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Presence
Bringing your Boldest Self to your Biggest Challenges
by Amy Cuddy
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to present your strongest and most confident self -- like a job interview, or a business presentation, or a competitive athletic event, or your thesis defence? The very moments that demand your best also cause anxiety and self-doubt, making you feel powerless, leading </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/8832698475509756730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=8832698475509756730&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/8832698475509756730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/8832698475509756730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2016/10/presence-by-amy-cuddy.html' title='Presence by Amy Cuddy'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQ1t4dtKokWP2rcVigjvVtZPmfHC9Y3IzHBIW4LnbxzDSYur-gTQa48ehQk59L5q54-WzHKAnYkGLgOF7Rj_hljyqz4QClzafRd3L7IpMt8WMq1iILV7xtFdMkv4hP1SaluEB8w/s72-c/presence-amy-cuddy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-5137547682372617865</id><published>2016-09-11T20:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-12-14T20:43:03.711-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="non-fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self-help"/><title type='text'>The Book of Doing and Being </title><summary type="text">
The Book of Doing and Being
Rediscovering Creativity in Life, Love, and Work
by Barnet Bain
When we hear the word ‘creativity’, visions of paintings and sculptures and poetry and music float through our minds, our conventional wisdom suggesting that it is a special gift.
However, creativity expert Barnet Bain holds the view that everything we do is a process of creativity-- we are creating </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/5137547682372617865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=5137547682372617865&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/5137547682372617865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/5137547682372617865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-book-of-doing-and-being.html' title='The Book of Doing and Being '/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF62z7ez-GzuT22AnF9-2UqS4Egki-cuUl2QeISuNtWGfjT5FAK85RxAsjX6XdavwAbC_qKZzQ3TI9xg4xnrko4lmTs7sd_9OzjPE8C-NmnJ6Y92Qz20zvO_3oNtPywxZSwCWwDQ/s72-c/book-of-doing-and-being-barnet-bain.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-7051638217861163201</id><published>2016-08-21T20:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-12-14T20:48:17.345-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="non-fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self-help"/><title type='text'>Triggers: Creating Behavior that Lasts, Becoming the Person You Want To Be</title><summary type="text">
Triggers: Creating Behavior that Lasts, Becoming the Person You Want To Be
by Marshall Goldsmith
We have all set goals for changing certain behaviors in ourselves at one time or another, and failed to follow through to achieve the results we envisioned. Perhaps we want to be a better neighbor, or perhaps we want to stay calm and not raise our voices at our children -- we manage to easily </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/7051638217861163201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=7051638217861163201&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/7051638217861163201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/7051638217861163201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2016/08/triggers-creating-behavior-that-lasts.html' title='Triggers: Creating Behavior that Lasts, Becoming the Person You Want To Be'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmTcFcw3hL8lOnaB8h2eBiR7oQJks1w2-AWdW_b2tIJD7TL978IWrJfPgw5ONtMY4Tr6lagcuFi2224gHVhR_SrcmEtq4nSOu_0Kfi7mGgMjrvQ5odP1Nrksw9sDQt-GMlrfQcg/s72-c/triggers-goldsmith.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-4264241260516439910</id><published>2016-01-10T20:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2016-12-14T20:43:34.996-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="non-fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self-help"/><title type='text'>Rising Strong</title><summary type="text">
Rising Strong
by Dr. Brené Brown
The book cover states, “The physics of vulnerability is simple: if we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. Being brave and falling helps us grow and changes us for the better.”
Social scientist and best-selling author Dr. Brené Brown has spent several years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame. While her previous two books are a “</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/4264241260516439910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=4264241260516439910&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/4264241260516439910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/4264241260516439910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2016/01/rising-strong.html' title='Rising Strong'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAY5E84aGt-X_vceJZTkt8hYW_CKIn0hNdYryHbKW_VnQmfPO48k3ozFgAliIuaq9lwApWp3pQkE0vRjzSV2DF3uttwTgsXI93GvpWAKmt4rI4vNqJEMDwTxLjf7L5HKXAKJnVA/s72-c/rising-strong-brene-brown.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-8704093567227744719</id><published>2015-12-20T20:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2016-12-14T20:43:47.031-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="non-fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self-help"/><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">
The Gifts of Imperfection:
Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be
and Embrace Who You Are
by Dr. Brené Brown
Many of us tend to be our own harshest critics. We analyze and scrutinize our words and deeds (and, possibly, our appearance and demeanour) and deride ourselves for not measuring up to some esoteric standard we hold ideal. We focus on our flaws more readily than our strengths.
