Archive for the 'Books' Category

Outside my Literary Comfort Zone

Posted by stacy on March 18th, 2009 filed in Books

Last night I headed out to the first l meeting of the book club at Words Worth Books, a cool little independent book store downtown Waterloo.  I joined for a few reasons, one of which was I wanted to read some stuff that was outside my comfort zone. 
The first book that we’ll be reading is [...]

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Fables: Thankfully, not for children.

Posted by stacy on March 10th, 2009 filed in Books

I was hesitant to start this series. I thought the premise - fairytale characters like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty living a shadowed life in modern day New York - would be too gimmicky and the story would just be one big in-joke.
As it turns out, Willingham never goes for the obvious plot, [...]

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chillin’

Posted by stacy on February 10th, 2008 filed in Books, Life, Writing

I’ve started a new story, something along the lines of a forbidden love observed by a god-like being who looks like a muscular Willie Nelson. Contemplating a POV switch as godWillie is turning out a little more creepy and voyeuristic than I would like.
Looking much forward to the return of husband, [...]

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the list

Posted by stacy on September 20th, 2007 filed in Books

In (late) response to dan’s request,
10 Favorite Books, in no particular order other than I thought this arrangement looked pretty:
Watership Down – Richard Adams
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
The Silence of the Lambs – Richard Harris
Out of Africa – Isak Dinesen
The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
The Saga of Eric the Viking – Terry Jones
Eleanor [...]

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Square peg, slightly-rectangular hole.

Posted by stacy on August 7th, 2007 filed in Books, Quotes, Work

Went back to work today. Reabsorbed by busyness within 10 minutes of arrival. Besides that, in the past few days, Dan and I have been reorganizing our

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