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Beauty in the Messiness.

So this Thanksgiving I continue to be thankful for growing older, for everything I have learned, and for my beautiful messy, imperfect life. May you also find some beauty in the messiness of your life.

Read the full post on Lisa’s blog HERE.

Posted by BookBarmy on Nov 28, 2014 in Musings

If Authors Ordered at Starbucks

Created by an English literature and a history student (presumably with exams to avoid), this post will probably do nothing for you unless you enjoy the smell of a fresh hardback or skip evenings out for a book in bed.

Posted by BookBarmy on Nov 20, 2014 in Musings

For the want of a comma…

I often question my overzealous use of the comma, but when I read Ann Patchett’s response to a review of her most recent book, I sighed with self satisfaction…

Puppy Love

To the Editor:

I was grateful to see my book “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage” mentioned in Paperback Row (Oct. 19). When highlighting a few of the essays in the collection, the review mentions topics ranging from “her stabilizing second marriage to her beloved dog” without benefit of comma, thus giving the impression that Sparky and I are hitched. While my love for my dog is deep, he married a dog named Maggie at Parnassus Books last summer as part of a successful fund-raiser for the Nashville Humane Association. I am married to Karl VanDevender. We are all very happy in our respective unions.

ANN PATCHETT

NASHVILLE

Posted by BookBarmy on Nov 10, 2014 in Musings

How to Tell if You Are in a Gothic Horror Novel

On this Hallowed Eve – a scary warning here.

“Something is wrong – something is terribly wrong … It’s probably nothing.”

Posted by BookBarmy on Oct 31, 2014 in Musings

Death Comes To Pemberley – Masterpiece tonight

Tonight on PBS Masterpiece – Death Comes to Pemberley.

I didn’t get to P. D. James’ novel of the same name, it’s still in my TBR ~~mountain~~ stack of books, and while I usually prefer to read the book before seeing a film or show, I’m not going to miss this!