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Testing, Testing
Across Connecticut this month, tens of thousands of 8th and 10th graders took standardized tests. Classroom instruction halted; bubbles were filled in; formulaic essays were churned out. In Westport,… more →
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Nina Sankovitch: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading (review)
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wrote 4 weeks ago: Nina Sankovitch lost her older sister Anne-Marie to cancer in 2005. She spent the next few years jus … more →
Book Three in the 13 in '13 Reading Challenge: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
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wrote 3 months ago: Good morning! As you can see from the title of today’s post, I did in fact manage to get some … more →
An Illustrated Letter From Ziggy with Love
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wrote 5 months ago: I read a very interesting post by Erin on her blog For The Love of Bookshops. It was about Nina Sank … more →
Review: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
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wrote 5 months ago: 365. That’s how many books Nina Sankovitch read in one year. That’s right. 365. A book a … more →
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
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wrote 9 months ago: On the 366th consecutive day of her journey to find life through the pages of paperbacks and hardcov … more →
Book Review | Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
wrote 9 months ago: Photo courtesy of Harper Collins I recently finished reading a really moving book by Nina Sankovitch … more →
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch
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wrote 10 months ago: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading – Nina Sankovitch Harper Perennial, J … more →
Light Summer Reading Recommendations
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wrote 10 months ago: I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately. It’s one of my very favorite things to do and … more →
Paperback Picks: June
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wrote 11 months ago: So many great choices this month. My top 5 June paperback releases… Cover image from Goodreads … more →
A theatre-going innovation
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wrote 1 year ago: Here’s an interesting development in the world of books and writing. Our local theatre, the Westport … more →
Thoughts On: The Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch
wrote 1 year ago: “It is not the emotion of love, solely and independent, that is important. It is the people I … more →
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
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wrote 1 year ago: I’ve turned to books for solace, companionship, succor and sustenance throughout my life and they ha … more →
Nina Sankovitch: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair (2011) A Memoir
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wrote 1 year ago: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair is a memoir I’ve been eying for a while until I finally bought it … more →
Testing, Testing
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wrote 1 year ago: Across Connecticut this month, tens of thousands of 8th and 10th graders took standardized tests. Cl … more →
I'm a Reading Machine! Reviews of Tolstoy and the Purple Chair and Sarah's Key
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wrote 1 year ago: I apologize for my absence! I was overcome these last few weeks by a variety of New City Germs that … more →
Allaying Grief Through Books
wrote 1 year ago: Photo: Antonio Mantero/Flickr FOR three years after the death of her adored eldest sister, Anne-Mari … more →
#74 review: Tolstoy and The Purple Chair
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wrote 1 year ago: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina SANKOVITCH 236 pages Published in J … more →
Within A Book, Gems To Discover
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wrote 1 year ago: As I’ve mentioned before, I love reading. It entertains me, relaxes me, makes me knowledgeabl … more →
Books about books
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wrote 1 year ago: Am I alone in liking to read books about other books? I first became aware of this sub genre when Su … more →