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Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan For Finding Peace in a Frantic World
by Mark Williams and Danny Penman,
with Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn
When was the last time any of us took just one solitary raisin, held it steady and observed its tiny wrinkles and its deep rich color before placing it in the mouth to feel the burst of flavor and unique texture, and then finally chewed with awareness, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/4102322949557714050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=4102322949557714050&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/4102322949557714050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/4102322949557714050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2015/11/mindfulness-power-of-habit-four-seconds.html' title='Mindfulness, Power of Habit, Four Seconds'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRuiYESmrxPKcGG-AQ0ZuBkVwMg5CfAccIqizIdYuY_XX9yFHgQd0v3M157z2e-3gFEDidxjZh3IirvAN9mlrGLQIdd4yZf58EIiPg2endvf6Dj52KTkQwMB5TF-mAXRa1vNSng/s72-c/mindfulness.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-8563869735175403463</id><published>2015-06-10T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2017-05-25T08:33:39.420-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="crime"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><title type='text'> Binge-Reading: Lee Child and Daniel Silva</title><summary type="text">
It seems like every summer or thereabouts, I get into this binge-reading mode where every spare time is devoted to feverishly finishing one &nbsp;novel after another till I am saturated for the time being.
The key is "spare time" - viz., time not spent working for bread-and-butter, cooking, cleaning, chauffeuring.
Anyway, of late, I've read one Jack Reacher novel after another, in no </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/8563869735175403463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=8563869735175403463&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/8563869735175403463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/8563869735175403463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2015/06/binge-reading-lee-child-and-daniel-silva.html' title=' Binge-Reading: Lee Child and Daniel Silva'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4kTi7W1ekl6EKR0aSYQmPYcUQKrL7l0Urci68WraRy1vwxkEpZ6VZLk1s0hvvCYR-EaTvvhbwqa3KYqZMLk3j1I4egrra5Np2kOk66uGXdt-Hi4BVR3v8XhCtqphUEN-cNaWjQ/s72-c/jack-reacher-novels-daniel-silva-lee-child.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-8430800467381996550</id><published>2015-05-24T12:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-12T15:58:12.539-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="eoin colfer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><title type='text'>Plugged and Screwed</title><summary type="text">
Plugged: A Novel,
Screwed: A Novel
by Eoin Colfer
After being introduced to the wry style, colorful characters, and an intricate yet fulfilling story in the Artemis Fowl series, I was curious about Colfer's novel for adults. I wasn't disappointed.
Plugged introduces Daniel McEvoy, a disenchanted ex-military Irish guy working as a bouncer in a sleazy New Jersey club. While not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/8430800467381996550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=8430800467381996550&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/8430800467381996550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/8430800467381996550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2015/05/plugged-and-screwed.html' title='Plugged and Screwed'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiQMW7rYVQjMpByhVftWFkBIQu2JN8YIoJojwthgK-L0NYUwyVhr8TgxC1-HO9RtK6ieaIbldJ4WfEYNiphSg4e0glq7VBvpUK_hiYPyemQAhbQykMQk4gLEcYUM_1hk9ppvEyA/s72-c/plugged-eoin-colfer.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-4324349167778236131</id><published>2014-11-16T14:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2016-08-26T13:40:46.159-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="non-fiction"/><title type='text'>Napoleon's Buttons, Disappearing Spoon, Organized Mind</title><summary type="text">
There are these 'must-read' books that keep getting added to my Reading Wish List depending on my mood. Sometimes it is action-packed YA escapism, sometimes it is pure brilliant humor, sometimes it is a stack of poetry picture books, and sometimes it is mind-opening non-fiction.
