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		<title>Love and Friendship by Emily Bronte</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geetanjali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I happened to come across this poem by Emily Bronte and I&#8217;m really glad I did. For years now, I&#8217;ve had an inexplicable aversion to the Bronte sisters. It&#8217;s baseless and another of those silly things about me where I &#8230; <a href="http://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/love-and-friendship-by-emily-bronte/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicledefforts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14863280&amp;post=517&amp;subd=chronicledefforts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Himalayan Queen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geetanjali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a few weeks now our church group has been in the process of planning a camp. Many in the group were bent on going to Narkanda. Narkanda is a skiing resort in the foothills of the Himalayas. But with &#8230; <a href="http://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/the-himalayan-queen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicledefforts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14863280&amp;post=462&amp;subd=chronicledefforts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Return of the Native</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geetanjali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book List 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Hardy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I began The Return of the Native with the impression that I would find it difficult to enjoy. And that was simply because the blurb made it sound like it would have something to do with Red Indians and the &#8230; <a href="http://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/review-the-return-of-the-native/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicledefforts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14863280&amp;post=459&amp;subd=chronicledefforts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poems for Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geetanjali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had more difficulty than usual in choosing a poem for today&#8217;s Rhyme Time, today having been Valentine&#8217;s Day. With so many beautiful poems written on love it wasn&#8217;t easy picking just one. I had already chosen a poem by &#8230; <a href="http://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/poems-for-valentines-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicledefforts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14863280&amp;post=452&amp;subd=chronicledefforts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geetanjali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I&#8217;ve completed Hardy&#8217;s &#8216;The Return of the Native&#8217; I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d been so worried about. I admit that I had to read the first few pages aloud to keep my mind from wandering but after a &#8230; <a href="http://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/thank-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicledefforts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14863280&amp;post=443&amp;subd=chronicledefforts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How do I love thee? Let me count the ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geetanjali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since February is considered especially romantic owing to Valentine&#8217;s day, I&#8217;ve decided to feature poems suitable for the season. When it comes to poetry I generally tend to favour the less serious, the more playful, and the funnier poems. And &#8230; <a href="http://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/how-do-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicledefforts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14863280&amp;post=434&amp;subd=chronicledefforts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Warming up to Reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geetanjali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad February has finally begun. I&#8217;ve got another chance for a new start. January was a dark, cold month in which my bed constantly beckoned and tricked me into believing that, perhaps, humans were meant  to hibernate after all. &#8230; <a href="http://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/warming-up-to-reading/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicledefforts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14863280&amp;post=428&amp;subd=chronicledefforts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geetanjali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always loved reading out loud to other people. When we were little and my brother used to fall ill I&#8217;d take it upon myself to read him stories, regardless of whether he wanted it or not. (I think I&#8217;ve &#8230; <a href="http://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/412/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicledefforts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14863280&amp;post=412&amp;subd=chronicledefforts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geetanjali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book List 2012]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past week was eventful -in a good way. I completed Northanger Abbey as well as Persuasion and enjoyed them both immensely. In fact, I found that I appreciated and understood Persuasion a lot better than I had when I&#8217;d &#8230; <a href="http://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/review-northanger-abbey-by-jane-austen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicledefforts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14863280&amp;post=405&amp;subd=chronicledefforts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weather-Beaten</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geetanjali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve chosen to feature two poems today. Both of them are about the weather since the weather here has been shockingly unpredictable this year. It even snowed! It&#8217;s surprising because this is the first time in 5 decades that it &#8230; <a href="http://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/weather-beaten/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronicledefforts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14863280&amp;post=395&amp;subd=chronicledefforts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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