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3rsblog.com - 12 hours ago

Happy Thanksgiving - now go eat your turkey!

— 3rsblog.com — I'm unplugging from the blog for the next few days - there will be no new posts... here until Sunday! Thanksgiving will be fairly low-key. None of our kids will be around, but my husband and I are hosting my dad and a friend of his for dinner. I'm roasting chicken breasts - yes, chicken ... (more) Happy Thanksgiving - now go eat your turkey!

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3rsblog.com - 37 hours ago

Thank you, 21st Century! (Weekend Assignment #294)

— 3rsblog.com — Karen is still thinking about holidays with this Weekend Assignment: Weekend Assignment #294 : Thanksgiving is upon... us, and it's traditional to ask what you're thankful for this year. But let's tweak that a bit. As we prepare to finish off the first decade of a new century, let's take a ... (more) Thank you, 21st Century! (Weekend Assignment #294)

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3rsblog.com - 2 days ago

(E)Book Talk: "The Help," by Kathryn Stockett

— 3rsblog.com — Disclosures : I purchased this to read as an e-book on my Amazon Kindle. *The purchasing link... at the end of this review goes through my Amazon Associates account. The Help Kathryn Stockett ISBN 0399155341 / 9780399155345 Fiction (historical/literary), 2009 Kindle e-book edition ... (more) (E)Book Talk: "The Help," by Kathryn Stockett

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3rsblog.com - 3 days ago

Book Bloggers' Top 10 of 2009 (Weekly Geeks 2009-43)

— 3rsblog.com — (Well, I wasn't sure if I'd have a post up today, but what do you know? Here's... one after all!) I hadn't expected to start thinking about my end-of-the-year book choices quite yet, but Weekly Geeks is a little bit ahead of me: This is a guest post by Jackie of Literary Escapism who has ... (more) Book Bloggers' Top 10 of 2009 (Weekly Geeks 2009-43)

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3rsblog.com - 4 days ago

Sunday Salon 11/22: Bookkeeping, Bookmarks, etc.

— 3rsblog.com — Audience Participation: Blogger Input Requested! This is a new one: I've been contacted by the author of... an in-progress book on blogging professionally who would like to include interviews with some book bloggers who have found business success with their blogs. She's actually ... (more) Sunday Salon 11/22: Bookkeeping, Bookmarks, etc.

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3rsblog.com - 6 days ago

Week-End Review: Travels around the blogiverse this week

— 3rsblog.com — Audience Participation: Blogger Input Requested! Two items - one regional, one worldwide : If you're a Southern... California book blogger or author , have you given your input on a new site to help build up our connections to each other? If you missed the post about that earlier this week, or ... (more) Week-End Review: Travels around the blogiverse this week

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3rsblog.com - 7 days ago

A few words about wordy writing women

— 3rsblog.com — If you pay any attention to the book business and the mainstream media, you've heard the uproar... about the list of Top Ten Books of 2009 that Publishers Weekly announced a couple of weeks ago. Aside from the fact that it came out with nearly two months left in 2009 - is it like the ... (more) A few words about wordy writing women

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3rsblog.com - 8 days ago

Sights and Sounds of the Season (Weekend/Wednesday Assignment #293)

— 3rsblog.com — Is it beginning to look a lot like Christmas in your neck of the woods? Weekend Assignment... #293 : Halloween is behind us, Thanksgiving ahead, and Christmas advertising has begun. So how about it? When do the holidays begin for you? Do you avoid thinking about Christmas and Hanukkah ... (more) Sights and Sounds of the Season (Weekend/Wednesday ...

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3rsblog.com - 9 days ago

Southern California Book Bloggers: Your input, please!

— 3rsblog.com — If I had to list all the things I love about blogging, "community" would be very high... on the list. I've found several communities that feel a bit like home, but the book-blogging community is extra-special to me, and not just in its virtual form; I appreciate that I've been able to get to ... (more) Southern California Book Bloggers: Your input, please!

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3rsblog.com - 10 days ago

Picture this: a modern family portrait

— 3rsblog.com — Not long ago, my stepson brought a flyer home from school. It informed parents that on the... evening of Picture Day, the photographers would be back at the school to take family portraits for those who were interested. Of course, the flyer came home the night before this was supposed to ... (more) Picture this: a modern family portrait

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3rsblog.com - 11 days ago

Sunday Salon, 11/15: Bookkeeping, Bookmarks, etc.

