Author Archives: kara

About kara

We know our letters just fine, and we know our numbers to a certain point, but books were always the realm of four-eyed poindexters with bowler hats and cravats. That’s why it pleases us so that America’s proud illiterates are finally stepping up and pushing back against the crushing tide of education that threatens to swallow us all into its gaping maw of checked facts. Champions of the Ignorantiat will not like it here.

Ironically Named Bush Library Opens!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by kara

The George W Bush $250 million library, on the campus of Southern Methodist University  -a school attended by the likes of former first lady Laura Bush, actor Powers Boothe, and Kourtney Kardashian – was formally dedicated Thursday in a ribbon cutting … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 25, 2013 by kara

Am I required to write something about the fucking Geroge W Bush library? Because I really don’t want to.

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RIP

Posted on April 22, 2013 by kara

Children’s book author E.L. Konigsburg, died at 83 in Falls Church, VA. The first book I read of hers was her first book:  “Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth.” It’s about the friendship of two girls, Elizabeth and … Continue reading →

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On the Nightstand.

Posted on April 11, 2013 by kara

Her, A Memoir by Christa Parravani

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Book Loft, Columbus, Ohio

Posted on April 5, 2013 by kara

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book lust.

Posted on April 2, 2013 by kara

The Foundation Trilogy from folio society Introduction by Nobel Prize-winner Paul Krugman. 3 volumes. Each book is three-quarter bound in buckram, with a paper side on the front board, printed with a design by Alex Wells. Illustrated by Alex Wells. … Continue reading →

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On the Nightstand

Posted on March 28, 2013 by kara

The Trouble with Tom The Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine By Paul Collins  

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Posted on March 7, 2013 by kara

The Republican Party is so dumb that their last presidential nominee was a Twilight fangirl. Mitt Romney actually admitted on The Today Show back during the hellfire that was the 2012 presidential election cycle, that he enjoyed the stories about the … Continue reading →

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On the Nightstand

Posted on March 4, 2013 by kara

Beyond Belief by Jenna Miscavige Hill

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Posted on February 20, 2013 by kara

I love Judith Krantz’s house in Bel Air, on the 17th hole of the Bel-Air Country Club off Sunset Boulevard. The 8,000-square-foot house was built in 1938 and has a two story library.

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