After intense YA action with the Heroes of Olympus series, I was in the mood for non-fiction and devoured the three </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/4324349167778236131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=4324349167778236131&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/4324349167778236131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/4324349167778236131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2014/11/napoleons-buttons-disappearing-spoon.html' title='Napoleon's Buttons, Disappearing Spoon, Organized Mind'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4geF06SXE2LHHax9BZZY5p8hZjtHWEc5heeW4OtJ2o2mHs-fUvMiXSOaRAFH0CtBNRubX2zS3H-KPFROs-ty50NzfILzoSAyZevKvraDJwKtcqYL_wOBfneVguMbgO-mUaXbyQ/s72-c/napoleon-buttons.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-3103921810957278430</id><published>2014-10-12T13:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-04-06T10:28:17.416-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fantasy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><title type='text'>Heroes of Olympus</title><summary type="text">
After zipping through Percy Jackson and the Olympians series four years ago, I knew that if Percy and Annabeth return for another quest, I must find out how it went.
So, when Blood of Olympus was finally released, I was ready to get my hands on all five books at once and read them back to back. And, circumstances so arranged themselves that I was ill one Friday and was curled up in bed. But</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/3103921810957278430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=3103921810957278430&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/3103921810957278430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/3103921810957278430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2014/10/heroes-of-olympus.html' title='Heroes of Olympus'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIf_j2Rdn9C885HLFognCE9ipNm3SweMORBMXS5jhh9PxvbZMn4Xz-MCktQ8rH7XfMNNe2Xukftl2L70CJ_6dX0W4f_cowWxP5Sv-RR4ckvIYoCNFgDLgZqBbXKCK3eqCOX0pew/s72-c/heroes-of-olympus.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-4392666771444871899</id><published>2014-06-08T11:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-08-13T15:30:27.407-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><title type='text'>Luka and the Fire of Life, Boy, Snow, Bird, and Whisper</title><summary type="text">
Of the half a dozen fiction over the last few months, these three were the most enjoyable read.
Luka and the Fire of Life
by Salman Rushdie
Having read and re-read Haroun and the Sea of Stories over the last two decades, I couldn't skip Luka and the Fire of Life. So, after the frenzy surrounding its launch died down, I quietly picked this up and relished the story-telling.
An inadvertent </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/4392666771444871899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=4392666771444871899&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/4392666771444871899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/4392666771444871899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2014/06/luka-and-fire-of-life-boy-snow-bird-and.html' title='Luka and the Fire of Life, Boy, Snow, Bird, and Whisper'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQF1H2_CYaugXm9BFocUEFwzfxge4ckYsVq7VrYsXyXGfrpjVsnYhC403L77Iul2QzrNplEbGeXS-8DuxNO2i2tDKLe_MIJC2VhRUzv8EZnbTBLZlcKiLxNq3hx4IkUjRf-dR1g/s72-c/luka.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-8689553104820461733</id><published>2014-01-05T21:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2014-01-09T13:39:29.090-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><title type='text'>Lilian Jackson Braun and The Cat... books with Qwilleran</title><summary type="text">
Quite by accident, I came upon a pile of Lilian Jackson Braun's books and loved the first one I picked up at random, The Cat Who Went Into The Closet (15th book in the series).
It is no secret that I love cats. And, with prescient Siamese Koko and Yum Yum, Ms. Braun has hooked in the cat lovers with ease.
James MacIntosh Qwilleran is a fine character developed from a recovering alcoholic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/8689553104820461733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=8689553104820461733&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/8689553104820461733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/8689553104820461733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2013/12/lilian-jackson-braun-and-cat-books-with.html' title='Lilian Jackson Braun and The Cat... books with Qwilleran'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe4SPRcWkBX6i05iF6RhvD4aaiODltoaL9-gvWrEIZYMKHMNI8MHfLcUU8OaNBZHBkzk8j85WONOBCmFCyNnRw83YOFcbmA-7j1o_NUjj6EkyqIBPTBCh-t5pBdly_J9Rb2KQaA/s72-c/Lilian-jackson-Braun-Cat-Who-Books-Qwilleran.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-6032153197277559560</id><published>2013-12-10T20:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2014-01-09T12:53:36.953-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="non-fiction"/><title type='text'>The World Until Yesterday</title><summary type="text">
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies
by Jared Diamond
As a Geography Professor, Diamond's prolific thinking and field research at New Guinea has brought out many books, and engendered severe criticism for his tendency to make generalizations based on just a handful of data collected by social scientists.
