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    • A Window Opens, by Elisabeth Egan
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    • The Art of Memoir, by Mary Karr
    • Saint Monkey, by Jacinda Townsend
    • The Seven Good Years, by Etgar Keret
    • Girl in the Moonlight, by Charles Dubow
    • Etta and Otto and Russell and James, by Emma Hooper
    • Expo 58, by Jonathan Coe
    • Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America, by Linda Tirado
    • Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence: The Best of Believer Music Interviews, edited by Vendela Vida and Ross Simonini
    • The Returned, by Jason Mott
    • Gun Guys, by Dan Baum
    • Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    • The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond
    • Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World, by Sabina Berman
    • Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son, by Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott
    • How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: Child-Raising Discoveries from Around the World (from Argentina to Tanzania and Everywhere in Between), by Mei-Ling Hopgood
    • The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach
    • Mr. Fox, by Helen Oyeyemi
    • Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little, by Christopher Johnson
    • Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History, by Ben Mezrich
    • Embassytown, by China Miéville
    • Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work, edited by Richard Ford
    • A Widow’s Story, by Joyce Carol Oates
    • When the Killing’s Done, by T.C. Boyle
    • Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl, by Donald Sturrock
    • Give Me Your Heart, by Joyce Carol Oates
    • At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson
    • Red Hook Road, by Ayelet Waldman
    • The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell
    • The Best American Travel Writing 2009, edited by Simon Winchester
    • The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood
    • Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love, by Laura Vapnyar
    • Little Bee, by Chris Cleave
    • The Ten-Year Nap, by Meg Wolitzer
    • The Other Side of Desire, by Daniel Bergner
    • World without End, by Ken Follett
    • The Best American Spiritual Writing 2008 edited by Philip Zaleski, Introduction by Jimmy Carter
    • State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey
    • No-Man’s Lands: One Man’s Odyssey Through The Odyssey, by Scott Huler
    • Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can Be Made Simple), by Jeffrey Kluger
    • God Is Dead, by Ron Currie, Jr.
    • Wolf Totem, by Jiang Rong, translated by Howard Goldblatt
  • Home
  • About
  • Caving
  • Jess’s Book Reviews
    • A Window Opens, by Elisabeth Egan
    • The Girl Who Slept with God, by Val Brelinski
    • The Art of Memoir, by Mary Karr
    • Saint Monkey, by Jacinda Townsend
    • The Seven Good Years, by Etgar Keret
    • Girl in the Moonlight, by Charles Dubow
    • Etta and Otto and Russell and James, by Emma Hooper
    • Expo 58, by Jonathan Coe
    • Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America, by Linda Tirado
    • Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence: The Best of Believer Music Interviews, edited by Vendela Vida and Ross Simonini
    • The Returned, by Jason Mott
    • Gun Guys, by Dan Baum
    • Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    • The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond
    • Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World, by Sabina Berman
    • Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son, by Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott
    • How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: Child-Raising Discoveries from Around the World (from Argentina to Tanzania and Everywhere in Between), by Mei-Ling Hopgood
    • The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach
    • Mr. Fox, by Helen Oyeyemi
    • Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little, by Christopher Johnson
    • Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History, by Ben Mezrich
    • Embassytown, by China Miéville
    • Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work, edited by Richard Ford
    • A Widow’s Story, by Joyce Carol Oates
    • When the Killing’s Done, by T.C. Boyle
    • Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl, by Donald Sturrock
    • Give Me Your Heart, by Joyce Carol Oates
    • At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson
    • Red Hook Road, by Ayelet Waldman
    • The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell
    • The Best American Travel Writing 2009, edited by Simon Winchester
    • The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood
    • Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love, by Laura Vapnyar
    • Little Bee, by Chris Cleave
    • The Ten-Year Nap, by Meg Wolitzer
    • The Other Side of Desire, by Daniel Bergner
    • World without End, by Ken Follett
    • The Best American Spiritual Writing 2008 edited by Philip Zaleski, Introduction by Jimmy Carter
    • State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey
    • No-Man’s Lands: One Man’s Odyssey Through The Odyssey, by Scott Huler
    • Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can Be Made Simple), by Jeffrey Kluger
    • God Is Dead, by Ron Currie, Jr.
    • Wolf Totem, by Jiang Rong, translated by Howard Goldblatt

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    One Month Old!

    Jess / April 24, 2010

    Happy one-month birthday to Phoebe! She obviously finds this age exhausting:

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  • Babies,  Books,  Life @ Home

    Mishaps and Adventures

    Jess / April 23, 2010

    This week has been gray and rainy. One afternoon I realized that if I’d been at work, I’d be wishing that I were home reading a book. And I’m home! So I got…

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  • Babies,  Books,  Breakfast,  Church,  Coffee Shops,  Dinner,  Food,  Life @ Home,  Lunch

    A Visit from Grammie

    Jess / April 18, 2010

    We haven’t had much chance to write this week. Dave’s mom is visiting and she’s been hanging out with Phoebe while I get a few things accomplished…none of which have been the blog!…

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  • Adventure,  Babies,  Coffee Shops,  Food,  Life @ Home,  Movies

    Weekend with the Baby

    Jess / April 13, 2010

    We had a very nice weekend with Miss Phoebe. Once again, it was a delight to have Daddy home! After a stop at the coffee shop, where we consumed breakfast, we headed to…

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  • Babies,  Dinner,  Life @ Home,  Lunch

    Stats

    Jess / April 10, 2010

    On Wednesday, Phoebe had her two-week pediatrician’s appointment. Grandma and Grandpa came along and read the literature in the waiting room while poor Phoebe was stripped naked, weighed, measured, and inspected. She had…

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  • Babies,  Life @ Home

    Happy Easter!

    Jess / April 6, 2010

    Well, Easter was a couple of days ago already, but we haven’t had time to write. We had a lovely day! Phoebe had her first bath at home (a sponge-down over the bathroom…

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  • Life @ Home

    Good Friday

    Jess / April 2, 2010

    It’s a chilly Good Friday here in Lafayette. Dave has the day off, so I get to share parenting duty—a welcome relief after four days of going it alone during the day! The…

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  • Life @ Home

    Morning Snapshots

    Jess / March 31, 2010

    Last night had its ups and downs…Phoebe and I got up, I tried to put her down, we got up again, etc. She had a bit of a sniffly nose and couldn’t eat…

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    Almost a Week Old!

    Jess / March 30, 2010

    Little Phoebe will turn a week old in the wee hours of this morning. She’ll probably be awake to mark the anniversary! We had a Good Night last night (Monday)…I know this because…

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    A New Day

    Jess / March 25, 2010

    Well, it’s already day two of little Phoebe’s outside-the-womb life. Those tiny heels that were so often making circles under my right rib cage are swaddled up in a clean blanket printed with…

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