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What’s Your Life-Changing Book?

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

It was Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams that set Salvadore Dali on his life-changing path when he read it in 1925 while attending art school. I learned this from one of the instructional plaques in the Salvadore Dali Museum … Continue reading →

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Good Feelings from Groups

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Funny the stories that stick with you over the years. Have any of you read West of Eden by Harry Harrison? That’s WEST of Eden. Published by Bantam in 1984, it’s a marvelous piece of science fiction set in the … Continue reading →

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Successful Trip to Paris

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Today I washed the fairy dust from Paris out of my hair. It was a bittersweet moment (the bad part being I was shedding some of Paris off me; the good part being I was shedding some of Paris off … Continue reading →

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Paris Bound

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Hubby and I head for Paris tomorrow! It has been the only “place” on my bucket list for years. I’m not promising I won’t feel free to add another “place” upon our return. But for years, it’s been Paris, a … Continue reading →

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In the Headlines: Schwarzenegger and Shriver

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

I should be ashamed of myself. How could I not have thought about books when I heard the latest about Arnold and Maria? Well, thankfully, the L. A. Times did. For a summary, and maybe a book for you, read … Continue reading →

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Which Literature Grabbed You and Set You on Your Way?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

My husband, Gary, said if he hadn’t read Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck) and The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway) when he was young, he might never, as an adult, have read his other two favorite books so far: The … Continue reading →

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Book Marketing, Part 1

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

[Apologies for the drought in postings this past week. I was on the road, and I’m not accomplished enough yet to compose and upload from my smartphone. This will happen one more time in May, but then the summer looms … Continue reading →

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What Book Do You Wish You’d Never Read?

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

A book I wanted to throw across the room by the time I finished it was Something Happened by Joseph Heller. I won’t tell you what the “something” was that “happened” in the book. Suffice it to say I could … Continue reading →

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Book Trailer – Demon Fish

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

I’m a scuba diver, now and then. Each time it takes a few days to get comfortable again with the equipment and equilibrium, but the underwater world never fails to refresh and astound. Every now and then I get to … Continue reading →

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Karen ‘Writes the Book’ on Bully-Proofing, Part 1

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

My friend Karen has always considered herself not to be a strong reader. This hasn’t kept her from getting a master’s degree in education, teaching reading and other subjects throughout her teaching career, and developing and now writing a book … Continue reading →

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