‘Booklist’ Category
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Being Elsewhere
0February 18, 2013 by Reader's Connection
For better or worse, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about Elsewhere. Usually it involves a sunny, sandy beach with palm trees and a gentle ocean breeze. Especially…
Category Booklist | Tags: A Perfect Day, My Favorite Place on Earth
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The CIBA Lectures: Around the World on Two Wheels
0January 11, 2013 by Reader's Connection
Sicily, Myanmar, the Middle East, and all around the world – by bicycle. As a non-cyclist, it sounds daunting, exciting, and terrifying to me. To members of the Central Indiana…
Category Booklist, Event | Tags: Central Indiana Bicycling Association, CIBA
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Jackie Robinson on Stage and at the Library
0January 3, 2013 by Reader's Connection
During January and February, the Indiana Repertory Theatre will be staging Steven Dietz’s play Jackie & Me, which is based on Dan Gutman’s book Jackie and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure.…
Category Booklist | Tags: Indiana Repertory Theatre, Jackie and Me, Jackie Robinson
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Simple Gift Wrapping With a Twist
1December 16, 2012 by Reader's Connection
We’ve been putting together a gift suggestion list since early October, and now Susanne has a suggestion about how to wrap these presents. The Japanese art of origami involves the…
Category Booklist | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, Furoshiki, Gift Wrapping
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Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance
0December 11, 2012 by Reader's Connection
My thanks to Irvington’s Steve Bridge for sending me this review of a new book in a science fiction series: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold is another fun…
Category Book Review, Booklist | Tags: A Civil Campaign, Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Cordelia's Honor, Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory, Vorkosigan, Young MIles