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Bookworm with a View by Mari Partyka

Mari Partyka is an avid bibliophile and accidental blogger. While managing an Omaha book club, she wrote a master lists of her favorite reads. Her annotations proved popular, and a blogger was born. Each month she will write about books, authors, and the literary community in Omaha. Her focus is to help fellow readers find thought (and discussion) provoking works of literature, both for private and public enjoyment. Want to know what book she has her nose buried in now? Ask her!
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Audio books and running Reading My Way to an Ultramarathon
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Reading with Dyslexia From Battling Dyslexia to Reading Anna Karenina
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Book Store Are Book Clubs Still Trendy?
Mari knows book clubs, from humble Omaha beginnings (think group therapy for young mothers) to national online groups and Skype video chats with authors. She gives her insight on fostering good club discussions and recommends her favorite books of 2009.
Bob Eckstein's Today's Snowman Contest My Snowman wants a Kindle
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