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the round house by louise erdrich

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nineteen years of hole’s live through this

Live Through this was released on April 12, 1994. I was nine years old and just about to finish out third grade at a new school. I was tall for my age, fat, smart, and already just a little bit angry at the world around me. I’d started my school year at a brand new school and my big sister had just moved out of our house. I was just starting to   [more...]

the eleventh plague by jeff hirsch

We have to be more than the world would make us.

The Eleventh Plague was pretty decent! And I might have a couple things to say about it! Spoilers!

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dvr hoarding & political animals

Hi, I’m Ash and I’m a DVR hoarder.

For as long as I’ve had access to a DVR (years and years, now) I’ve saved shows and movies like they might later save my life. Half hour comedies, one hour dramas, whatever movies happened to interest me on all those expensive premium movie channels. All of it. I save and I save and I save and I watch that available storage space bar disappear and I   [more...]

the woodcutter by kate danley

One of these days, I am going to choose a book for The Casual-Ass Internet Book Club about which I actually have something significant to say. Today’s not that day.

That being said, The Woodcutter was pretty alright. Spoilers herein.

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