Tag: reading
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November 20, 2009 06:39 AM EST --
Do you get a question around Speed Reading ? Speed reading is a collection of reading practices which attempt to raise rates of reading exclusive of greatly reducing comprehension or retention. Speed . . .
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February 18, 2008 12:11 PM EST --
I am home sick today. Started having a sore throat last night. Woke up this morning with the sore throat, some aches & a slight fever. Decided to stay home & rest.
So far I have finished my . . .
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August 21, 2009 07:42 PM EDT --
It has been a while since I've updated my list of books read. So far I've read 30 books , I'm not counting the books that I read twice, as noted on the list. At this point I don't know . . .
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October 24, 2007 10:19 PM EDT --
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch atCmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
The rset . . .
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September 01, 2007 07:04 AM EDT --
Earlier in the summer, I read several good books, including the latest Delillo novel and another book I reviewed here. Now it seems like I've run into a string of mediocre books that have left . . .
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February 06, 2009 04:46 PM EST --
The following excerpt comes from a so called "childrens book " ,which I just read for the first time. It's not hard reading ,but there are many tough words and it was written in, I think . . .
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July 05, 2009 02:35 PM EDT --
What a find for a bibliophile like me! Fifty books for our times, that title caught my eye and to my delight I found a real treasure of a list. Not the usual "IN LIST", but an interesting and thought . . .
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November 19, 2009 09:20 AM EST --
As I wrote yesterday I got to be the mystery reader for my son's kindergarten class yesterday. The kids usually get it in the room around 12:55 and I was to start reading at 1:00 so my son and I . . .
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June 19, 2009 01:18 PM EDT --
We are headed to the library. The kids have been participating in the Summer Reading Program. It varies by age. Gilly has to read (or have read to her) 5 stories. For Chris, 150 pages. For Raegan, 250 . . .
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June 24, 2009 05:15 PM EDT --
I feel like I have been reading slower than usual because I have been doing a lot of other projects and sometimes I get bogged down in nonfiction, but I guess that I am doing alright.
(little . . .
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August 27, 2009 10:23 PM EDT --
Time for an update on where I am at with my reading for the year.
Lately I have been reading more print books than the Kindle as I can find print books for little to nothing, Kindle books are on average . . .
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April 16, 2007 08:26 PM EDT --
There are two writing prizes available at the university I attend - and I entered work in both, even though poetry really isn't my ~thing~ ..... figured I should do okay in the short story . . .
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December 29, 2007 10:44 AM EST --
I have set a personal goal of attempting to read 50 books in the next year. Given the nature of my life it's more than an ambitious goal. The first way to accomplish a goal is to break . . .
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April 08, 2008 03:42 PM EDT --
Everybody always asks what your favorite book is. I was curious as to what your least favorite book might be. I don't necessarily mean a book that's badly written, although it could be, but just . . .
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August 15, 2008 07:20 AM EDT --
How many books do you read in a year? I got through jags where I might read three in a week, then not red one for a month. But overall, I'd say around 25.
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September 09, 2008 07:21 AM EDT --
Hello.. my name is K D and I am a tshirt readaholic. Okay, so it isn't a disease, but it is an obsession. At least with me it is. I'm begging you to please help feed my addiction today. I haven't . . .
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September 12, 2008 05:31 PM EDT --
I found this really cool site online! I cannot vouch for this site as I just now joined. However, it does have some good publicity from CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Body + Soul . . .
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April 16, 2009 11:18 AM EDT --
After seeing the movie, my son bought the first "Twilight" book by Stephanie Meyer. I don't like to read the book too soon, so I waited to start it. The book read like the worse part of . . .
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November 09, 2007 07:43 AM EST --
"Perhaps it is only in childhood that books have any deep influence on our lives...in childhood all books are books of divination, telling us about the future, and like the fortune-teller who sees . . .
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November 19, 2009 06:54 PM EST --
I had some nice mail the other day...
Portia investigated to make sure it was safe.
Opened it up...
Yay! The books I won in a Gather contest! . . .
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