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The Vine: September 30, 2011
September 30, 2011 – 9:39 AM | 9 Comments
The Vine: September 30, 2011

My brother and I had a toy when we were younger. It was very high-tech (for the time) and was a plastic, working headset. It came with various cartridge and book sets. The cartridge plugged …

The Vine: September 23, 2011
September 23, 2011 – 8:50 AM | 9 Comments
The Vine: September 23, 2011

I’ve tried Google and asked my Facebook friends: one suggested I try Tomato Nation. The work I am trying to find was written in German, and is something between a short essay and a vignette. …

The Vine: September 16, 2011
September 16, 2011 – 9:36 AM | 28 Comments
The Vine: September 16, 2011

I’m hoping The Nation can help me find a book.  When I was in late grade school, which would have been in the early 1980s, I had the reading skills to read fairly advanced chapter …

The Vine: August 26, 2011
August 26, 2011 – 9:43 AM | 6 Comments
The Vine: August 26, 2011

Long, long ago I read a short story that involved a writer who loved to write but was constantly rejected for publication. Somehow, he ends up with a box that is an “adjective magnet” — …

The Vine: July 29, 2011
July 29, 2011 – 10:41 AM | 68 Comments
The Vine: July 29, 2011

Sars,
I need recommendations for podcasts. I’ve started a new job recently, and it is boring beyond belief. That’s fine. It’s temporary. That being said, I need listening material. It needs to be light enough to …

The Vine: July 22, 2011
July 22, 2011 – 8:35 AM | 10 Comments
The Vine: July 22, 2011

Help! When I was an early teen (25-30 years ago!), someone gave my sister a bag of stripped books. I loved one of them and it seemed like the start of a series, but it …

The Vine: July 13, 2011
July 13, 2011 – 9:28 AM | 38 Comments
The Vine: July 13, 2011

I am a big DVD collector. I probably own over 400 DVDs, and that is a conservative estimate. (Honestly, I am afraid to count at this point, lest I realize the depth of my obsession.) …

The Vine: July 1, 2011
July 1, 2011 – 10:09 AM | 23 Comments
The Vine: July 1, 2011

I found this book at my school’s book fair sometime in the mid-nineties, and I don’t think it was too old. It was probably for the preteen/teen set. I feel like the word “house” is …

The Vine: June 17, 2011
June 17, 2011 – 9:20 AM | 17 Comments
The Vine: June 17, 2011

I’m on the hunt for a sci-fi short story. I read it in a collection of stories, but I can’t remember whether they were all by one author or an anthology. I seem to recall …

The Vine: May 27, 2011
May 27, 2011 – 9:50 AM | 100 Comments
The Vine: May 27, 2011

I am not looking for one book, but for many books. I tend to read mostly fiction, with some non-fiction thrown in. I am looking for ideas for fiction books and thought I would come …