through Utah, home…
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Writing Advice From Some of My Favorite Authors
A quick PSA: The next two to three posts will be scheduled. I’m hitting the road again April 5th and I won’t be back in my own bed until April 18th. Because of this, I’ll have a lot of cool content coming your way, but it might not be for a few weeks. Hasta la…
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