Carmen Milligan
The Question: Do you think about past reads?
At seemingly odd times, a bit of text, a scene, or a character from a past read will pop into my mind. From books that made very little...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 8, 20201 min read
To reread, or not to reread...
...that is the question! My sorority book club is made up of both alums and collegiates, and was formed during this quarantine. So far,...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 2, 20203 min read
Mysteries for Fall 2020
Penguin Random House just posted Our Most Anticipated Mysteries for Fall. Here's a peak: The Searcher by Tana French Summary: Cal Hooper...
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Carmen Milligan
Sep 1, 20201 min read
September is Library Card Sign-up Month
Straight from the American Library Association's website: DC’s Wonder Woman to lasso up Library Card Sign-up Month 2020 This September,...
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Carmen Milligan
Aug 21, 20201 min read
New Review Coming: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
I just finished "The Glass Hotel" by Emily St. John Mandel. I was quite excited when I saw that this 2020-published novel was available...
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Carmen Milligan
Aug 21, 20202 min read
Reading goal: Pulitzer Prize winners for Fiction: Part 1
I have read a few novels which have won the coveted Pulitzer Prize. So far, reading these novels has left me scratching my head as to why...
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Carmen Milligan
Aug 20, 20203 min read
When you ask a librarian a question...
I am not a fan of J. D. Salinger. I do not think The Catcher in the Rye was the best coming of age book written this century. I also do...
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Carmen Milligan
Aug 19, 20201 min read
Review Posted: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Head on over to Bubbly Bibbly where you can read my latest review of Normal People by Sally Rooney. It's a little longer than my other...
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Carmen Milligan
Aug 18, 20201 min read
New Release Tuesday
It's Tuesday, and you know what that means: new books have been released into the wild! In reviewing the books available today, one...
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Carmen Milligan
Aug 18, 20201 min read
Today is Bad Poetry Day!
On the literary calendar, August 18 is "Bad Poetry Day". Let me introduce you to a most famous poetry mangler. William Topaz McGonagall...
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Carmen Milligan
Aug 17, 20201 min read
Second Meeting of Sorority Book Club
The second meeting of my sorority book club will meet tonight. Unfortunately, I won't be available (we had to push it a week to the...
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Carmen Milligan
Jul 29, 20201 min read
100 Page Rule
I have a 100-Page-Rule. Simply put, I give a book 100 pages to grab my attention and make it worth my time to read it. That, in my...
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Carmen Milligan
Jul 25, 20201 min read
Why I read.
I have read as long as I can remember. I loved The Ramona series by Beverly Cleary, and devoured Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys books....
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Carmen Milligan
Jul 25, 20201 min read
Sooooo many books!
There are so many books out there. I have over 1000 on my to-be-read (TBR) list. And yet, EVERY Tuesday, more and more and more books are...
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