After, The Third Chimpanzee by the Pulitzer-winner, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/6032153197277559560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=6032153197277559560&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/6032153197277559560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/6032153197277559560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-world-until-yesterday.html' title='The World Until Yesterday'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-331547975985687957</id><published>2013-11-10T13:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2014-01-09T16:00:23.585-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mythology"/><title type='text'>Sita's Ramayana</title><summary type="text">
Sita's Ramayana
text by Samhita Arni
art by Moyna Chitrakar
I was bowled over by Mahabharata - A Child's View by Samhita Arni. She was just eight when she wrote it. And illustrated it.
Having read many versions of the epic through the years, by various scholars, in English, as well as the miscellaneous abridged and interpreted versions in my mother tongue, I have a special fondness for this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/331547975985687957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=331547975985687957&isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/331547975985687957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/331547975985687957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2013/11/sitas-ramayana.html' title='Sita's Ramayana'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-6654573681860447123</id><published>2013-10-13T13:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-15T11:41:40.077-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PG Wodehouse"/><title type='text'>The Adventures of Sally</title><summary type="text">
The Adventures of Sally
By P.G. Wodehouse
It seems silly for me to write about P.G.Wodehouse's books here. Although inherently averse to fanaticism, I have held PGW's books in very high esteem practically from teenage when I first encountered them. They are a class apart.
If I were forced to pick one writer as my favorite, I would easily choose TP&amp;PGW - opting to club them together as one</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/6654573681860447123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=6654573681860447123&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/6654573681860447123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/6654573681860447123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-adventures-of-sally.html' title='The Adventures of Sally'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-136317962884770704</id><published>2013-09-12T21:16:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-15T11:46:59.255-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="non-fiction"/><title type='text'>Comedy Books</title><summary type="text">
I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-up Comedy's Golden Era
by William Knoedelseder
Coherent narration, weaving in the drama and tension, while&nbsp;keeping the characters real and staying objective, is not easy; especially a story about now-famous comedians before they were famous.
However, in I'm Dying Up Here, the author has managed to present a page-turning account of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/136317962884770704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=136317962884770704&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/136317962884770704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/136317962884770704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2013/09/comedy-books.html' title='Comedy Books'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCYfKp9gEcJ9I_7r0_zvnfbEFdHLZyfXf6WtdLrqfhU1aM95Y6KMR-yIYMnPAc3JKBqgicLrqr4GL4iZrgM-KCpr0y5o_PzGRkgjztT5DU4YRDzAULBQW9AjCCfQ1R9vIY0GAPg/s72-c/comedy-at-edge.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-5079826944699887141</id><published>2013-07-24T20:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2013-07-25T14:14:17.133-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mystery"/><title type='text'>Detective,Mystery,Crime Binge</title><summary type="text">
I've been on this binge-of-sorts lately - of detective/mystery/action/legal/crime/suspense type paperbacks. &nbsp;Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Daniel Silva, James Patterson et al.
