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		<title>Book &amp; Movie Review &#8212; Beezus &amp; Ramona</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s probably not too surprising that I have read Beverly Cleary&#8216;s Ramona books. Therefore when I saw they were making a Beezus and Ramona movie I was ok with it. And since Ramona is four in the book, I thought it would be appropriate to take Frankie to see it.  I am not impressed.  First of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost Here!  Mockingjay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Book (&amp; vacation!) Review &#8212; Jazz Cats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, we went on down to New Orleans a deux to attend the French Quarter Festival.  (We used to go quite regularly but got distracted by the whole having a child thing.)  It was, as usual, fantastic.  Just wandering around the Quarter and stumbling upon great music at every turn.  Fantastic food, even at the vendor stands at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Life Gives You Lemons&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frankie:  Mama, When will this family die? Mama: I don&#8217;t know. Probably not for a long time Frankie: Well, Papa is really old so he will probably die faster than us. Mama: Well, that&#8217;s probably true. We&#8217;ll probably be a little sad then. Frankie: Why? Mama: Because Papa won&#8217;t be with us anymore and Frankie: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misc. Mama Musings &#8212; Happy Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Easter Bunny,  I know you were probably freezing your tail off since it was only 17 degrees, but next year can you please remember to take your garbage with you so I don&#8217;t have to think on my feet so early in the morning?  Thanks for hiding the eggs inside by the way.  Also, could you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mama Contributes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thinking I&#8217;m really cool about now since I was asked to contribute to the March MamaVoices column over at Today&#8217;s Mama.    The subject was &#8220;3 Books You Could Read Over and Over&#8221;.  I had a lot of fun doing it and I was surprised at how many of the other choices I was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8212; March Book Club Selection</title>
		<link>http://www.mamareads.com/2010/03/book-review-march-book-club-selection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Push: A Novel &#8211; I desperately wish I had never read this book.  I keep thinking about it and not in a good way.  More in a it&#8217;s bothering my protected little life by making me think about disturbing things way.  I know that it&#8217;s good for me to step outside my comfort zone but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mama Works</title>
		<link>http://www.mamareads.com/2010/03/mama-works-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming home late from work, little naked girl dances into the room&#8230;. &#8220;Mama!  You&#8217;re Home!&#8221; &#8220;Look!  I&#8217;m naked ALL over my body!&#8221; shows me her feet &#8220;Even on my bummy bum bum!&#8221; shows me the cutest bum in the world then laughs uproariously. How did I get to be this lucky?]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8212; Gallagher Girls Series</title>
		<link>http://www.mamareads.com/2010/03/book-review-gallagher-girls-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mamareads.com/2010/03/book-review-gallagher-girls-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting with I&#8217;d Tell You I Love You, But Then I&#8217;d Have to Kill You, Ally Carter&#8217;s Gallagher Girls Series is fun, escapist fiction that will thrill the hearts of teen girls everywhere.  Cammie Morgan attends the prestigious Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, an all-girls private school.   What the outside world does not know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8212; Princess Hyacinth (the Surprising Tale of a Girl who Floated)</title>
		<link>http://www.mamareads.com/2010/02/book-review-princess-hyacinth-the-surprising-tale-of-a-girl-who-floated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mamareads.com/2010/02/book-review-princess-hyacinth-the-surprising-tale-of-a-girl-who-floated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frankie&#8217;s new favorite bedtime story is Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated).  Princess Hyacinth had a problem. Well, you&#8217;re saying, everyone has a problem. But this was an unusual problem. Oh, she didn&#8217;t look unusual, that wasn&#8217;t it. She had two eyes, with a nose between them and a mouth under [...]]]></description>
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