Category Archives: Books

In the Garden of Beasts

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Elizabeth Thomsen

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin In 1933, the quiet, scholarly history professor William E. Dodd accepted his first (and last) diplomatic post and became the United States Ambassador to Germany. His … Continue reading →

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Comic-Con Strikes Again!

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Elizabeth Thomsen

I just finished reading Comic-Con Strikes Again! by Douglas Wolk — although it really be would be more accurate to say I just started and finished reading it. It’s a Kindle Single, and it’s only the equivalent of 26 printed … Continue reading →

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October is Adopt-A-Dog Month

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Elizabeth Thomsen

My Favorite Quotation About Dogs: “Very, very early a dog learns that life is not as simple a matter to his master as it is to himself. There are times when he reads trouble, that he cannot help or understand, … Continue reading →

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Guard a Silver Sixpence

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Guard a Silver Sixpence by Felicity Davis In July I spent a few days in Scotland traveling around some of the places where my mother’s parents once lived. I have memories and a collection of facts that I can fit … Continue reading →

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Reading Around

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

My reading habits changed when I bought my Kindle a few years ago, and they continue to evolve. When I first got the Kindle it seemed so much more convenient than dragging around a bunch of books, and I started … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Carol

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Merry Christmas to one and all! Here’s my favorite holiday story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham and presented and preserved in several formats by the Internet Archive. And if you’d rather listen to the … Continue reading →

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Ribsy

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Ribsy, by Beverly Cleary This is an old favorite of mine, but I haven’t read it in many years. I was almost afraid to read it again. I’ve been rereading a lot of favorite books lately, and many of them … Continue reading →

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The Worcester Lunch Car Company

Posted on July 28, 2007 by Elizabeth Thomsen

The Worcester Lunch Car Company By Richard J. S. Gutman This slim volume from Arcadia’s Images of America series is a collection of old photographs, advertisements, articles, menus, matchbooks and other documents and memorabilia about The Worcester Lunch Car Company … Continue reading →

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Diners : People and Places

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Diners : People and Places Photographs by Gerd Kittel; Introduction by Richard F. Snow This is a slim volume of color photographs of classic diners, mostly in New York and New England, taken by German photographer Gerd Kittel. It’s a … Continue reading →

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America by the Yard

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Elizabeth Thomsen

America by the Yard: Cirkut Camera: Images from the Early Twentieth Century by Robert B. MacKay This is a hefty book that’s over fifteen inches wide, and that weighs nearly six pounds, an inconvenient size for putting on a bookshelf, … Continue reading →

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