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I got my Harry Potter book that that pre-ordered from Amazon TODAY! W00t! I was really surprised that I already got it. I thought it would at least take a couple of days. On the box it says “don’t deliver until July 16th.” I wonder if the publisher pre-packaged them for Amazon to mail out,…
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This is unbelievable. A Republican legislator in Alabama wants to ban all books from public school ibraries that have anything to do with gays, whether they be written by them, or about them. As pointed out in the article: Books by any gay author would have to go: Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Gore Vidal.…
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KGO-AM 810 NewsTalk Ronn talks to retired Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, author of the new book, The Sins of Scripture. John Shelby Spong was the Newark, NJ Episcopal diocese Bishop for more than 20 years before retiring in 2000. One of the world%u2019s leading spokespersons for progressive Christianity, he%u2019s the author of several best-selling…
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I’m listening to an excellent book at the moment called Feed by MT Anderson. It takes place in the future and is narrated by a teenager who comes from an upper-middle class background. In the future, people are connected to “the feed,” which is kind of a hyped-up morphing of the internet and television. The…
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One of my new years resolutions is to read more. I’ve always been an avid reader but for some reason this past year I haven’t really been reading as much as I would like to. So yesterday I joined a book club and the book we are reading this month is The Plot Against America…
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