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VEDA – Ten On Tuesday (vol 5): Books

by Linda Nguyen on April 19, 2011March 18, 2015 in Books

I’m running out the door as I type up this blog post. Today’s VEDA is my answering the Ten On Tuesday questions for today. Youtube Link Question: What are you… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: Husbands and Wives Club: A Year in the Life of a Couples Therapy Group

by Linda Nguyen on March 24, 2011October 24, 2012 in Books

When I browsed the reviews on Husbands and Wives Club, I felt a little protective when I read the criticism. Namely, it was too technical and detached and had too… [Continue Reading]

Friday 7 Quick Takes (vol 15)

by Linda Nguyen on August 13, 2010October 24, 2012 in Books, Diary, Lists, Travel

1. VEDA – Um this was the most blooper filled experience I’ve had taping a vlog. I have one clip ready for the day we reveal some bloopers. I don’t… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: A Man Without a Country

by Linda Nguyen on August 10, 2010May 13, 2014 in Books

I picked this book up last week while browsing the stacks at a library. It reminded me that I still need to read Slaughterhouse-Five but the library I was at… [Continue Reading]

Friday 7 Quick Takes (vol 14)

by Linda Nguyen on August 6, 2010March 18, 2015 in Books, Diary

1. So I mentioned my morning routine in yesterday’s VEDA video blog but I had originally planned on unveiling my new personal project as a Quick Take and link my… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: Born Standing Up

by Linda Nguyen on July 27, 2010July 27, 2010 in Books

A couple of days ago I finished Steve Martin’s memoir, Born Standing Up. This is the third book of his I read and I believe that’s all of them, which… [Continue Reading]

Excerpts from Fear of Flying and Why Readers Should Keep a Reading Journal

by Linda Nguyen on July 13, 2010June 27, 2011 in Books

I was going to do a small review of Erica Jong’s How to Save Your Own Life, a book I finished a couple of weekends ago but thought it weird… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: The Red Tent

by Linda Nguyen on July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 in Books

Anita Diamant took a couple of lines from the Book of Genesis mentioning Dinah and expounded upon it, giving us a very intricate tale of Dinah’s four mothers (Rachel, Leah,… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: Water for Elephants

by Linda Nguyen on May 18, 2010May 18, 2010 in Books

One of my biggest life’s joys is expanding my horizons. Be it my gastronomic, ideological, geographic, or in this case, my literary horizon. The book club I’ve helped organized has… [Continue Reading]

Book Review: The Last Lecture

by Linda Nguyen on April 23, 2010 in Books

The Last Lecture Randy Pausch was a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University who was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and was selected to deliver a lecture as part… [Continue Reading]

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Linda Nguyen is a Texas Native who recently moved to North Carolina. She’s a blogger and photographer and loves eating noodles. This is her personal blog. She also writes a food blog.

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