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Published: 06/12/10

E-Readers Are Rock Stars, but My Heart Belongs to Hardcovers

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
E-Readers Are Rock Stars, but My Heart Belongs to Hardcovers

For my mother's 79th birthday later this month, her four children are going to give her an e-reader. We have yet to decide which one to give her, but she's very keen to join this trend. As a frequent traveler, and avid reader, she finds that she's always lugging 12 hard-cover books wherever she goes (often London to visit me!). So she'd like to lighten her load. Apparently, several of her friends already have e-readers and they are all thrilled with them. I have mixed feelings about this present. On the one hand, as someone who -- by her own admission -- barely has running water and ...

Published: 04/29/10

Sisters in Reading: A Page From the Millennial Book Club

By  Jamie Stiehm - Politics Daily
Sisters in Reading:  A Page From the Millennial Book Club

The Millennial Book Club was established in Baltimore on Jan. 9, 2000 in my apartment. Three of the six founders were Baltimore Sun reporters, and the other three were "found" through the newspaper. The then-editor, John Carroll, introduced me to Laura, a cheerful arrival in town from Chicago, and she and I started the club. Now we are nine -- making a full house on the 9th of January, 2010 as we gathered round Laura's fireplace. We discussed "The Awakening," an 1899 American classic by Kate Chopin. Champagne made spirits sparkle at the 10-year mark. Four founding members were among us, none ...

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