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		<title>Book Review: I Know This Much Is True</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dominick Birdsey, the narrator and main character of Wally Lamb&#8217;s sprawling novel, is a man struggling to come to terms with a life marred by tragedy.  The novel moves through a year of that life, seemingly the worst, but also in some ways, the best, as Birdsey fights for both his brother and himself.  And [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplykaren.org/wordpress/2012/02/04/book-review-i-know-this-much-is-true/</link>
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		<title>Breaking the Book Buying Habit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So far, I have stuck with my resolution not to buy books.  The local library is tiny but has a great fiction selection.  I could have easily walked away with three or four when I visited earlier this week.  I limited myself to just two: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff, a tale of Mormons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplykaren.org/wordpress/2012/01/31/breaking-the-book-buying-habit/</link>
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		<title>The Daily Create: Doorknob</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doorknob, a photo by TheRichardsons on Flickr. Since my photos from flickr seem to have issues with the aggregator, I&#8217;ll post my photo assignment here, too. I don&#8217;t think this is really extreme enough but it&#8217;s the most extreme my camera will do.]]></description>
		<link>http://simplykaren.org/wordpress/2012/01/16/the-daily-create-doorknob/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Caleb&#8217;s Crossing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another powerful piece of historical fiction from Geraldine Brooks, Caleb&#8217;s Crossing is the story of Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, the first Native American to graduate from Harvard in 1665.  The narrator is Bethia Mayfield, resident of Great Harbor on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, who has some basis in the original settlers of the island, the Mayhews. But, as with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplykaren.org/wordpress/2012/01/15/book-review-calebs-crossing/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Gilead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prize winner Gilead has a quiet strength that arises from the character of its narrator, John Ames, a minister in a small Iowa town who is writing a letter to his young son.  Ames, whose only son was born in his old age, wishes to speak of his life, both temporal and spiritual, to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplykaren.org/wordpress/2012/01/07/book-review-gilead/</link>
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		<title>My New Library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite having a wonderful library in Williamsburg, I rarely darkened the door in the past decade.  I am a book buyer rather than a borrower. It hasn&#8217;t always been that way.  I&#8217;ve been a library volunteer, and in my commuting days&#8211;pre-Audible and ipod&#8211;I often stopped by the library to check out audio books, but once [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplykaren.org/wordpress/2012/01/03/my-new-library/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: March by Geraldine Brooks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t read Little Women for at least a decade, maybe two, but I remember it being a heartwarming novel with plucky characters. Geraldine Brooks&#8217; novel, March, takes its basic story from that beloved novel but does not offer the same heartwarming pluckiness. It is a dark book, but in it darkness, we learn about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplykaren.org/wordpress/2012/01/01/book-review-march-by-geraldine-brooks/</link>
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		<title>Milestones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new year brings endings and beginnings&#8230; My father&#8217;s oldest brother, Ted, died yesterday in the early morning hours, drifting away in his sleep after a year of declining health. He was 87 years old and while we grieve his passing, we have a sense that it was his time. I&#8217;ve been fortunate to spend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplykaren.org/wordpress/2011/12/30/milestones/</link>
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		<title>A Year of Books If Not Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Library Thing, I read 33 books this year. It&#8217;s definitely a low for me. I usually get closer to 50 and last year got close to 75 as part of a challenge. It&#8217;s a testament to two things: moving to the farm and getting stuck with a couple books. While the move to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplykaren.org/wordpress/2011/12/24/a-year-of-books-if-not-reading/</link>
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		<title>The Farm</title>
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		<link>http://simplykaren.org/wordpress/2011/12/22/the-farm/</link>
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