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Tag Archives: Reading
Books I’m Dying to Read
After an excruciating wait, it’s finally summer, which means long days, plenty of outdoor time and, if you’re me, the joy of choosing the books to read during our vacation in late July-early August when I’m not writing or on … Continue reading
Posted in Brenda's Posts
Tagged books, John of John, Land, Lonesome Dove, Reading, Storm Tide, summer, This Foreign Land, Vacation
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A Few of My Favorite Things
By Kait Carson As I write this, I’m waiting for the sun to come up so I can shovel our very first accumulating snow of the year. Shoveling snow is not one of my favorite things, but I don’t mind … Continue reading
Aren’t familiar with mystery novels? Here’s how to read one
Sorry this is late. Hey! I’m busy writing! Seriously. Anyway, because of that I’ve dug up one of my oldies, but goodies. This one from March 2016. I’ve edited the lead-in a little to remove references about “finishing up” my … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts
Tagged Dorothy L. Sayers, Kate Atkinson, mystery novels, Reading
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In praise of good long books
My town had by all accounts a very succesful community read this year — an event in which everyone (who wants to) reads the same book. A variety of discussions and events are built around it, and it lasts for … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged Elizabeth George, Liane Moriarty, P.D. James, Reading
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Getting a Read on 2020
John Clark deliberately ignoring the clusterdiddle in the capitol. If I’m going to look back, I’d rather look at something brighter. I had 4 stories published (two in the 2020 BOULD Anthology, one in Stop The World-Stories of the Pandemic … Continue reading
My Thoughts Are Like Sanderlings, Redux
In early April, when our awareness of the pandemic was still new, I wrote a post consisting of a series of random thoughts. I thought about that post last Sunday while walking the beach late in the afternoon, studying the … Continue reading
Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged labor day, Maine, Reading, sea roses, summer, tomatoes, Vote
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REFILLING THE WELL
Susan Vaughan here. My husband and I recently spent ten days in sunny and blessedly warm Florida. We walked the beach and sat in beach chairs and read, among other things. As soon as we returned to Maine, we faced … Continue reading
Want to make the world a better place? Give a kid a book
I’ve seen a few items in the news lately about The Molina Foundation giving away more than 5,000 books this summer to Community Action Programs across Maine. The books are to be handed out to kids served by the programs. … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts
Tagged books, Community Action Programs, Molina Foundation, Reading
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Want proof a community cares about a library? Take a trip to Augusta, Maine
We’ve written often in this space about libraries and how much we appreciate them — as writers they hold a special place for us. Recently, I was reminded just how much libraries are part of a community as a whole … Continue reading
Posted in Maureen's Posts
Tagged Augusta, Bernie O'Dea, Cold Hard News, libraries, Maine, Maureen Milliken, No News is Bad News, Reading
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Master of All Masters.
Vaughn Hardacker here: Recently, I was talking to a young couple, parents of two children, four and six, and the topic of how we entertain our kids came up. As I expected several techniques were mentioned, all of which were … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Vaughn's Posts
Tagged books, childhood memories, fairy tales, Maine Crime Writers, Reading
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