I think this is really exciting . . . http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/da.vinci.portrait.found/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn
Month: October 2009
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Coco Avant Chanel
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Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) has been in the theatres for a short time, and I took advantage of a rainy weekend to go see this movie by Anne Fontaine at the Plano Angelika. Audrey Tautou starred as Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel from her teen years until right after her Paris shop became well known, but…
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The Poe Shadow
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For my last book club meeting, the book discussed was The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl. As usual, I put off reading it until about a week and a half before we were to meet. I was sorry to have done so, since I would have liked to have read Mr. Pearl’s other two books…
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Beautiful Halloween Music by Kristen Lawrence
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THE GIVEAWAY IS OVER AND THE WINNER IS PAPERWHITE. CONGRATS PAPERWHITE! Not only do I read a lot of book blogs now, but I love reading the “style” blogs as well. Some of these include: An Aesthete’s Lament Cote de Texas –from Houston Architect Design -he just got back from Paris and has fabulous pictures Makeunder My Life -adorable…
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The Betsy-Tacy Reading Challenge
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After reading a kazillion posts lately about these certain books on the blogs, I have decided to participate in the Betsy-Tacy Reading Challenge, sponsored by A library is the hospital of the mind . . . book club girl has been posting about Maud Hart Lovelace and her Betsy-Tacy series of books for quite a while…
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