— 3rsblog.com — I should know better, and yet every now and then I attempt it anyway. I'm currently reading... polygamously - I have three books going at once. Technically, it's four books, since one of them is a special edition containing two novels, but I've finished one of the stories in it; however, I ... (more) Sunday Salon, 11/15: Bookkeeping, Bookmarks, etc.

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3rsblog.com - 13 days ago

Week-End Review, Friday the 13th: This week around the blogiverse

— 3rsblog.com — Happy Friday! Here's what I have to share with y'all this week: seven new-to-me blogs a collection... of links that are a bit more thought-provoking than usual (must be something about autumn - the cool weather and short days must make some of us more reflective) a timely Blogthings ... (more) Week-End Review, Friday the 13th: This week around the ...

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3rsblog.com - 14 days ago

Yo ho, yo ho, the online life for me!

— 3rsblog.com — "I'm on Facebook, but I'm not on Facebook - it just sucks up your time. And I've... never even seen Twitter." As you might guess, I was not the person who said that, but it got me thinking. I consider myself far from cutting-edge, but compared to a lot of people I know in my off-line life, I'm ... (more) Yo ho, yo ho, the online life for me!

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3rsblog.com - 15 days ago

This Old Thing? (Weekend Assignment #292)

— 3rsblog.com — This week's Weekend Assignment question is a simple one, but may require a bit of thought. Even... if you don't normally participate in these things, please take a moment to answer it in the comments below. Weekend Assignment #292 : What is the oldest thing in your house or apartment? ... (more) This Old Thing? (Weekend Assignment #292)

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3rsblog.com - 16 days ago

Same but different: Favorite Song Remakes (Ten on Tuesday)

— 3rsblog.com — Ten on Tuesday can usually snag me with pop-culture prompts. This week, Yano asked for "10 Favorite... Movie/Song Remakes" - I went with songs, and over on Blogenstein , Tall Paul took the movie route. That's pretty much in character for us. He's more of a cinemaphile than I am, although ... (more) Same but different: Favorite Song Remakes (Ten on Tuesday)

Brenda Song

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3rsblog.com - 17 days ago

Book Talk: "The Longest Trip Home," by John Grogan (TLC Book Tour)

— 3rsblog.com — Disclosures : I received this book for review from the publisher via TLC Book Tours ; no... additional compensation was offered to me, or accepted by me. *The purchasing link at the end of this review goes through my Amazon Affiliates account. The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir John ... (more) Book Talk: "The Longest Trip Home," by John Grogan (TLC ...

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3rsblog.com - 18 days ago

Sunday Salon 11-8: Bookkeeping, Challenging, etc.

— 3rsblog.com — I just looked at the calendar, and there are not quite eight weeks left in 2009 (!).... Soon I'll be putting together my Books of the Year picks and my Year in Review posts. It may be a little more challenging this year. I've read more books than the 35 I managed last year (yay!), and I'm ... (more) Sunday Salon 11-8: Bookkeeping, Challenging, etc.

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3rsblog.com - 20 days ago

Week-End Review, 11-6 - Friday On My Mind

— 3rsblog.com — New Arrivals in my Google Reader Lit and Life Steele on Entertainment Average Girl Reads Meg's Idle... Chatter Shona's Bookshelves Gen Xtinct (this is for my fellow lost children of the '70's and '80's!) My Sandwich Generation (for my fellow children whose parents may be ... (more) Week-End Review, 11-6 - Friday On My Mind

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3rsblog.com - 21 days ago

NaNoWriMo? Why, no! Why not?

— 3rsblog.com — Quite a few of my blogging buddies are taking a shot at writing fiction this month -... and why not? November has been National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo for short - for the past ten years, and thousands of people (over 100,000 this year alone!) have set themselves the goal of producing a ... (more) NaNoWriMo? Why, no! Why not?

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3rsblog.com - 22 days ago

Book Talk times two: "The Hunger Games/Catching Fire," by Suzanne Collins

— 3rsblog.com — Disclosures : I purchased these books for my personal library. *The purchasing link at the end of... the review goes through my Amazon Affiliates account. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Scholastic Press (2008), Hardcover (ISBN 0439023483 / 9780439023481) Fiction ... (more) Book Talk times two: "The Hunger Games/Catching Fire," ...