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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To): Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To). Reading all sorts of books and letting you know if they're worth it. Friday, August 24, 2012. Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit. Psssst. Come here. I just have to share this. I just heard that the Duke of Windsor? The former King Edward VIII and the only sovereign to voluntarily give up the British throne? Well, sources tell me he was really a homosexual. Why, yes, he did give up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. But that's all right. You see,. Welcome to the world of.

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To): March 2012

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To). Reading all sorts of books and letting you know if they're worth it. Thursday, March 22, 2012. Miss Manner's Guide to Not Acting the Fool: Lesson Two. The question to ask oneself before indulging in gossip is not so much "is it true? Or "is there any useful reason for repeating it? But "is this likely to come around again and hit me in the face? Were truer words ever written? There is nary a subject that Miss Manners does not address. Burps However, should one sneak ou...

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To): July 2012

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To). Reading all sorts of books and letting you know if they're worth it. Monday, July 23, 2012. This is what Amazon had to say about this book: “Gossip is a tale of intimacy and betrayal, trust and fidelity, friendship, competition, and motherhood that explores the myriad ways we use and abuse "information" about others—be it true, false, or imagined—to sustain, and occasionally destroy, one another.”. Ummmm… maybe I accidently read a different book. Together they grow and...

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To): Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Shades Darker, or, Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Percent More Stalking!, or, Fifty Shades of Grey: What the Hell Am I Doing Here Again?

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To). Reading all sorts of books and letting you know if they're worth it. Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Shades Darker, or, Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Percent More Stalking! Or, Fifty Shades of Grey: What the Hell Am I Doing Here Again? AUTHOR: E.L. James. I don't know how I've ended up back in this place. It was a place to which I never intended to return, and yet.yet. I wonder what kind of crap she managed to shove in there this time. When the seco...

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To): September 2012

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To). Reading all sorts of books and letting you know if they're worth it. Wednesday, September 5, 2012. Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion. I was, initially, a little reluctant to do this review. I feel like if Miss Manners were here, she'd be telling me that one does not discuss two things in polite company: religion and politics. After all, when it comes to salvation - heavenly or political - people tend to get a little heated. Hubbard is, ...

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To): August 2012

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To). Reading all sorts of books and letting you know if they're worth it. Friday, August 24, 2012. Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit. Psssst. Come here. I just have to share this. I just heard that the Duke of Windsor? The former King Edward VIII and the only sovereign to voluntarily give up the British throne? Well, sources tell me he was really a homosexual. Why, yes, he did give up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. But that's all right. You see,. Welcome to the world of.

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To): February 2012

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To). Reading all sorts of books and letting you know if they're worth it. Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Miss Manners' Guide to Not Acting the Fool: Lesson 1. Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior (Freshly Updated). Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners. 1979 (most recently revised in 2005). In case you're wondering), Lord knows we can all do with a little more civility. What am I supposed to say when I am introduced to a homosexual "couple"? How do you do? It is ...

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To): October 2011

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To). Reading all sorts of books and letting you know if they're worth it. Thursday, October 27, 2011. Ethan Hawke (yes, that. Just something to know: I really like Robert Sean Leonard. I saw him on stage once, in a Moliere play at McCarter Theatre. It was the highlight of my French language learning experience. And supposedly, Robert Sean Leonard is really good friends with Ethan Hawke. Which, to get around to my point, is why I picked up this book. When he meets Sarah.

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To): The Hypnotist's Love Story

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Julia Reads (So You Don't Have To). Reading all sorts of books and letting you know if they're worth it. Wednesday, August 1, 2012. The Hypnotist's Love Story. Two weeks after I read this book, I was at the library and saw it back on the shelf, which inspired the following thought:. Huh I read that, didn't I. Which, I imagine, was not the reaction the author was going for. Fifty Shades of Crap: Fifty Shades Crappier. He gives her butterflies! Isn't all just going so swimmingly! She likes to pop up at the...