I've been reading them without rhyme or reason - just whatever I can get my hands on - Run For Your Life, The Associate, The Last Juror, The Messenger, Plum Island, The Lion's Game... and, often, not waiting to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/5079826944699887141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=5079826944699887141&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/5079826944699887141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/5079826944699887141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2013/07/detectivemysterycrime-binge.html' title='Detective,Mystery,Crime Binge'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEJFDQ3KE_-mD2efa6buEr4Bovve2sgSjZFDlSPmROOgm1UJs3In1wFPF_NZcp3z_Z7vu2FtASI_2jB5AGF2TmzMNHvyqtFVtvw-qYr1qBOT5-FRjo3bj6dDQdiVC-Lr5ATqFxg/s72-c/book-covers.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-7271058288399048458</id><published>2013-05-20T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2013-06-04T12:18:58.125-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="holmes"/><title type='text'>My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective</title><summary type="text">
My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective
&nbsp;edited by Michael Kurland
stories by&nbsp;Barbara Hambly, Michael Mallory, Norman Schreiber, Peter Tremayne, Mel, GIlden, Richard Lupoff and others
The anthology of 13 stories contributed by&nbsp;various authors about one of my favorite literary characters seemed promising, especially since the stories are narrated from the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/7271058288399048458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=7271058288399048458&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/7271058288399048458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/7271058288399048458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-sherlock-holmes-untold-stories-of.html' title='My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-7866346706426979878</id><published>2013-03-30T16:27:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2013-04-28T20:10:01.144-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="non-fiction"/><title type='text'>A Short History of Nearly Everything, Longitude, Ignorance</title><summary type="text">
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Here's a book that has to be read in installments, savoring every detail, smiling quietly at the humorous presentation, sitting down awe-struck at the staggering amount of information we inadvertently absorb from it.
The title says it all - cosmology, geology (when geology wasn't even legitimate discipline on its own), chemistry, physics, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/7866346706426979878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=7866346706426979878&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/7866346706426979878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/7866346706426979878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything.html' title='A Short History of Nearly Everything, Longitude, Ignorance'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIeOeb0ZLrWUM-dXvh7-yba1aGY_4Wo7_Ii87QmjdA8pn-6hP3YaaQ-xmwbYunwSJObUVTqOLSxs8rNuoDgSJEqpkaqShjtrG_HlAuBKvxYuw0WI7nLxrYo1ouJ2-lVSdP_nX4oA/s72-c/short-history-bill-bryson.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-3541390286173120314</id><published>2012-11-29T13:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-12-04T08:45:53.683-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="non-fiction"/><title type='text'>The Professor and the Madman</title><summary type="text">
The Professor and the Madman
A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester
Growing up with a dutiful reverence for the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and the Wren &amp; Martin Grammar book thanks to some dedicated teachers, I had never really wondered what it takes to make a dictionary. How does one know a word is really a word, when was it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/3541390286173120314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=3541390286173120314&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/3541390286173120314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/3541390286173120314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-professor-and-madman.html' title='The Professor and the Madman'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HG7n38A-W4bduGs1f6Rftt_uQzplp52woKL3v_Nns3jNcKK6nM6WHqF6vEPw1JOaTZb1lVQL5Z6-r-A-N3KDqiZRpOEW3ao3Uh_cg-94e_74SMGa9WbsJq9WGsepuj_f_djVkg/s72-c/professor-and-madman-oed.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-7119351414600125638</id><published>2012-11-18T19:50:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2014-04-30T08:38:20.055-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Terry Pratchett"/><title type='text'>Dodger</title><summary type="text">
Dodger
by Terry Pratchett
Pratchett's 50th novel, Dodger, is set not in the fantastical Discworld but in Victorian London with its nobs and downtrodden, heroines and villains, not to mention Benjamin Disraeli (PM of GB), Sir Joseph Bazalgette (Sewer Network Engineer), Henry Mayhew (social researcher and co-founder of Punch magazine), Sir Robert Peel (Metropolitan Police), and Charles Dickens </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/7119351414600125638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=7119351414600125638&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/7119351414600125638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/7119351414600125638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2012/11/dodger.html' title='Dodger'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOp7O1pyXBbwqdrD-z_IzwYvUtgsCaAD_DML-AKQNspKDNO0BA4haSdwpatn_9CEVVxh9EDW4ALp2ohEiQwYD028zdQXgU3B6dphilmtEPKT6wQqB0750p59ZK3C3EMfHBO73tgg/s72-c/dodger.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-9039788584957462313</id><published>2012-09-10T20:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-09-16T10:45:11.816-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Terry Pratchett"/><title type='text'>Snuff</title><summary type="text">
Snuff
by Terry Pratchett
I admire Terry Pratchett not just for the side-splittingly funny story-telling he consistently offers but also for his thoughtful and deep social observations&nbsp;and commentaries.
