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Celebrate Engaging With Books

Don’t Be a Jerk About This

5 min readApr 9, 2024

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A small table in a Barnes and Noble Café. At the far left of the table, there are two books — and Ice Planet Barbarians book and Bluebeard’s Castle by Anna Biller. Plus two mystery digest magazines. In the foreground, there is a large cup of ice tea mixed with lemonade and some small napkins.

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Pulling a Reverse Heist at the Library

Or How I Turned My Father Into a Library Sneak

6 min readMar 29, 2024

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An exterior curving light tan concrete structure with a “Book Return” sign at the left side. Underneath the sign, there are two book returns. To the the right, there are three small modern glass panels offering a peek into the library.

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Is Dog-Earing So Evil?

Dog-Ears or Bookmarks?

5 min readMar 26, 2024

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Eight Penguin Classics paperbacks — the ones with black spines with titles in white and author names in white or orange-red. To the left, there is a small lacy bag with a ribbon that contains tiny pieces of paper.

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Is This Colleen Hoover Nail Polish Appropriate?

You can now buy Colleen Hoover nail polish — called It Starts With Beautiful Nails. Many people are appalled by this product. Let’s…

5 min readFeb 29, 2024

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A paperback copy of “It Starts With Us” by Colleen Hoover. The cover is a pastel blue-aqua color showing flowers below the title and highlighting the author name. At the top center, there is a yellow sticker that says “Every ending has a beginning.” At the top right, there is a Barnes and Noble “Buy 1, Get 1 50% Off” sticker. Under the author name, the text says “#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of “It Ends With Us.”

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Here Are My Articles in the “Everything Else” Category

Here is your map to my articles on writing, reading, and movies. My articles about my family. My occasional bursts of humor. (Some contain…

9 min readOct 28, 2021

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A rustic fence made of brown wood holds a sign that says “THIS WAY” with an arrow pointing to the right.

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A Twisted Take on Funny Tech Support Tales

We love it when tech support steps in and saves the day. But did you ever feel as if the tech support people were mocking you for needing…

5 min readFeb 28, 2024

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A Pomeranian dog wearing glasses and sitting behind a laptop, staring at the laptop intently.

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Anne Marble

Did These Authors Write Tolkien Rip-Offs?

Many fantasy authors have been accused of “ripping off” Tolkien or writing “Tolkien clones.” Some stories came close. Others are not close…

6 min readFeb 28, 2024

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A book cover with stylized yellow trees on both sides framing a peaceful pastoral image showing rural area. There is a small group of people in the foreground on top of a hill.

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Why Rain on Someone’s Favorite Genre?

A Weird Thing I’ve Seen in Bookstores

4 min readFeb 5, 2024

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A book table with a display of contemporary romances within a Barnes & Noble bookstore. Most of the books have the “cartoon covers” that are currently popular with publishers. A sign on the display “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” and offers a buy one, get one for half price discount.

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Anne Marble

What to Read When Grieving

It’s Personal

5 min readFeb 1, 2024

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A woman wearing lacy nightwear is lying face-down on a fuzzy blanket with open books all around her. There is a glowing lit candle at the top right and a flower in a small vase at the top left.

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Is This About Reading Tastes? Or Manners?

Why Bug People About This?

4 min readJan 31, 2024

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A brown and gray Yorkshire terrier stands on the ground, looking up at us with a cranky and judgmental look.

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Anne Marble

Anne Marble

I’m a writer and a copy editor with experience in editing science and engineering articles. Click Lists to find my most popular articles. And hidden gems.

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