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    Faith At A Funeral

    November 29, 2012February 18, 2023
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    How do you find the will to go on, as an unbeliever faced with death? I struggled at my grandmother’s funeral.

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    REVIEW: The Sandman 6: Fables & Reflections – Neil Gaiman

    November 29, 2012April 25, 2024
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    Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman is a collection of 8 captivating short stories that will delight fans of The Sandman series. A must-read!

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    My Not-Quite Valentine

    November 20, 2012September 17, 2023
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    I know it’s not February but I’m silly that wayYou know this already, my part-time boyfriendAlmost loverFriend with such delightful benefits Just as I know you dislike labels so I torment you with a few hundred moreWeekend soul mateWeeknight playmateStandby date, always on call for an SMS or two It’s…

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    The Dating Thing

    November 16, 2012March 24, 2023
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    Let’s do the dating thing.

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    REVIEW: The Sandman 5: A Game of You – Neil Gaiman

    November 15, 2012April 25, 2024
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    This is the first long-form Sandman story that doesn’t break in between for a short, breather tale. It’s a different style from Book 2: The Doll’s House which was probably the last one that was so dark and intense. The Sandman 5: A Game Of You by Neil GaimanMy rating:…

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    You Make Me Cry

    November 12, 2012September 17, 2023
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    Bad poetry, alcohol & cigarettesStupid romcoms, cheap sexThe old failsafe remedies send their regrets I could build another handful of dreamsSew up the tears,show but a hint of blood at the seams But this isn’t the ache of oldIt’s the poison of too many hungers fed with smokeToo little, too…

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  REVIEW: The Sandman 4: Season of Mists – Neil Gaiman
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    REVIEW: The Sandman 4: Season of Mists – Neil Gaiman

    November 10, 2012April 25, 2024
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    The fourth Sandman book is where you get to meet the entire Endless family in one place – or at least the still-active ones. Season of Mists by Neil GaimanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars <spoiler alert> Destiny, the eldest, calls for a family conclave. Desire needles Dream about sentencing…

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    REVIEW: The Sandman 3: Dream Country – Neil Gaiman

    November 8, 2012April 25, 2024
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    Dream Country by Neil GaimanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars <spoiler alert> The third Sandman novel is a collection of 4 short stories – 3 featuring Dream and 1 with Death. ‘Calliope’ tells of an imprisoned woman who just happens to be one of the Muses. Her captors are writers…

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    It’s not a fling if it’s not something you can just throw away

    November 6, 2012September 28, 2023
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    It’s not a fling if it is not something that you can just throw away. It’s just not. Then why are you doing it? Who knew having fun could be so much effort?

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    Love, Learn, Live

    November 4, 2012September 28, 2023
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    You never stop growing. Never stop marveling at how little you knew last year or ten years ago. I wonder if it’s just me or everyone feels this way sometimes. Like I’m so different now than I was a few years ago, if I went back in a time machine,…

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  • IdeaSmith on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “@Soumya: Thank you for reading and commenting. Yes, I’ve had a good male role model. Unfortunately for me, I’ve encountered…”
  • IdeaSmith on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “@krist0ph3r: ‘Judgement as mental shorthand’ is a great way to look at it. It’s narrow to think of judgementalism as…”
  • Soumya on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “Hi Ramya, Firstly, my congratulations on a well written post. It didn’t pull its punches. Secondly, it was lovely to…”
  • krist0ph3r on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “Wow, that was a lot to process and at some point it got too much for me to handle reading.…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Sid: Oh god, you’re right.”
  • Sid on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “I think the Poser Reader sentiment also comes from the branding reading as a hobby has had. Successful people say…”
  • Topher on Lit Crush: Gabrielle Zevin ‘s Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry: “I too struggle greatly with problematic people who make great things. As a child Bill Cosby brought YEARS of joy…”
  • IdeaSmith on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “@XXfan: Yes, it appears to be a legal requirement for the hospital to show the removed parts to kin, probably…”
  • Xxfan on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “I experience with hysterectomy made me more mature.my mom had to have a hysterectomy.this was my first experience handling everything…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Slogan Murugan: Indeed. Books were always fascinating but this year has been about the people and spaces around books as…”

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