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Showing posts with label reading life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading life. Show all posts
Friday, February 3, 2023

Book Review, etc: Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

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This post got long because I had a surprising number of thoughts. Since I can't imagine anyone is all that interested, I decided not to ...
Friday, September 23, 2022

Another book review: Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny

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I listened to an interview with an artist last week who said that the best, most interesting art is art that surprises him. I don’t know e...
Friday, April 1, 2022

7ToF: what a drag it isn't getting old

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1. I like being 60. My fifties were transitional, and I'm not someone who deals well with change. 60 feels like I have arrived at someth...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Reading Report 2020: part two, book report

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At the end of the year, I always have a few books that stand out in my mind as the "best" books I read-- and "best" just...
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Friday, January 15, 2021

Reading Report 2020, part one: to read, or to watch? that is the question

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Reading at the laundromat (RIP dryer) (This post is about my reading year, a topic that sounds boring to me before I even start, and the ne...
Friday, August 28, 2020

7ToF: an update on my efforts to de-plastic and de-Amazon my life, and a brilliant travel plan

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1. You remember my New Year's resolve to cut down on single-use plastic ( see the end of this post )? I'd give myself a B- on this s...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Day 18: in which I bore you because I am bored: Georgette Heyer, audiobooks, and free samples

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After a quick scroll through bookstagram, it's obvious that almost universally, book lovers are having trouble reading anything but comf...
Friday, January 24, 2020

The Amazon dilemma

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I'll admit it, I started out as a huge Amazon fan. When they first opened in 1994, they sold books, every book you could imagine, and th...
Friday, December 20, 2019

7ToF: my favorite books of 2019, and some odds and ends

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1. Have you looked at any of the dozens of "best books of 2019" lists that have been published in the last couple of weeks? Maybe ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

7ToT: Bouchercon trip report

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1. Bouchercon 2019 was fun. In fact, if you're a book lover, there's probably not much that's more fun than going to a book conv...
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Friday, October 11, 2019

7ToF: the days go by

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1. Suddenly, right at the moment when I'm surprised to look up and see that it's already October, it is October tenth (eleventh by ...
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Friday, September 27, 2019

7ToF: If you want to destroy my sweater, hold this thread as I walk away

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1. I told you awhile ago about my happiness with using microfiber washcloths instead of single-use disposable face wipes, and I am still hap...
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Tuesday, September 3, 2019

My So-Called Reading Life, Part I Stopped Counting: Bookstagram and Reading Challenges

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I've been on Instagram for awhile now. I like it better than Facebook, because for people my age--or at least, among my friends-- it isn...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

My So-Called Reading Life, part 3: choosing what to read, podcasts, and the tyranny of my library hold list

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Figuring out what to read next has always been a random process for me (in other words, if you're trying to figure out how to choose boo...
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Sunday, July 28, 2019

My So-Called Reading Life, part 2: ratings

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There has been a push recently among some readers to stop rating books. It's not fair to authors, the argument goes, because ratings hav...