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Word: novelized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...contents for emergency messages and crucial information or a quickly sent e-mail, nothing more. But all of us at one time or another have committed the sin of selfishness by mistaking a kiosk for our home computer, settling in for the long haul of reading detailed messages, writing novel-length responses and taking ample time to pause and sip our coffee between keystrokes...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Wasting Time at the Kiosk | 10/7/1999 | See Source »

...illustrate her point she pulled out an exam paper from the pile she was carrying and read from it: "How are characters in TV shows different from those in novels? Well, in TV you can never see a character's back." She put the paper back into the pile, threw her arms up in the air and exclaimed: "I guess in a novel you can, I don't know...

Author: By Alejandro Jenkins, | Title: Twilight of the Simpsons | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

Humor columnist Dave Barry has written his first novel, Big Trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dave Barry | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...When I interviewed you in college, you said, "Writing a column doesn't mean I can write a novel. That's like saying I won the gold medal for diving, so I think I'll play violin for the orchestra." Justify...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dave Barry | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...kids' novel about a plucky orphan who is not Harry Potter? What awful timing! Happily, though, Curtis (a Newbery Medal honoree) has conjured a hero just as mesmerizing but grittier. Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell ditches his foster home in Depression-era Flint, Mich., and heads for the jazz clubs of Grand Rapids in search of his long-lost dad. A gentle diva, based on Flint's own Betty Carter, shows Bud that a family exists whenever folks decide to stick together. Kids will take to Bud's hilarious advice for "becoming a better liar." But be warned: they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Children's Book: Bud, Not Buddy | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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