CALL ME A BOOKWORM My brother was the first person to call me a “bookworm.” He said it affectionately, watching me curl up in our parents’ living room armchair. I was maybe seven or eight years old and I remember I was rereading my then-favorite book: a historical fiction novel about a boy living in…
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IT STARTED WITH AN OIL CHANGE I took my old but faithful car to the shop yesterday for a routine oil change. I say routine, and that’s what I was expecting, but my car has rolled 233,000+ miles over the past 16 years, so trips to the car doctor often lead to bad news. This…
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I’m working on finishing my first novel (check out draft one of chapter one here) and I’m remembering that writing fiction is incredibly weird. I say “remembering” for two reasons: 1) because I wrote quite a bit of fiction in high school and college (though I never finished a book-sized project) and 2) I’ve read…
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I’ve been doing some organizing and decorating lately (as part of my Bloom Where I’m Planted Initiative) and I’ve come to realize that I own a lot of books that I haven’t read. Over the years, I’ve tried to give away books I’ve already read (and won’t read again) as well as books I probably…
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My friend and I went to Barnes and Noble recently, looking for a specific book. Thing you should know: I take bookstores and libraries as a personal challenge. Can I find the book I’m looking for without help? Usually, the answer is yes, and I feel very happy. Sometimes I am in too much of…
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