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2012 in review

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Gabriella West

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. As a bit of a giggle, I’m posting it for all to see. For a blog that I didn’t tend as often as I should this year, … Continue reading →

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Rowling’s ‘Casual Vacancy’ Strikes a Nerve

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Gabriella West

‘The Casual Vacancy’ by J.K. Rowling, Little, Brown ($35 hardcover); Kindle ($14.99) Joanne Rowling is a woman with a ton of baggage. As her own writer bio on Amazon states, she’s the author of the “bestselling Harry Potter series of … Continue reading →

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