Monthly Archives: October 2007
Not Your Grandfather's Consumer Guide
Having posted this week about the whimsical and useless (Bada Being and Nothingness) and the wistful longing for far away locales (Armchair Travel: Scotland) I am seized today by a midweek urge to post something Practical and Useful for a … Continue reading
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Armchair Travel: Scotland
There was a time after I got laid off from Earthlink and before Joel got too sick to travel that we went on a kind of non-stop vacation. My current budget doesn’t permit me to travel very far at all … Continue reading
Filed under Armchair Travel, Book Reviews, Books, Photography
Blogwild Monopoly
Panning books is definitely not the fun part of making this blog and much of the time I follow the old adage ‘if you can’t say something nice…’ But having taken the time to read through today’s titles and not … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, Book Reviews, Books, Non-Fiction, Reject Pile
A Prayer For The Imaginary Girlfriend
I was a high school senior in 1981 when John Irving’s The Hotel New Hampshire was first published. I remember reading the first chapter or so while standing at a display in the entrance way of a bookstore at Lakeside … Continue reading
Filed under Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Memoir
Free Rice Reading Day
Some days I need to put the computer down and catch up on my reading in order to write about books here every day, and today is one of those days. Sorry, no book reviews today. If not reading me … Continue reading
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Monday Muddling– Easy Picture Books Roundup
One of my duties at the library is to go around just before we close and gather up any stray books that have been left here, there or wherever. Just before closing time Sunday afternoon I came upon a small … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Easy Picture Books, Monday
My entry in the Eavesdrop Writer weekly contest
Vienne, the Eavesdrop Writer, has started something a little different. Each week she posts the beginning of a story, based on a conversation she has witnessed (she is an incredible eavesdropper and hears the most extraordinary things) and invites other … Continue reading
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The Thoughtful Blogger
One of the biggest benefits of blogging for me has been in meeting people with different backgrounds and perspectives. More than once lately I’ve been forced by another blogger to recognize some of my own prejudices, preconceptions and unexamined value … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, Book Reviews, Books, Humor and Memes, Non-Fiction
Guns, Friends and Fears
I have to say, right off, that what follows is Not the post I had planned for today. I had intended to write about a book and an author whom I and some dearest friends have a personal history with. … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Non-Fiction, Photography, Ron Reviews, Social Issues
