I am learning how to use Twitter. Yes, it sounds like it should take about 2 minutes, I know. But there are subtleties there which take some time to understand, as in so much of our use of technology. Since my life is so full of excitement (sarcasm), I was having a difficult time deciding […]
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Booking Through Thursday of February 26, 2009: CollectiblesHardcover? Or paperback?Illustrations? Or just text?First editions? Or you don’t care?Signed by the author? Or not? I am definitely a reader, not a collector. I much prefer paperbacks and buy many of them used. For some of my favorite series, I will buy new but will still wait
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I’m new to this challenge thing. I’ve no idea whether it will really change my reading habits or not at this point, but I do hope it brings me new options. So far, I’ve read the following for Read Your Own Books 2009: 1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd; I found this
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I’m experimenting with blog templates, so if you are one of the three people who visit this page regularly, you might notice it changes a lot. Please bear with me as I enjoy learning about Blogger. Meanwhile, here are some sources for templates if you are interested yourself: Blogcrowds Blogger Buster Blog and Web ©
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Booking Through Thursday, December 25, 2008“What are the most “wintery” books you can think of? The ones that almost embody Winter?”(Personally, “A Winters Tale” by Mark Helprin pretty much nails this for me, and “Smilla’s Sense of Snow” was right up there…) I thoroughly agree — “Winter’s Tale” came to mind immediately when I read
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I am fortunate to be able to read more than one book at a time — not to say simultaneously (but wouldn’t that be cool?) — as long as they are from sufficiently different genres. At the moment, I’m still slowly making my way through How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter by Sherwin
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Booking Through Thursday, November 27, 2008“Today is Thanksgiving here in the U.S.Now, you may have noticed that the global economy isn’t exactly doing well. There’s war. Starvation. All sorts of bad, scary things going on.So–just for today–how about sharing 7 things that you’re thankful for?This can be about books, sure–authors you appreciate, books you love,
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I hope I’m not getting in too deep with this new book blogging hobby. I’ve committed to another challenge, but this one is not only compatible with the first (RYOB 2009, below) but involves a genre — or two or three. The idea is to read twelve books of my choice, not necessarily chosen ahead
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