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Alicia Brown

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Category: humor

fun books, holidays, humor, memoir, news, novel, reading, words, writing

Musings on life, death, and the immortality of words

We interrupt this regularly scheduled “Taran Wanderer” chapter recap to reflect on the news events of this week – specifically, the deaths of Carrie Fisher (and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, a day later) and Richard Adams, author of my favorite […]

December 29, 2016by Alicia Brown
fun books, humor, reading

What I’m Reading: Artful

I’ve had a soft spot for “Oliver Twist” ever since I played a small role – that of Charlotte, the undertaker’s slatternly daughter – in my high school’s production of the musical “Oliver!” So when I saw “Artful: A Novel” […]

September 25, 2014by Alicia Brown
chick lit, fun books, humor, memoir, reading, self-help, teens, writing, YA

10 books that had an impact on me

These are not necessarily my “favorite” books, but 10 that have a special place in my life for various reasons. Presented roughly in the order in which I encountered them: The Outsiders. The book that made me believe I could […]

September 3, 2014by Alicia Brown
fun books, humor, news

I Think He Walked Out of a Carl Hiaasen Novel

Speaking of traveling with animals, saw this guy on the news this morning and couldn’t believe it was an actual human being and not a character in a wacky Miami-spoofing novel by Carl Hiaasen or Dave Barry. I mean, seriously […]

January 9, 2014April 22, 2019by Alicia Brown
19th century, e-books, fun books, humor, reading list, travel books

What I’m Reading: Three Men in a Boat

I recently finished “Three Men in a Boat (to Say Nothing of the Dog!)” by Jerome K. Jerome, a book I’d never heard of until my sister recommended it to me last fall. The story is a humorous account of […]

January 1, 2014by Alicia Brown
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