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The Girl Who Waited.. — feeling amazing

Sometimes the wrong choices, bring us to the right places.

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quote 2014-05-31 17:40

Denise

"Maybe Lori and her husband didn't know that Billy is a nickname for William; maybe they didn't know that tacking 'Jr.' at the end of a boy's name means his name is the same as his dad's—or maybe they knew both, but just didn't care. But whatever the reason, the names Steve and Lori chose for their two baby boys were William and Billy Jr."

The Innocent Killer: A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and Its Astonishing Aftermath - Michael Griesbach

- "The Innocent Killer" by Michael Griesbach

This has been an interesting read so far. I requested this from NetGalley because I am always interested in books about America's legal system; even when, sadly, things go wrong.

(Really random side note: I finally learned what keys to press to get an em-dash (—). I had no clue how to do it and would usually just use two en-dashes (-). I also never knew that those dashes had specific names as I would just call them big dash and little dash. Oh the random little things that you learn everyday.)

The Innocent Killer Michael Griesbach Learning everyday dashes dashes everywhere

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quote 2014-04-03 19:34

Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.

Stephen McCranie (whoever he is)

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quote 2014-04-03 13:31

Lillelara

The scientific name for swordfish is Xiphias gladius; the first word means "sword" in Greek and the second word means "sword" in Latin. "The scientist who named it was evidently impressed by the fact that it had a sword", as one guidebook says.

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea - Sebastian Junger

"The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger, Kindle-Edition, 20%

True Life Stories

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quote 2014-03-08 01:34

Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud

Then I realized that I was falling victim to one of the fallacies of the bad reviewer (whose habits we already discussed at length in yesterday’s commentary). I was wishing that Hamid had written a different book than he had. How I might have written this story is completely irrelevant. It would be like dismissing The Godfather because I wished it were a musical. The novel needs to be considered on its own terms.

Kevin Guilfoile, The Morning News Tournament of Books: Ozeki versus Hamid

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Source: www.themorningnews.org/tob