http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2903 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 19:49:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2903&cpage=1#comment-17461 hopeinbrazil Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:15:51 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2903#comment-17461 This was such a powerful book. I still get chills thinking of some of the images. And it's been several years since I read the book. The movie was sort of dumb in comparison, but I loved the last scenes when the "books" are walking through the forest reciting their contents. Wow! This was such a powerful book. I still get chills thinking of some of the images. And it’s been several years since I read the book. The movie was sort of dumb in comparison, but I loved the last scenes when the “books” are walking through the forest reciting their contents. Wow!

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2903&cpage=1#comment-17460 girldetective Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:52:29 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2903#comment-17460 Elle, you're more than welcome! I'm so happy to share my love of that book, and I really need to re read it again, soon! Elle, you’re more than welcome! I’m so happy to share my love of that book, and I really need to re read it again, soon!

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2903&cpage=1#comment-17459 Elle Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:13:52 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2903#comment-17459 I'll always be grateful to you for mentioning Possession in an entry a few years ago. I found and bought it in a second-hand bookshop a little while later, and I really loved it. It made me think of my own work as an academic, at why I chose it and what keeps me going in it. It really succeeds in conveying the beauty of research, something that's sometimes difficult to keep in mind in the dayly grind of teaching, office hours and admin... I’ll always be grateful to you for mentioning Possession in an entry a few years ago. I found and bought it in a second-hand bookshop a little while later, and I really loved it. It made me think of my own work as an academic, at why I chose it and what keeps me going in it. It really succeeds in conveying the beauty of research, something that’s sometimes difficult to keep in mind in the dayly grind of teaching, office hours and admin…

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