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Beach Reads 2009
10 August 2009

Welcome to Holly’s Book Reviews, Beach Read Edition! 

Let me clarify right away; the books below are not what most people would probably classify as a “beach read.”  In my head, at least, a beach read is a bit of a throwaway read, a page turner, like the Twilight series or Mary Higgins Clark.  A book [...]

Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
12 July 2009

Generally, I dislike writing these book reviews, but I do it because I think it is good for me (keeps my lit analysis skillz in shape, a little at least), but I’m actually excited about this one because I am so excited to tell you about this awesome book!
It is a collection of short stories [...]

Further Thoughts On What My School Can Do For Me
20 January 2009

I’ve done a little more thinking and discussing since this post.  I’d still welcome thoughts from other people (thanks to Dad for weighing in), but here are a couple more thoughts after talking to MB, my mentor extraordinaire.
First of all, one reason that I’ve experienced frustration lately is the absolute  disconnect between my mission statement as [...]