I should probably say something more about my birthday, considering that I have one only 25% of the time, and maybe I will later in the day. But for now I’d like to share that Google knows everything.

PS. Click to see it full-size.

Also PS. I wrote about my birthday last year.

My obsession with Pinterest inspired me to try my hand, for the first time, at a quote done in typography. So I gave it a whirl with one of my favorite writing quotes, something from John Gardner’s The Art of Fiction. (Thank you, GW Hawkes, for making me read Gardner in undergrad creative writing classes).

Here’s the end result.
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I have 23 days and 5 books to go … My 2011 Reading List!

I’ve got The Future of Us and Nora Roberts’ second Chesapeake Bay novel, Rising Tides coming in at the library. And I’m currently reading Lisa McMann’s The Unwanteds, but I’m open to suggestions of what else to read to hit my 100-book mark. Help!

Also, how are you doing with your 2011 reading challenges?

The following song is by my favorite band, The Clarks. I always associate it with September 11. I have this memory of Scott Blasey (lead singer) saying that the song was about 9/11 but I seem to be the only one with that memory. So if it is, great. If it isn’t — I still think of 9/11 when I listen to this song.
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Well, I got to the end of the series and love love love it even more now. I had only read book seven once, the night it released, and since I’d read it so quickly, I had forgotten so much about it. You know what? I loved it even more this time around. It’s a brilliant book, and JKR is absolutely amazing.
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