Carmen Milligan
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I have long avoided seeing movies made from books that I love. I have never seen "The Green Mile", "The Shell Seekers", or the...
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Carmen Milligan
Mar 5, 20222 min read
First English Novel??
I had a front-row seat at the online Ken Burns panel discussion on Benjamin Franklin and Writing. During the discussion, one of the panel...
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Carmen Milligan
Mar 3, 20222 min read
The power of suggestion
I was reading Amor Towles "Rules of Civility" a few weeks ago, sitting on the sofa in the bright morning sun, steaming cup of coffee at...
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Carmen Milligan
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Enjoying the heck out of Bachelor Brothers!
Sometimes (actually, rarely) I intentionally slow my reading pace of a book. There are a couple of reasons for my doing this in the past:...
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Carmen Milligan
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Another beautifully written book by Amor Towles
I just finished "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles. The story was good, to be sure, but it is the exquisite writing that gets me....
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Carmen Milligan
Feb 19, 20222 min read
While perusing the shelves...
While looking for my next read among the custom-built bookshelves on the far end of my living room, I spied a slender bright green spine...
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Carmen Milligan
Feb 12, 20223 min read
RED ALERT! Book banning is alive and well in the USA.
January 10, 2022: McMinn County school board unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 28, 20222 min read
Well, that just ruins the whole thing.
It turns out that one bad apple just may spoil the whole bunch. I'll tell you my story and let you decide. I am trying to read a book by...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 6, 20221 min read
A little historical fiction fatigue
I was reading reviews of an upcoming historical fiction book and noted the reviewer stated that she was tiring of dual/multiple timelines...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 30, 20212 min read
The proverbial rabbit hole
Just as Alice fell down the rabbit hole, so have I done many a time through my stream of consciousness. As the magnificent song by The...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 26, 20211 min read
A few new books for the shelves
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 24, 20211 min read
Abandoning Bass Ackwards and Belly Up by Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain
A first novel about four best friends who, after graduating high school, decide to postpone the standard college route to pursue their...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 2, 20212 min read
A satisfying re-read
I KNEW I had read this book! There was a 3-star rating on my Goodreads account, but no review. How unlike me! I left a review of Taylor...
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Carmen Milligan
Nov 23, 20212 min read
455 new words added!
Hundreds of words and definitions are added to the dictionary each month. I had no idea! Merriam-Webster added 455 new words in October...
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Carmen Milligan
Aug 27, 20212 min read
When you hate (dislike) a popular book...
I just finished a book for my personal diversity challenge titled, "How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House" by Cherie Jones. It was a...
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Carmen Milligan
Aug 7, 20211 min read
Diverse Reading: The Kurdish Bike: A Novel
Riding high from last night's "date" with fellow readers in the "Diverse Reading" group on Clubhouse, I started a new book today, "The...
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Carmen Milligan
Aug 6, 20212 min read
Clubhouse!
How long has it been since you played in a clubhouse? Well, I did tonight!! Clubhouse is a new app that is all about gathering people...
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Carmen Milligan
Jul 30, 20212 min read
I just put down another book, for heaven's sake.
I'm starting to feel like I am not really giving books a chance. True, my mom has to be grabbed right away or she will put a book down. I...
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Carmen Milligan
Jun 9, 20213 min read
Rat-a-tat-tat!
I got my third tattoo last week. Yes. It hurt. But only if a number of needles going into your skin, through the epidermis down to the...
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Carmen Milligan
May 20, 20211 min read
Library Bait-and-Switch
Okay, technically, it's NOT an actual bait-and-switch, but pretty darned close. I finished my e-book, and went to the Libby app to find...
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