While typically billed for Young Adult, I doubt if many of his books (Small Gods, Carpe Jugulum, Night Watch, Monstrous Regiment, The Truth, Thud!, Thief of Time,&nbsp;to name a few) </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/9039788584957462313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=9039788584957462313&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/9039788584957462313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/9039788584957462313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2012/09/snuff.html' title='Snuff'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKv_b-vbgss7si7D0WA3jaI0ON0jcY-vUGYb0bX8Eyqe0RXAUoyys9R8_c3XLzWf_gw1xPCSrC8jLaqYjoJNpUboHCYv35wf-EK7KI4kqUhYFIlmaSnqcrVAAZfhgcPNM4kDnQw/s72-c/snuff-by+pratchett.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-967290585079433023</id><published>2012-07-06T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-08-05T14:43:45.335-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Terry Pratchett"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TiffanyAching"/><title type='text'>I Shall Wear Midnight</title><summary type="text">
I Shall Wear Midnight
by Terry Pratchett
After Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith, we meet Tiffany Aching yet again as a 16 year old practicing witch, doing the needful for the needy, nothing glamorous, nothing fanciful, just back-breaking work that touches people's lives in a way that only witches care to do. She is the hag o' the hills. Chalk's very own witch.
But then, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/967290585079433023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=967290585079433023&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/967290585079433023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/967290585079433023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2012/07/i-shall-wear-midnight.html' title='I Shall Wear Midnight'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5rRBX9Yio0Bl3a7IHSHxtmfubpNUBu5tww6bX7aRdHnWsbgqVfS4NrQEcn9gqfru9ws7xCS6GvZYPMs7ovGIaRqkIyLjDG42k3o7DDSdqhyphenhyphen2veyvnJ4D5eFw55bELWSuOwwZnQ/s72-c/i-shall-wear-midnight.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-7120088207395372867</id><published>2012-07-04T16:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-08-05T14:43:45.330-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Terry Pratchett"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TiffanyAching"/><title type='text'>Wintersmith</title><summary type="text">
Wintersmith
by Terry Pratchett
The third book in the Tiffany Aching series, Wintersmith is a delightful read, as always, narrating the story of what happened when almost-13-year-old Tiffany felt the urge to dance.
&nbsp;Not any old dance, not an ordinary girlish frolic, easily indulged and without much consequence, with a village friend. No. She steps into the Summer Lady's spot where the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/7120088207395372867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=7120088207395372867&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/7120088207395372867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/7120088207395372867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2012/07/wintersmith.html' title='Wintersmith'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIqEpVfO9HYluMxO8NVX8K1AXNaZ4kvZqH90GJTQYZTS7m3doAueXUODJfpi9Lnlsa0Gj_d7ty2bUVzdJfInFBjnMBwR6XUOOz7kCYnXpaU0uT95jY931rxfuo9mWjSlbDn76uA/s72-c/wintersmith_paperback_usa-edition_3d.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30122758.post-3962059606105988269</id><published>2012-07-03T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-08-05T14:43:45.322-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fiction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Terry Pratchett"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TiffanyAching"/><title type='text'>A Hat Full of Sky</title><summary type="text">
A Hat Full of Sky
by Terry Pratchett
The second in the Tiffany Aching adventure, following The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky showcases this plucky young 11-year-old heroine's mettle as she embarks on her apprenticeship in magic.
Tiffany is a hard name for a witch to live down. But, in&nbsp;ancient&nbsp;tongue it also means Land Under Wave, something hard to live up to. But, Tiffany is up</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/feeds/3962059606105988269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30122758&postID=3962059606105988269&isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/3962059606105988269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30122758/posts/default/3962059606105988269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rarelythere.blogspot.com/2012/07/hat-full-of-sky.html' title='A Hat Full of Sky'/><author><name>Sheela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01892316117026334238</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/442986396_5e893834c7.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1v_ElqKtDQA2UOTZhQIFeeTrYMIYWlJ5guErGHp9YpDYjXU5MRknMrusr1vMZGePMqdfkIOLStL9UnDgMUW8EtYstp3eRGsatax50nnmeZBH1dacpnYsGKXS_H2j2KWju6aEo3g/s72-c/hat-full-of-sky.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>

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