Carmen Milligan
Book to movie
I have long avoided seeing movies made from books that I love. I have never seen "The Green Mile", "The Shell Seekers", or the...
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Carmen Milligan
- Mar 5
- 2 min
First English Novel??
I had a front-row seat at the online Ken Burns panel discussion on Benjamin Franklin and Writing. During the discussion, one of the panel...
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Carmen Milligan
- Mar 3
- 2 min
The power of suggestion
I was reading Amor Towles "Rules of Civility" a few weeks ago, sitting on the sofa in the bright morning sun, steaming cup of coffee at...
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Carmen Milligan
- Feb 28
- 1 min
Enjoying the heck out of Bachelor Brothers!
Sometimes (actually, rarely) I intentionally slow my reading pace of a book. There are a couple of reasons for my doing this in the past:...
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Carmen Milligan
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Another beautifully written book by Amor Towles
I just finished "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles. The story was good, to be sure, but it is the exquisite writing that gets me....
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Carmen Milligan
- Feb 19
- 2 min
While perusing the shelves...
While looking for my next read among the custom-built bookshelves on the far end of my living room, I spied a slender bright green spine...
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Carmen Milligan
- Feb 12
- 3 min
RED ALERT! Book banning is alive and well in the USA.
January 10, 2022: McMinn County school board unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from...
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Carmen Milligan
- Jan 28
- 2 min
Well, that just ruins the whole thing.
It turns out that one bad apple just may spoil the whole bunch. I'll tell you my story and let you decide. I am trying to read a book by...
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Carmen Milligan
- Jan 6
- 1 min
A little historical fiction fatigue
I was reading reviews of an upcoming historical fiction book and noted the reviewer stated that she was tiring of dual/multiple timelines...
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Carmen Milligan
- Dec 30, 2021
- 2 min
The proverbial rabbit hole
Just as Alice fell down the rabbit hole, so have I done many a time through my stream of consciousness. As the magnificent song by The...
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Carmen Milligan
- Dec 26, 2021
- 1 min
A few new books for the shelves
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique...
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Carmen Milligan
- Dec 24, 2021
- 1 min
Abandoning Bass Ackwards and Belly Up by Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain
A first novel about four best friends who, after graduating high school, decide to postpone the standard college route to pursue their...
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Carmen Milligan
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
A satisfying re-read
I KNEW I had read this book! There was a 3-star rating on my Goodreads account, but no review. How unlike me! I left a review of Taylor...
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Carmen Milligan
- Nov 23, 2021
- 2 min
455 new words added!
Hundreds of words and definitions are added to the dictionary each month. I had no idea! Merriam-Webster added 455 new words in October...
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Carmen Milligan
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
When you hate (dislike) a popular book...
I just finished a book for my personal diversity challenge titled, "How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House" by Cherie Jones. It was a...
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Carmen Milligan
- Aug 7, 2021
- 1 min
Diverse Reading: The Kurdish Bike: A Novel
Riding high from last night's "date" with fellow readers in the "Diverse Reading" group on Clubhouse, I started a new book today, "The...
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Carmen Milligan
- Aug 6, 2021
- 2 min
Clubhouse!
How long has it been since you played in a clubhouse? Well, I did tonight!! Clubhouse is a new app that is all about gathering people...
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Carmen Milligan
- Jul 30, 2021
- 2 min
I just put down another book, for heaven's sake.
I'm starting to feel like I am not really giving books a chance. True, my mom has to be grabbed right away or she will put a book down. I...
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Carmen Milligan
- Jun 9, 2021
- 3 min
Rat-a-tat-tat!
I got my third tattoo last week. Yes. It hurt. But only if a number of needles going into your skin, through the epidermis down to the...
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Carmen Milligan
- May 20, 2021
- 1 min
Library Bait-and-Switch
Okay, technically, it's NOT an actual bait-and-switch, but pretty darned close. I finished my e-book, and went to the Libby app to find...
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