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Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Recent Additions to my To-Read List

Today the Artsy Reader Girl is hosting top ten lists on recent additions to TBR piles. These are books which are either on my to-read Goodreads list,  are Amazon bookmarks, or were books I took a photo of in the … Continue reading

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Reading Freely

The start of a new year seems as appropriate a time as ever to launch into something I’ve been mulling over since 2016: a re-branding that invigorates this blog with purpose, and takes me a baby step away from the … Continue reading

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Someone please do this to Congress

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Classics Club Schedule, 2019

I have 21 months left to finish my Classics Club list, with 22 books remaining. I’m not sure what happens if one fails to complete the list — perhaps it involves being attacked by moody English teachers, I’m not sure.  … Continue reading

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What I Read Before

This “post” is an index page linking to previous “Books I Read in 20__” posts, with a favorite from each year. What I Read in 2007 What I Read in 2008 What I Read in 2009 What I Read in … Continue reading

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2018 Roundup: Best-Of and Pie

Well, dear readers, another year has come and gone. It’s been a good year here, though not as active as usual. My goal is 150 books a year, and I barely made that this year, with 154 books read. I blame The Sims … Continue reading

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What I Read in 2018

Books in bold were superior favorites.  — January — 1. The Rooster Bar, John Grisham 2. Star Trek the Fall: Ceremony of Losses, David Mack 3. Star Trek the Fall: The Poisoned Chalice, James Swallow 4. Poetry Night at the Ballpark, Bill Kauffman 5. Lessons from a Lemonade … Continue reading

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So I uh, may have to turn those captchas on….

Lot more of those overnight, too. At least blogger lets me mass-delete!

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All of my holds came in at once.

I had a bunch of holds set up at the library, and thought they were fairly staggered — I was 4th on one list, 8th on another, etc.  Instead, all of them were fulfilled within a few days of each … Continue reading

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Science Report Card 2018

The last couple of years I’ve imposed a little order on my science reading, forcing myself to read across fields more deliberately; so far I’ve enjoyed it and will continue the structure in the future. I just finished the last … Continue reading

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